Lewine, 135 S. July 8 Athanasius. Opus contra Haereticos et Gentiles (Omnibono Leoniceno Joseph, £2 12s C. July 3 Atkyns (Sir Rob.) Ancient and Present State of Gloucestershire, 2nd Edn., 73 plts., map and coats-of-arms, old cf., fo., 1768 Parsons, £4 IOS S. July 26 The same, L. P., tree-cf. ex., fine copy, fo., 1768 Audebert (J. B.) et L. P. Vieillot: Histoire naturelle des Oiseaux-Dorés, cold. plts., inscriptions in gold, L. P., with the rare supplement to the Colibris, 2 v., mor. ex., tooled borders, joints, g. e., very choice copy. fo., 1802 Bumpus, £10 5s C. July 3 Augustine-La Citta di Dio (slightly wormed), vell., 4to (Florence, circa 1475) £1 38 H. July 4 Peach, 8s S. July 8 Modus confitendi Secundu Sanctum Augustinum," I. g. (6 11.), worm hole throughout, boards, sm. 4to, absque nota (14—) [Ausmo (seu Auxmo) (Nic.)] Supplementum, seu Summa que Magistratia seu Pisanella vulgariter nuncupatur, I. g., oaken boards, hf. leather, fine copy, sm. 4to, Venetiis L. Uvild de Ratisbona, 1489 Leighton, 1 16s Bacon (Sir F.) Advancement and Proficience of Learning, engd. title by Marsball, orig. cf., fo., Oxford, 1640 S. July 8 Dobell, 13s £8 15s S. July 2 H. July 24 H. July 24 S. July 2 Essayes (title cut), sm. 4to, vell., g. e., 1625 Ridler, £4 10s Another Edn. (last leaf pasted down), sm. 4to, old cf., Oxford, 1633 P. Aug. I S. July 2 S. July 2 14s Joseph, £2 H. July 24 Barnard, fi is S. July 2 H. July 24 S. July 8 Works, ed. by Spedding, port., 7 v., 1857, etc. Barbary. Libretto Nuovo del Sito, delle Citta, delle Monti Fiumi, Isole & The same, 3 v., with inscription, "George Cruikshank, from the author, N. B. only two etchings by G. C. in this v.," in the autograph of Geo. Cruikshank, hf. mor. gilt, t. e. g., from the library of Earl Granville, with book-plate, 1840-42-47 C. July 3 S. July 1 Quaritch, £40 S. July 1 The Jackdaw of Rheims (from the Ingoldsby Legends), the major portion of the original Manuscript (4 11.), inlaid to the size of text, with which it is bound up, mor. super ex., tooled with flowers and bees, silk linings, by Riviere Sabin, 101 S. July 1 Barletius (M.) Historia de Vita et Gestis Scanderbegi Epirotarum Principis, 1st Edn., vell., sm. fo., Romae per B. V. (B. de Vitalibus) s. a. (1508?) Maggs, £2 18s [Barrington (Daines)] The probability of reaching the North Pole discussed, fine copy, complete, sm 4to, hf cf, 1775-6 Barron.-Views in India, 7 cold. plts., mounted as drawings, hf. mor., ob. fo., 1837 s. d. Bull, 9s S. July 2 Bartoli (S.) Colonna Traiana, 120 plts., vell., fine copy, ob. fo., Roma, bnd., 4to, 1631 A King and no King, the third time printed, hf. Harding, 1 38 S. July 27 Edwards, £7 5s C. July 3 Pickering, £1 16s S. July 12 Cupid's Revenge, fine copy, hf. bnd., 4to, 1630 Cotton, ₤2 IS S. July 12 Dobell, £2 6s S. July 12 Fifty Comedies and Tragedies, port. by W. Marshall (mounted), cf., rebacked, fo., 1679 The same, pp. 65-66 torn, clean copy, orig. cf., w. a. f., fo., 1679 S. July 11 S. July 26 Leighton, £7 158 1711 (Jos.) Psyche or Loves Mysterie in XX Cantos, 1st Edn., old blue mor. gilt, g. e. inscription on fly-leaf: The Lady Susan Chandos, Mrs. Margaret Bridges, Elizabeth Bridges, Alice Bridges, ffrances Brydges, Daughters to the Right Honble. George Lord Chandos by the Lady Susan Chandos," sm. fo., 1648 Beckford (Peter) Thoughts on Hunting, front. and plts., 1st Edn., sm. 4to, cf., 1781 The same, diced russ., 4to, 1781 Young, £5 Another Edn., front., old cf. gilt, 4to, Sarum, 1784 (W.) An Arabian Tale (Vathek), 1st Edn., green in case, with letter from author inserted, 1786 The same, L. P., fine copy, mor. super ex., g. e. by Lortic, 1786 Dawes, £8 10S Becon (T.) Sicke Man's Salve, b. I., unbound (slightly wormed), 1582 155 S. July 26 P. July 31 P. July 31 S. July 26 S. July 1 C. July 3 Niell, 18s P. Aug. 1 Bellorius (J. P.) Veteres Arcus Vetustorum Triumphis Insignes, front. and Bentham (G.) Handbook of British Flora, woodcuts, 2 v., 1865 Bain, £1 8s (Jeremy) Works, ed. by John Bowring, with Index, 11 v., port., hf. cf., Edinb. 1843 Thin, £5 10S Bentley's Miscellany, plts. by G. Cruikshank, etc., v. I to 64, complete set, 64 v., hf. green cf. ex., 1837-1868 Edwards, £10 7s 6d P. July 31 Beraldi (Henri) Les Graveurs du XIX Siècle, Guide de l'Amateur d'Estampes Modernes, 12 v. in 10, hf. mor. gt., g. t., Paris, 1885-92 Maggs, £3 12S S. July 2 18s H. July 17 [Beresford] Scenes taken from the Miseries of Human Life, 16 cold. plts. Quaritch, £81 S. July 8 Bernard (St.) Opuscula divi Bernardi abbatis Clarevallensis, §. I., sm. 4to, stamped binding, clasps, P. Drach, 1501 155 H. July 4 Rosedale, 19s P. July 10 Berquin (M.) Idylles, 1st Edn., L. P., unlettered plts., hf. mor., uncut, S. July 11 Bessario (Card. Nicene, etc.) Opera; Geo. Trapezuntio interprete, editio Aldina prima, vell., fine large copy, fo., Venet. in æd. Aldi Romani, 1503 Peach, 10s S. July 8 Beurrier (L.) Sommaire des Principaux Fondateurs et Reformateurs des Ordres Religieux, engd. title, plte. and 50 ports., old cf., 4to, Paris, 1635 Bloomfield, 1 28 Bewick (Thomas) History of British Birds, 1st Edn., woodcuts; proof sheets of nearly the whole of vol. 1, with numerous corrections in the autograph of Bewick; inserted is a signed Memorandum of Agreement between R. Beilby, T. Bewick, and J. Johnson, orig. cf. bndg., in a mor. case, by Riviere, from the Hugo and Pinkney collections, Newcastle, 1797 The same, 2 v., hf. cf., 1797-1804 Figures of British Land Birds, v. 1 (all printed), cf., Nares, £24 S. July 1 Balfour, 25s C. July 3 Bull, 3 P. July 31 Milligan, 9s P. July 31 Law, 9s P. July 10 Cabinet History, woodcuts of Birds, etc., in 1 v., cf., Alnwick, 1809 History of Quadrupeds, L. P., woodcuts by T. Bewick, cf. gt., roy. 8vo, 1791 Another Edn., 5th Edn., woodcuts, Largest Paper, olive mor., g. e., 1807 Bible. Holy Bible and Apocrypha-Archbishop Parker's Version, or the Bishops' Bible, b. I,, interleaved throughout (wants title to O. T.), 2 v., old cf. (broken), fo., C. Barker, 1595 H. July 17 £178 H. July 17 Holie Bible, faithfully trans. by the English College of Doway, 2 v., Ist Edn. of the Doway Version of the Old Testament, orig. cf., 4to, Doway, L. Kellam, 1609-10 Tregaskis, £5 S. July 2 £1 5s H. July 26 Holy Bible, with Apocrypha, Calendar, Genealogies and Map, " 1 18s H. July 17 Biblia Sacra Polyglotta, ed. B. Waltonus, port., plts. and maps by Hollar, etc., Republican issue, with Cromwell's name at head of patrons, 6 v., old cf., mor. backs, sound copy, fo., 1657 Thorp, £2 18s S. July 11 Biblia. De Bibel int Corte Ghetraslateert wten Latine ende Walsche metten figueren, I. g., double columns (42 lines, with signs.) spirited German woodcuts, cold. by a contemporary hand, some inner margins mended, otherwise a very good copy, extremely rare (a late development of the early Biblia Paupera "), new vell., 4to or sm. fo., Gheprent in Antwerpen bi mi Claes de Grave, 1516 Quaritch, £33 S. July 19 Dat is De gantische, H. Schristure. Ouden en Nieuwen Testaments, en Apocryphe Boecken, engs., fo., oak boards, brass clasps, fo., Dordrecht, 1756 Welch, 125 Bibliotheca Arcana, seu Catalogus Librorum Penetralium, sm. 4to, hf. mor., t. e g., P. P., 1885 Bickham (Geo.) Universal Penman, 212 plts., fo., old cf., 1743 Yarrow, 7s Blake (William) Illustrations of the Book of Job, 21 plts., proof impressions, hf. mor., uncut, interleaved, fo., 1825 The same, 21 plts., India proofs, mor., orig. label inside cover, fo., 1825 The same, 26 (sic) plts. printed under the direction of the Linnell family, 1826, unbound, with the original label for binding, from the collection of the late John Linnell, junior, 1826 Rimell, £8 15s The same, 21 plts., proofs, orig. boards, uncut, with label, fo., 1826 Parsons, £20 IOS * The set used by the Linnell family as the standard for printing. From the collection of the late John Linnell, junior, with note by him on cover "Set keep as Pattern (if others printed), J. L., junr., 1866." With photo of Linnell's portrait of Blake. Set of Seventeen Vignette Designs to illustrate Thornton's Pastorals of Virgil, from the Linnell collection and printed by the family themselves, mounted on 4 sheets of paper Parsons, £4 5s S. July 25 Blome (R.) Present State of His Majesties Isles and Territories in America, port., maps (one slightly defective), old cf., 1687 H. Stevens, £3 5s Boccaccio (G.) Il Decamerone, 2 v., old red mor., g. e., Amst. (Napoli), 1718 Law, 48 Genuine First Issue, another edition having appeared bearing the same date (vide Brunet). * * S. July 27 P. July 11 S. July 26 S. July 27 P. July 10 Laberinto damore, 64 11., with signs., A-K 4 in 8's (wants C 3 to 6, the text in MS. at end), painted initial, MS. notes, old cf., mor. back, 4to, Firenze B. di Francesco Fiorentino, 1487 Barnard, £4 155 S. July 2 One of the earliest editions of this work (probably the first with a date). Hain (3289) had not seen it, and it was not in the Spencer library. Boetius (A. S.) De Philosophico Consolatu, woodcuts (title weak, stained, short copy), sm. fo., Argent., Jo. Grüninger, 1501 Dobell, I IS Consolatio Philosophica, Disciplina Scholarum, etc., commentariis S. Thomæ de Aquino, g. I., woodcuts, old calf, fo. (Lugd.) S. Vincent, 1521 Leighton, £I IS Boilly. Group of Heads, 8 cold. plts. by Aglio, orig. wrappers, 4to, Tregear (1830) Tregaskis, 1 138 Bolton (James) Natural History of British Song Birds, cold. plts., 2 v. in 1, 1796 Porter, 12s Another Edn., 80 cold. plts., 2 v., hf. mor., 4to, 1824 Hyam, 16s Bonel (J.) Exercitie Memorie Van de Compagnie Guardes van de Ed. Groot Mog. Heeren Staten van Holland en West-Vrieslandt, 2 engd. titles and 74 engs., mor. ex., g. e., arms on sides, by Hardy-Mennil, fine copy, sm. 4to, Graven-Hage, 1669 Booke of the Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, b. I., some leaves shaved, small hole in title, and written on, and slightly wormed at end (ends on the reverse of folio CLVII), old cf., rebacked, fo., (at end), imprinted at London...by Ed. Whitechurche, fourth daye of May, 1549 P. July 31 Morris, £8 S. July 19 Quaritch, £50 S. July 27 Another Edn., b. I., title (repaired and defective), the margins repaired of several leaves at end, last leaf cut and mounted, blue mor. ex., panelled sides, g. e., w. a. f., fo., Ed. Whitchurche, 1549 Quaritch, £61 S. July 26 Another Edn., with the Fourme and maner of makynge and Consecratyng Byshops, Priestes, and Deacons (separate title), and leaf at end, "The Prices of this boke,* b. I., small hole in first title, corner torn off A VIII, and a single worm hole through the margin, fine, large, clean copy, old cf., fo., E. Whitechurch, 1552 The Second book of Edward VI, Uniformitie of Common Prayer," etc. Quaritch, £125 S. July 27 containing "An Acte for the Translation of the Great Bible Another Edn., The Psalter after the pointed, with Certaine Godly Prayers. English Meeter, by Sternhold, Hopkins and others (with Canticles, Prayers, etc.), with Apt Notes, b. I., long lines, 3 woodcut titles, in I v., orig. calf, stamped sides covered with rich gilt semis of leaves, gilt gauffred edges, with blue silk ties intact (Lyonnese style), fine copy, some rough lower edges, sm. 4to, R. Barker & Stat. Co., 1615 Leighton, £52 S. July 26 Another Edn., b. I., Laud's Book, ending with the word "Certaine," 2 woodcut titles, blue mor. ex., dentelle borders, g. e. by Clarke and Bedford, fine copy, fo., Edinb., R. Young, 1637, 36 £8 15s S. July 26 Another Edn., formerly the property of Princess Augusta of SaxeGotha, Princess of Wales, Mother of George III, old blue mor, with her initials, crown, and feathers on sides, Baskett, 1741 Morgan, 1 12S Another Edn., Pickering's Reprints, Complete Set, 7 v., vell, uncut, fo., 1844 Borlase (Wm.) Antiquities of Cornwall, 24 plts., old cf., fo., Oxf., 1754 Borrow (George) Wild Wales, 3 v., 1st Edn., 1862 P. July 10 £5 H. July 31 Tregaskis, 1 48 S. July 26 Quaritch, £4 12s S. July 2 per Dies VIII Bossus (M.) De Instituendo Sapientia Animo Disputationes Maggs, £1 18s S. July 8 Boston. Narrative of the Horrid Massacre in Boston, perpetrated in the The same, 2 v., cf. gilt, fo., 1794 The same, 2 v., old russia, rebacked, fo., 1794 P. July 31 S. July 27 Quaritch, £4 5s S. July 26 Parsons, £10 2s 6d Watson, £145 P. July 31 S. July 27 H. July 17 1 8s H. July 17 Boyer Gallery. Recueil D'Estampes d'après les Tableaux des peintres S. July 8 S. July 8 S. July 8 S. July 18 P. Aug. 1 P. Aug. 1 Maggs, 1 15s Another Edn., ed. by Lynam, ports. (slightly stained), 30 v., 1827 16s British Military Journal, maps, cold. plts., 2 v., cf., 4to, 1799 Edwards, £9 15s P. Aug. I British Military Library, cold. plts., v. 1 and 120 pp. of v. 2 in 1 v., hf. cf., 4to, 1799 Brown, £4 17s 6d British Volunteer, or general history of the Volunteer and Associated Corps, cold. plts., maps and plans, hf. cf., 4to, 1799 Sabin, 16 155 Brockedon (W.) Passes of the Alps, 109 etchings, Largest Paper, with duplicate set of India proof etchings (only 12 copies thus), mor. superextra, joints, g. e. by Mackenzie, fo., 1827-9 BRONTË FAMILY. The following items were sold at Sotheby's on July 26. The majority of them would find no place in B.A.R., since the prices afford no criterion of value, but, in view of their great interest, they are included. They were the property of Mrs. Nicholls, Widow of the Reverend A. B, Nicholls, who first married Charlotte Brontë. BOOKS Rimell, £4 C. July 3 Brontë (Rev. Patrick) Cottage Poems, 1st Edn., with half-title, in the orig. printed boards, uncut and unopened, Halifax, 1811 Maggs, 1 145 S. July 26 Brontë (Rev. Patrick) The Rural Minstrel: A Miscellany of Descriptive Poems, 1st Edn., with half-title, in the orig. boards, with label, uncut and unopened, ib. 1813 Maggs, 1 11s S. July 26 Searle (January) Chapters in the History of a Life, 1849 * Presentation copy, "Miss Brontë, with the highest esteem, and regards of the author." Bennett (W. C.) The Triumph for Salannis, a Lyrical Ballad, N. D. Maggs, 1 16s S. July 26 • Presentation copy, with inscription on title: "The author of Jane Eyre, with the profound respect and admiration of the writer." |