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6840 Carew (T.) Poems (Coelum Britannicum, a Masque at Whitehall, in the Banquetting house, on Shrove-Tuesdaynight, the 18 of February, 1633, with separate title), half morocco extra, g. e., J. D. for Thos. Walkley, 1640, 8vo. (667) Pickering, £10 55. 6841 Milton (J.) Poems, both English and Latin, compos'd at several times, printed by his true copies. The Songs were set in Musick by Mr. Henry Lawes, first edition, fine impression of the very rare portrait by W. Marshall (the margins intact), generally cut into, large copy, with only two or three numbers of leaves shaved by the binder, morocco extra, g. e., by Rivière, Ruth Raworth for H. Moseley, 1645, 8vo. (669) Maggs, £85 6842 Milton (J.) Paradise Regain'd, a Poem in IV. Books, to which is added Samson Agonistes, first edition, with leaf of Licence facing title, separate leaf of Errata at the end, portrait inserted inside front cover, morocco extra, g. e., by Rivière, J. M. for John Starkey, 1671, 8vo. (672)

Denham, £29 6843 Vaughan (Henry, Silurist). Silex Scintillans, or Sacred Poems and Private Eiaculations, first edition, engraved title, with leaf in verse facing, autograph of Robertus Roger, and F. Bindloss, original calf, J. W. for H. Blunden, 1650, 8vo. (673) Pickering, £21 6844 Suckling (Sir J.) Fragmenta Aurea, a Collection of all the Incomparable Peeces (Plays and Poems), and published by a Friend to perpetuate his Memory, first edition, a few headlines shaved, portrait by Marshall, half morocco extra, g. e., H. Moseley, 1646, 8vo. (674) Pickering, £7 10S. 6845 Brathwaite (R.) The English Gentleman, first edition, frontispiece by Vaughan, in compartments, with draft of the same, original calf, 1630, 4to. (675) Pickering, £10 6846 Cowley (Abraham). Poetical Blossomes by A. C., first edition, with the portrait at the age of 13, by Vaughan, defective at foot and fore-edge, portrait by Faithorne pasted inside of cover, morocco extra, g. e., by Rivière, B. A. and T. F. for Henry Seile, 1633, 4to. (676) Pickering, £35

6847 Fage (Mistris Mary). Fames Roule, or The Names of Our dread Soveraigne Lord King Charles, his Royall Queen Mary and his most hopefull posterity together with the Names of the Dukes, Marquesses, etc. of England, Scotland and Ireland, Anagrammatiz'd and expressed by Acrosticke lines on their names (to the number of 420), p. 178 shaved by the binder, half morocco extra, g. e., R. Oulton, 1637, 4to. (677) Pickering, £8 6848 Dryden (J.) A Poem upon the Death of his late Highness, Oliver Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland, first edition, shaved in the headline, morocco extra, with gold ornaments in centre sides, g. e., W. Wilson, 1659, 4to. (678) Pickering, £ 4s. 6849 Dryden (J.) The Conquest of Granada by the Spaniards, in

two parts, acted at the Theatre Royal, first edition, half morocco, g. e., 1672, 4to. (679) Quaritch, £15 10s. 6850 Dryden (J.) The Tempest, or the Enchanted Island, a Comedy (from Shakespeare's Plot), as it is now acted at his Highness the Duke of York's Theatre, first edition, half morocco, g. e., 1670, 4to. (680) Pickering, £2 125. 6851 [Dryden (J.)] The Censure of the Rota, on Mr. Driden's Conquest of Granada, title backed, half morocco, g.e., Oxford, 1673, 4to. (681) Perry, £2 6852 Dryden (J.) The Hind and the Panther, a Poem in three parts, first edition, with leaf of Licence facing title, half morocco, g. e., J. Tonson, 1687, 4to. (682)

Pickering, £1 145. 6853 Milton (J.) Lycidas. Justa Edovardo King naufrago, ab Amicis moerentibus, Amoris et μveías xáeur. Verses in Greek and Latin, followed by another title, "Obsequies to the Memorie of Mr. Edward King, Anno Dom. 1638," morocco extra, g. e., by Rivière, Cantab., T. Buck and R. Daniel, 1638, 4to. (683) Quaritch, £199

6854 Milton (J.) Of Prelatical Episcopacy, first edition, half morocco, g. e., 1641, 4to. (684) Pickering, £7 7s. 6855 Milton (J.) Paradise Lost, a Poem in Ten Books, first edition (seventh title), seven preliminary leaves, portrait by Faithorne added, and another pasted inside the cover, morocco extra, g. e., by Rivière, S. Simmons, 1669, 4to. (688)

Leighton, £13 6856 Niccolls (R.) London's Artillery (in verse, 114pp.), briefly containing The Noble Practise of that worthie Societie, by R. N. Oxon., old limp vellum, panelled and gilt sides, T. Creed and B. Allsopp for W. Welby, 1616, 4to. (689) Pickering, £12

6857 W. (H.) Clasmata, H. W., 24 leaves printed on one side of the paper only, without signatures or catch-words, in verse, on the 23rd leaf occurs "Etatis suæ 76, 1636" as a footnote, old limp vellum, panelled and gilt sides, g. e., no name, place or date (1636), 4to. (690) Quaritch, £29

66

[Believed to be unique. Lowndes refers to only one copy in a bookseller's catalogue in 1819. Mr. Hazlitt notes that there is a copy at Britwell (probably the same), and gives the collation as 19 leaves, while this copy has 24, and he says on the 19th occurs H. W." in addition to the quotation above, which is not the case in this copy.-Catalogue.] 6858 Whitney (Geffrey). A Choice of Emblemes, in Verse, with upwards of 230 wood engravings within borders, some leaves water-stained, calf, Leyden, 1586, 4to. (691) Denham, £32 6859 Cowley (A.) Poems of Mr. Cowley and others composed into Songs and Ayres with a Thorough Basse to the Theorbo, Harpsecon, or Base-violl, by William King, Organist of New College, Oxon., with music, portrait of Cowley by Faithorne inserted, morocco extra, uncut, by Rivière, Oxford, 1668, folio (692) Denham, £23

6860 Drayton (M.) The Battaile of Agincourt-The Miseries of Queene Margarite-Nimphidia-The Quest of CinthiaThe Shephard's Sirena-The Moone-Calfe-Elegies upon Sundry Occasions, first edition, portrait by Hole, half morocco, g. e., W. Lee, 1627, folio (693) Pickering, £8 10s. 6861 Marvell (Andrew). Miscellaneous Poems, first edition, octagon portrait, old calf, R. Boulter, 1684, folio (694) Pickering, 13 10s.

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6862 Orme (Edward). Historic, Military and Naval Anecdotes of Personal Valour, Bravery, etc. in the Armies of Great Britain and her Allies coloured plates by J. A. Atkinson, Manskirch, Heath and others, nearly uncut copy, in the original half binding, 1819, 4to. (698)

Pickering, £7 10s. 6863 Cervantes Saavedra (M. de). Don Quixote, translated by Thomas Shelton, first English translation, vol. i., title in facsimile and a leaf missing; vol. ii., title mended and last leaf in facsimile, several headlines shaved, russia, sold not subject to return, 1612-20, 4to. (706) Quaritch, £10 6864 Cicero (M. T.) Cato Major, or his Discourse of Old-Age, with Explanatory Notes [translated by Mr. Logan of Philadelphia], Franklin's original edition, blank margin of a leaf torn, but an uncut copy in the original half binding, Philadelphia, printed and sold by B. Franklin, 1744, 4to. (713) Denham, £65 6865 Sylvester (Josuah). Lachrymæ Lachrymarum, with allegorical figures round the borders and black pages, several cut into, with Funeral Elegies on the Death of Prince Henry by severall authors (Holland, Donne, Sir W. Cornwallis, etc.) and an Elegie on Sir William Sidney, 2 vol., half bound, 1613, 4to. (715) Leighton, £3 35. 6866 Augustinus (S.) Confessiones, lit. goth., long lines, illuminated initials (shaved in scroll work by binder), large copy, morocco, gold tooled, by Rivière, s. 1. et n. t. (Cologne, B. de Unckel), 1482, 4to. (716) Kornman, £5 6867 Albertus Magnus. Tractatuli, lit. goth., long lines, 2 large woodcut initials, the first containing a small outline portrait of the author, wormhole in back margin of a few leaves, Sine nota (Argent., Hein. Knoblochtzer, 1480), 4to. (717) Kornman, £5

6868 Lignamine (J. P. de). Chronica Summorum Pontificum Imperatorumque, editio princeps, roman letter, last leaf defective, sold not subject to return, morocco, g. e., Romæ, J. P. de Lignamine, 1475, 4to. (718) Quaritch, £5

[A volume which mentions Gutenburg, Fust and Mentelin, in the pontificate of Pius II. (1458-64), “in membranis cum metallicis formis periti trecentas cartas quisque eorum per diem facere."-Catalogue.]

6869 Bayfius (Lazarus). Annotationes in L. II. De Captivis, et postliminio reversis. In quibvs tractatvr de re navali,

roman letter, long lines, device on title, lettres fleuries on a criblée ground, and 30 large woodcuts of ancient ships, costume and vases, all by Geoffrey Tory, several with his mark of the Lorraine cross, large copy, in old calf, Parisiis, R. Stephani, 1536 (720) Quaritch, £4

[The first appearance of these woodcuts. They were reprinted in Estienne's edition of 1549, and copied for Froben's editions of 1537 and 1541.—Catalogue.]

6870 Missale Secundum Usum Ecclesiæ Sarum Anglicanæ (cum Calendario), lit. goth. magna, printed in red and black, with square musical notation, double columns of 37 lines, contains title (in red, with device in red beneath), Calendar and Tabula, 8 leaves; "Benedictio Aquæ," I leaf; A-Z and A-R 7 in 10's, B and C having 8 leaves only; there are 21 large ornamental woodcut initials in red, some plain corners stained and a few somewhat damaged by damp, a large plain piece of title torn off, and the names of the Popes and Thomas à Becket in the Calendar erased, original binding of oaken boards, leather stamped with roses, fleurs-de-lis, phoenixes, etc. (the clasps are gone), measures 16 by 1034 inches, 1494, folio (732) Quaritch, £380

[Only one other perfect copy is believed to be known of this September issue of the Salisbury Missal by Hertzog.Catalogue.]

6871 Reynolds (Sir Joshua). Engravings from his Works, 3 vol., 300 engravings of portraits, historical and fancy subjects, etc., engraved by S. W. Reynolds, half morocco, g.e., Published by Hodgson and Graves, n. d. (746)

Parsons, £25 105. 6872 Estampes en Couleurs, du XVIIIe Siècle. Debucourt, Lavreince, Fragonard, Janinet, Huet, Taunay, Descourtis, Regnault, Saint-Aubin, etc., Texte par Ernest Chesneau, numerous illustrations, which are in two states, bistre and in colours, complete in 23 large portfolios, 1885-88 (747) Quaritch, £40 [Only 100 copies of this work have been issued.-Catalogue.]

6873 Siebold (Ph. Fr. von). Archiv. zur Beschreibung von Japan, the Atlas of large plates, in 2 vol., no titles, half morocco, atlas folio (748) Quaritch, £10 6874 Froissart. Chronicles of Englande, Fraunce, Spayne, etc., translated by Johan Bouchier knyght lorde Berners, 2 vol. in 1, black letter, vol. i., A i margined, and last leaf in facsimile; vol. ii., title mended in lower margins, sold not subject to return, calf (binding broken), W. Myddylton and R. Pinson, 1525, folio (752) Peach, £10 6875 Shakespeare. Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, published according to the true Originall Copies, the second impression, the title, with portrait by Droeshout, in facsimile, verses opposite in facsimile, portion of two leaves missing, and last leaf a reprint, there are also

some other smaller defects, sold not subject to return, calf (rebacked), T. Cotes for R. Allot, 1632, folio (753) Edwards, £32 105. 6876 Shakespeare. Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, published according to the true Originall Copies, the second impression, portrait by Droeshout, much disfigured and mounted, wanted the verses by Ben Jonson opposite and the last leaf, which is supplied in MS., else a generally sound copy in stamped calf, London, Thomas Cotes for Robert Allot, 1632, folio (754) Ripley, £24 10s. 6877 Lawrence. Engravings from the Works of Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A., 50 plates, open letter proofs, fine impressions, with Descriptive Text, half morocco gilt, g. e., Graves and Co. (1841), folio (757) J. Bumpus, £40 6878 Millot (Abbé). Tableaux de l'Histoire Romaine, LARGE PAPER, proofs before letters of the 48 large plates by Eisen, Gravelot and others, 65 original pen-and-ink drawings by Richard Van Orley inserted, half morocco extra, g. t., Paris, 1796, folio (762) Quaritch, £11

[This particular series of drawings is specially referred to in the "Biographie Universelle." They are all executed in India ink on white paper, and each one mounted within blue-wash frame.-Catalogue.]

6879 Bagetti. Vues des Champs de Bataille de Napoleon en Italie, 68 plates, proofs before letters, russia extra, bound for the Duchesse de Berry, 1762, elephant folio (763)

Quaritch, £16

[On the back "Unique," and probably in this state it is so.-Catalogue.] 6880 Thucydides. The hystory of the Warre whiche was betwene the Peloponesians and the Athenyans, translated oute of Frenche into the Englyshe language by Thomas Nicolls, Citezeine and Goldsmith of London, black letter, title within woodcut border, cut into by binder, half bound [T. Waylande], 1550, folio (765) Oxer, £7 5s. 6881 Shakespeare (Mr. William). Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, published according to the true Originall Copies, the second impression, with the excessively rare Smethwick title-page, portrait by Droeshout, water-stained throughout, but the soundness of the leaves is not impaired, half of last leaf backed, measures 13 by 83⁄41⁄4 inches, old calf, Printed by Thomas Cotes for John Smethwick, and are to be sold at his shop in St. Dunstan's Churchyard, 1632, folio (767)

Quaritch, £615

[Not more than three or four copies are known with the Smethwick imprint, the ordinary copies having the name of Rob. Allot.-Catalogue.]

6882 Shakespeare. Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, published according to the true Originall Copies, the second impression, portrait by Droeshout, cut round, slightly damaged and mounted, verses by Ben Jonson cut from the leaf and mounted, last leaf but

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