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Wornum, 60 engravings after J. M. W. Turner, half morocco, g. e., Virtue, n. d., folio (241) Rimell, £2 2s. 6576 Ulstadius (Phillipus). Cœlum Philosophorum, seu de Secretis Naturæ, curious woodcuts, Argent., 1528-Geberi Philosophiæ Alchimistæ libri tres, large woodcut on title and numerous quaint initial letters, ib., 1529, both a little stained and wormed, a curious specimen of English binding by John Reynes, known as Henry VIII. binding, with the arms of England, Tudor Rose and an escutcheon, with emblems of the Passion with monogram of the binder on each side of the cover, the leather somewhat loose, in 1 vol., folio (473) Maggs, £41

6577 Vegetius (Flavius). The Foure Bookes of, briefelye contayning a plaine forme and perfect knowledge of Martiall Policye, Feates of Chivalrie and whatsoever pertayneth to Warre, translated by John Sadler, black letter, woodcut title, stained, sewed, T. Marshe, 1572, 4to. (594)

Pickering, £4 16s. 6578 Voltaire. Works, translated, with Notes, Historical and Critical, by T. Smollett, T. Francklin, etc., 36 vol., portrait and plates, old calf, 1770, 8vo. (945) Sabin, £22 [Presentation copy from David Garrick to Kitty Clive, with the following autograph inscription on the fly-leaf of vol. i., Feb. II, 1772, Garrick to Clive, with Voltaire's Works :

"If that delight Voltaire can give,
Which thou hast giv'n to me;

A more luxurious feast, dear Clive,

I cannot give to thee !-D. G."-Catalogue.]

6579 Whitaker (T. D.) History of Richmondshire in the North Riding of the County of York, 2 vol. in 12 parts, as published, LARGE PAPER, proof plates on India paper, pedigrees, etc., 1823, folio (97) Rimell, £15

The following were sold by Hodgson & Co. at a sale commencing July 15th, 1902. The books as a whole were of a miscellaneous character, and as the majority of the better class works have already been reported in this volume of BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, it has not been thought necessary to refer to them again.

6580 De Loutherbourg (P. J.) Romantic and Picturesque Scenery of England and Wales, 18 coloured views by Pickett and Clark, with Descriptive Text in English and French, half calf, R. Bowyer, 1805, royal folio (904) LII IOS. 6581 Dictionary of National Biography, edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee, the first 59 vol. (A to Wat), cloth, 1885-99, 8vo. (394) £33 10s. 6582 Fénélon (F.) Les Aventures de Télémaque, title frontispiece, 72 engravings after Monnet by Tilliard, and ornamented tail-pieces, with the series of 24 plates after Moitte, handcoloured, vellum paper, 2 vol., contemporary morocco extra,

gilt edges, Paris, de L’Imprimerie de Monsieur, 1785, C2

4to. (869) 6583 Florio (John). Essayes of Montaigne (The Tudor Transa tion), 3 vol., buckram, uncut, 1893

ku 10 6584 Folk Lore Society's Publications, from 1878 to 1901, a codi

plete set (with the exception of No. 20, The Handbook 1 Folklore), 47 vol., cloth, uncut (1 vol. in numbers, with a

case, and i sewed), 8vo. (595) 6585 Franklin (B.) The Way to Wealth, or Poor Richard la

proved, portrait, LARGE PAPER, printed on vellum (onix copies so issued), morocco, gilt edges, Paris, 1795, 8:0

(844) 6586 Vallance (Aymer). The Art of William Morris. A Recone

with Reproductions in colours from designs by W.. Morris, facsimiles of the Kelmscott Type, portrait ar: many other illustrations, and a Bibliography by Tempe Scott (limited to 220 copies), buckram, uncut, Chisa: Press, 1897, folio (600)

£10 6587 Whitman (A.) Masters of Mezzotint, 60 illustrations, LAR

PAPER (only 50 copies so printed), half vellum, gilt
uncut, 1898, 4to. (599)

(JULY 16TH, 1902.]

PUTTICKE SIMPSON.
A MISCELLANBOUS COLLECTION, INCLUDING SOME PRESENTA-

TION COPIES OF LAMB'S WORKS SOLD BY DIRECTION OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE NORTHAMPTON PUBLIC LIBRARY.

(No. of Lots, 343 ; amount realised, £930 Is. 6d.)

6588 America. Les Nouvelles et Antiques merueilles, plus en

traicté des douze Cesars, half calf (some leaves wormed, Paris, 1554, 12mo. (3)

Stephen, £10. (“ Le Livre des Nouvelles Isles” is on the discoveries of Columbus, and the preface contains a reference to “Ament

Vespuce." - Catalogue.) 6589 America. Narrative of the Transactions of the Fleet under

the command of Lord Howe, Sir Henry Clinton, Earl
Cornwallis, calf, with ex-libris of Adam Smith, 1783, sia
(4)

Edwards, £2 175. od. 6590 Aristoteles. De Animalibus lib. ix. interprete Theod. Gaz.r.

printed capitals, editio princeps, russia (some leares wormed), Impress Venet. per Johannem de Colonia, 145, folio (226)

Quaritih, a 6591 Arnold (M.) The Strayed Reveller and other Poems, firs:

edition, cloth, 1849, 12mo. (6) 6592 Blagrave (John, of Reading). The Mathematical Jewel, shen

ing the making and most excellent use of a singular Instrument so called, woodcut illustrations by the author, original limp vellum, W. Venge, dwelling in Fleete Lane, over against the Maidenhead, 1585, folio (235) Wesley, £6 6593 Boccaccio. The tragedies gathered by Jhon Bochas of all such Princes as fell from theyr estates through the mutability of Fortune, translated by John Lidgate, Monke of Burye, black letter, woodcut title, russia (some headlines cut into), John Wayland, n. d., folio (237) Leighton, £5 6594 Brooke (Fulk Grevill, Lord). Remains, being Poems of Monarchy and Religion, old calf, 1670, 8vo. (15)

Leighton, £1 17s. 6d. 6595 Carr (J.) The Stranger in France, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris, special copy, with the 12 aquatint plates coloured, half calf, 1803, 4to. (167) Maggs, £2 25. 6596 Cocker (E.) Arithmetick, Perused and Published by John Hawkins, portrait, calf, 1688, 12mo. (25)

Sotheran, £ 12s. 6d. [With autograph inscription on the back of portrait, "John Clare's Book, 1811."-Catalogue.]

6597 Coleridge (S. T.) Poems, second edition, to which are now added Poems by Charles Lamb and Charles Lloyd, half bound, uncut, 1797, 8vo. (27) Maggs, £7 15s. 6598 Combe (W.) Three Tours of Dr. Syntax, 3 vol., “Miniature Edition," coloured plates, half calf, Ackermann, 1823, 12m0. (28) Sotheran, £2 IOS. 6599 Crowquill (Alfred). Guide to the Watering Places, 8 humorous coloured plates by Crowquill and 9 views, first edition, illustrated wrappers, n. d., 8vo. (32) Sabin, £1 17s. 6d. 6600 Darwin (C.) Descent of Man, 2 vol., presentation copy from the author, cloth, 1871, 8vo. (34) Maggs, £1 195. 6601 Dürer Society (The), with introductory Notes by Campbell Dodgson, etchings, 4 portfolios, 1898-1901, imperial folio (255) Maggs, £6 15s. 6602 Egan (Pierce). Life in London, or the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn and his Friend Corinthian Tom, coloured plates by Cruikshank, original illustrated boards, uncut, 1822, 8vo. (40) S. M. French, £15 6603 Esquemeling (John). Bucaniers of America, 4 parts in 2 volumes, portraits and plates, morocco extra, g. e., 1684-85, 4to. (152) Cogswell, £15 10S. [The second volume containing the fourth part is much scarcer than the first. It deals with Ringrose's Voyage of Captain Bartholomew Sharp."-ED.]

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6604 Fitzgerald (E). Six Dramas of Calderon, freely translated by Edward Fitzgerald, first edition, cloth, uncut, W. Pickering, 1853, 8vo. (46) Robson, £8 5s. 6605 Hakluyt (Richard). The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, 3 vol. in 2, morocco extra, 1599-1600, folio (271) Sabin, £34 6606 Handel's "Messiah." Full Score in three volumes, the

original calf binding (back repaired), in the writing in Handel's pupil and amanuensis, J. Christopher Smith 1: 1795). These volumes are one of the four full scores knear to have been written by him. One of the copies is in one Hamburg Public Library (formerly in Mr. Schoelches possession), another belonged to the late Mr. H. F' Leonard, and another, the “ Dublin” score, is at S Michael's College, Tenbury, formerly the property of S:15 Gore Ouseley, 1712-1795, folio (343) Goldschmidt,

[This copy is believed to have been used by Handel a various performances, as is shown by the pencil-notes : the fly-leaf of each volume ; and, judging by the autogtaga signatures inside the covers, it appears that it was ai i time in the possession of Dr. William Hayes (1707-1777

Catalogue.] 6607 Haywood (Eliza). Works, consisting of Novels, Poems de: Plays, 4 vol., calf, 1724, 8vo. (54)

Dobell, £215 6608 Herbarius (Germanice), printed in bold gothic type, with mar

woodcuts (coloured by hand), old oak boards (some leala
in MS., sold not subject to return), Augspurg, 1485, for
(274)

Quaritik, 6609 Hissey (J. J.) Drive through England, illustrated by the

author, cloth, 1885, 8vo. (58) F. Edwards, £3 25. Se 6610 Johnson (C.) Chrysal, or Adventures of a Guinea, 12 coloures plates, 3 vol., boards, uncut, 1822, 12mo. (65)

Maggs, £24 6611 Jonson (Ben). Workes, portrait by Vaughan and engrave: title, old calf, 1640, folio (280)

Dobell, £4 75. 6612 Keats (John). Poems, first edition, half calf, C. and J. O!!e, 1817, 12mo. (68)

Robson, 12 (With autograph inscription on the fly-leaf,“ John Clare

Helpstone, 1820.”Catalogue.] 6613 Keats (John). Endymion, a Poetic Romance, first edition,

half calf, Taylor and Hessey, 1818, 8vo. (69) Sother an, din

[With autograph inscription on the half-title, “ John Clare

Helpstone, 1821." - Catalogue.] 6614 Keats (John). Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes ar:

other Poems, first edition, half calf, Taylor and Hessey, 1820, 12mo. (70)

Dobell, £1353 [With autograph inscription on the fly-leaf, “ John Clare.

Helpstone, 1820.”Catalogue.] 6615 Lamb (Charles). Prince Dorus, or Flattery put out of

Countenance, a Poetical Version of an Ancient Tale, illustrated with a series of 9 coloured engravings, first edition,

original covers, M. J. Godwin, 1811, 12mo. (75) Sabin, A^: 6616 Lamb (Charles). Works, 2 vol., first edition, original boants uncut, C. and J. Ollier, 1818, 8vo. (76)

Dobell, 14 [With inscription on the half title of vol. 1 in the authors handwriting, *For Mr. Clare, with C. Lamb's kindes:

remembrance."--Catalogue 6617 Lamb (Charles). Elia. Essays which have appeared unde:

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