73 Royal Microscopical Society, Journal of the plates, 13. vol., cloth, 1878-90, 8vo. (709)

George, £1 8s 74 Rudder (S.) History of Gloucestershire, map and plates, half bound, 1779, folio (844)

Bailey, £5 5s. [Two other copies of this work were disposed of at this sale for £4 and £3 55. respectively (both calf). All three

copies were bought by the same purchaser.-ED.] 75 Ruskin (J.) Seven Lamps of Architecture, first edition, plates by the author, cloth, 1849, royal 8vo. (61)

Quaritch, £2 175. 6d. 76 Ruskin (J.) Stones of Venice, 3 vol., first edition, plates by the author, cloth, 1851, 8vo. (62)

Maggs, £9 1os. 77 Scott (Sir W.) Poetical Works, frontispieces and vignettes, 12 vol., half calf gilt, 1860, 8vo. (632)

Hahn, £1 8s. 78 Shakespeare (W.) Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, second

folio (wanted all before “A Catalogue of the Comedies” and after page 400, sold not subject to return), old calf, 1632, folio (801)

Ridler, £5 79 Shakespeare (W.) Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, second

edition (wanted title and several leaves, sold not subject to return), half morocco, 1632, folio (587)

Barnes, £3 80 Shakespeare (W.) Works, fourth folio, 1685, fragment from

“Troilus” to Locrine, containing many of the most important Plays complete, boards, folio (588)

Barnes, £1 81 Shakespeare (W.) The Homes and Haunts of Shakespeare,

illustrations, some coloured, complete in 5 portfolios, cloth, 1892, royal folio (253)

Spencer, £3 1os. 82 Sharpe's British Classics, 24 vol., portraits and plates, calf, 1804, 8vo. (474)

F. Edwards, £3 83 Shoberl (F.) The World in Miniature, 24 vol., half bound,

Ackermann, n. d., 12mo. (35) W. T. Spencer, £2 12s. 6d.

[Two volumes were imperfect. The series is complete in

43 vol., 12mo., with many coloured plates of costumes.-ED.) 84 Smith (Sir W.) Dictionary of Christian Biography, 4 vol., 1877, 8vo. (648)

Hill & Sons, £3 75. 85 Smythe (Sir John). Certain Discourses concerning the formes

and effects of divers sorts of weapons and other very important matters Militarie . . . as also the great excellencie of

Archers, Richard Johnes, 1590, small 4to. (700) Pickering, £3 86 Soldier's Album (A), coloured frontispiece in the style of Row

landson, boards, uncut, 1826, 8vo. (347) Bumpus, & 1 87 Stories. A Hundred Merrie and Delightsome Stories, right

pleasaunte to relate in all goodly companie, cloth, uncut, n. d., 8vo. (109)

Blythe, Ęi 6s. 88 Strickland (A.) Lives of the Queens of England, portraits, 12 vol., cloth, 1842, 8vo. (677)

Hornstein, £2 75. 6d. 89 Strickland (A.) Lives of the Queens of Scotland, 8 vol., por. traits, cloth, 1850, 8vo. (678)

Hornstein, £2 125. (Another set also in cloth realised £2 25. at this sale (Lot

69).-ED.) 90 Suckling (Sir John). The Last Remains of, being a Full Col

lection of all his Poems and Letters which have been so long

(wanted 4 plates, but had 3 duplicate plates inserted), 1839-49, folio (254) Roche, 14 10S. 58 Nash (T.) History of Worcestershire, 2 vol., plates (wanted 2 plates), (stained by damp), with all faults, 1799, folio (50) Ridler, £2 14s. 59 Newe Testament. Tyndal's Version, black letter, woodcuts (that to Matthew xiii. representing the Devil with a wooden leg), wanted title and 2 leaves, sold not subject to return, 1552, small 4to. (764) Bull, £3 11s. 60 Painter (William). The Palace of Pleasure, edited by Joseph Haslewood, 3 vol. in 2, half morocco (limited number printed), Robert Triphook, 1813, 4to. (557) Bull, £1 10s. 61 Parish Registers of Greensted, Essex (one of 50 copies), half vellum, Privately printed, 1892, folio (599) Crisp, £4.10s. 62 Pathological Society. Transactions, vol. 15-50-with Index, vol. 1-37, together 38 vol., cloth, 1864-99, 8vo. (158)

W. Clay, LI IS. 63 [Phillips (Edward).] The Beau's Academy, or the Modern and Genteel way of Wooing and Complimenting after the most Courtly Manner, to which are added Poems, Songs, Riddles, Jests, Posies, etc., frontispiece, half calf, unknown to Lowndes, 1699, 8vo. (350) Pickering, L3 15s. 64 Pistolesi (E.) Il Vaticano, 8 vol., plates, half morocco, Roma, 1829, folio (827) Roche, £2 6s. 65 Planta (E.) A New Picture of Paris, plates, including the coloured series of "Costume of the Lower Orders of Paris," calf, 1831, 12mo. (399) Shepherd, £1 3s.

66 Playford (Henry). The Banquet of Musick, or a Collection of the Newest and Best Songs sung at Court, and at Publick Theatres, Books 1 and 2, in a volume, sprinkled calf, 1688— Ditto, fourth and last Book (title cut close), half morocco, 1689, folio (589) Ellis Strong, £2 67 Psalms. Whole booke of Psalmes collected into English meetre by Sternhold, Whittingham, Hopkins and others

. . allowed to bee soong in privat houses laying apart all ungodly songs and ballads which tend onely to the nourishing of Vice, etc., black letter (unbound), 1598, 4to. (583) Maggs, £155.

a fine copy, with the plates printed in colours and heightened with gold, 2 vol., calf, Paris, 1802, folio (142)

Bumpus, £9 Ios. 100 Bentham (G.) Handbook of British Flora, 2 vol., cloth, 1865, 8vo. (51)

Wheldon, £! 125. 101 Booth (E. T.) Rough Notes on the Birds observed during

Twenty Years' Shooting and Collecting in the British Isles, with coloured plates from drawings by E. Neale, 15 parts,

in paper boards, Dulau, 1887, folio (148) Quaritch, £13 102 Buckler (W.) Larvæ of the British Butterflies and Moths,

vol. I to 5, 86 coloured plates, Ray Society, original cloth (86)

Bumpus, £4 ios. 103 Buller (W. L.) History of Birds of New Zealand, with 50

plates, in 13 parts, published at 1% guineas each, 1887-88, large 4to. (156)

Pearson, £8 104 Butler (A. G.) Foreign Finches in Captivity, 60 coloured plates, maroon cloth, gilt tops, royal 4to. (82)

Quaritch, £2 125. 6d. 105 Couch (J.) History of the Fishes of the British Islands, 4 vol., coloured plates, original blue cloth, 1877, 8vo. (58)

Jones, £1 7s. 106 Curtis (Jno.) British Entomology. Illustrations and Descrip

tions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland, containing coloured figures, from nature, of the most rase and beautiful species, and, in many instances, upon the plants on which they are found, 770 coloured plates, 16 vol.

in 8, half calf, 1824-39, 8vo. (84) Sotheran, £11 55. 107 David et Oustalet. Les Oiseaux de la Chine, with atlas of

coloured plates, 2 vol., original red cloth, Paris, 1877, 8vo. (115)

Bumpus, 45 108 Des Murs (O.) Iconographie Ornithologique, Nouveau Re

cueil Général de Planches peintes d'Oiseaux, first part, 72 coloured plates, half calf, Paris, 1849, 410. (136)

Bumpus, £3 125. 6d. 109 D’Orbigny (Alcides). Aves de la Isla de Cuba, illustrated with

a number of water-colour drawings of birds by Edouard

Traviés, half calf, Paris, 1839, folio (133) Bumpus, £3 5s. 110 Dresser (H. E.) A Monograph of the Meropidae, or Family

of Bee Eaters, 34 coloured plates, half morocco, 1880-86, folio (153)

Wheldon, £2 ios. u Gray (R.) Birds of the West of Scotland, including the Outer Hebrides, original cloth, illustrated, Glasgow, 1871, 8vo. (18)

Wheldon, £2 112 Harvey (W. H.) Phycologia Britannica, or History of British

Seaweeds, containing coloured figures and descriptions of all the species of Algæ inhabiting the shores of the British Islands, new edition, 4 vol., 360 coloured plates, original

brown cloth, 1846-51, royal 8vo. (105) Quaritch, £3 113 Harvey (W. H.) Phycologia Australica, a History of Austra

lian Seaweeds, comprising coloured figures and descriptions of the more characteristic Marine Algæ of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western

expected and never till now Published, fine impression of the Marshall portrait (2 leaves torn), original sheep, 1659, 8vo. (421) Dobell, i 18s. 91 Swift (J.) Works and Letters, 24 vol., plates, calf, 1766-69, 8vo. (131) Ridler, £1 18s. 92 Taylor (Elizabeth). Authentic Memoirs of Mrs. Clarke, with the Intrigues of many characters in High Life and the Letters of the Duke of York, coloured portrait, original boards, uncut, 1809-Private Adventures of Madame Vestris, plates (409) Hornstein, £8 5s. 93 Thackeray (W. M.) Doctor Birch and his Young Friends, first edition, with coloured illustrations by the author, fancy boards, g. e., 1849, cr. 4to. (425) G. H. Brown, £1 14s. 94 Westmacott (C.) Points of Misery, or Fables for Mankind, illustrations by R. Cruikshank, fine paper copy, original wrappers, uncut, 1823, 8vo. (391) Denham, £1 95 Weyman (Stanley). House of the Wolf, first edition, cloth, Hornby, £i

1890, 8vo. (494)

96 Wotton (Sir Henry). The State of Christendom, or a Most Exact and Curious Discovery of many Secret Passages, and Hidden Mysteries of the Times, engraved portrait, first edition, original calf, Humphrey Moseley, 1657, folio (590) Denham, L1 15s. 97 Yosy (A.) Switzerland as now divided into nineteen Cantons, 2 vol., 50 coloured plates of costume, half morocco, 1815, 8vo. (312) Hutt, L1 6s.

[Published at £3 13s. 6d. ED.]

[OCTOBER 28TH, 1901.]

J. C. STEVENS.

A COLLECTION OF WORKS ON NATURAL HISTORY BELONGING TO THE LATE Mr. John Young.

(No. of Lots, 204; amount realised, about £350.)

[NOTE.-The Catalogue was so badly prepared that it was not reliable, and the prices realised were frequently considerably below the average. This Catalogue was not prepared by the Auctioneer. -ED.]

98 Annals of Scottish Natural History, edited by Harvie-Brown and others, complete set from the commencement to 1900, 36 parts and 5 cloth covers, 1892-1900, 8vo. (33)

Sotheran, £27s. 6d. 99 Audebert (J. B.) and L. P. Viellot. Histoire Naturelle et Generelle des Colibris, Oiseaux-Mouches, Grimpereaux, &c.,

a fine copy, with the plates printed in colours and heightened with gold, 2 vol., calf, Paris, 1802, folio (142)

Bumpus, £9 1os. 100 Bentham (G.) Handbook of British Flora, 2 vol., cloth, 1865, 8vo. (51)

Wheldon, £! 125. 101 Booth (E. T.) Rough Notes on the Birds observed during

Twenty Years' Shooting and Collecting in the British Isles, with coloured plates from drawings by E. Neale, 15 parts,

in paper boards, Dulau, 1887, folio (148) Quaritch, £13 102 Buckler (W.) Larvæ of the British Butterflies and Moths,

vol. i to 5, 86 coloured plates, Ray Society, original cloth (86)

Bumpus, £4 Ios. 103 Buller (W. L.) History of Birds of New Zealand, with 50

plates, in 13 parts, published at 1% guineas each, 1887-88, large 4to. (156)

Pearson, 18 104 Butler (A. G.) Foreign Finches in Captivity, 60 coloured plates, maroon cloth, gilt tops, royal 4to. (82)

Quaritch, £2 12s. 6d. 105 Couch (J.) History of the Fishes of the British Islands, 4 vol., coloured plates, original blue cloth, 1877, 8vo. (58)

Jones, £1 7s. 106 Curtis (Jno.) British Entomology. Illustrations and Descrip

tions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland, containing coloured figures, from nature, of the most rase and beautiful species, and, in many instances, upon the plants on which they are found, 770 coloured plates, 16 vol. in 8, half calf, 1824-39, 8vo. (84)

Sotheran, £ur 5s. 107 David et Oustalet. Les Oiseaux de la Chine, with atlas of

coloured plates, 2 vol., original red cloth, Paris, 1877, 8vo. (115)

Bumpus, £5 108 Des Murs (0.) Iconographie Ornithologique, Nouveau Re

cueil Général de Planches peintes d'Oiseaux, first part, 72 coloured plates, half calf, Paris, 1849, 4to. (136)

Bumpus, £3 12s. 6d. 109 D'Orbigny (Alcides). Aves de la Isla de Cuba, illustrated with

a number of water-colour drawings of birds by Edouard

Travies, half calf, Paris, 1839, folio (133) Bumpus, £3 5s. 110 Dresser (H. E.) A Monograph of the Meropidae, or Family

of Bee Eaters, 34 coloured plates, half morocco, 1880-86, folio (153)

Wheldon, £2 Tos. u Gray (R.) Birds of the West of Scotland, including the Outer Hebrides, original cloth, illustrated, Glasgow, 1871, 8vo. (18)

Wheldon, £2 112 Harvey (W. H.) Phycologia Britannica, or History of British

Seaweeds, containing coloured figures and descriptions of all the species of Algæ inhabiting the shores of the British Islands, new edition, 4 vol., 360 coloured plates, original brown cloth, 1846-51, royal 8vo. (105)

Quaritch, £3 113 Harvey (W. H.) Phycologia Australica, a History of Austra

lian 'Seaweeds, comprising coloured figures and descriptions of the more characteristic Marine Algæ of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western