6886 A'Beckett (G.) Comic History of England and Comic History of Rome, first editions, 3 vol., coloured plates and woodcuts by Leech, cloth, uncut, 1847-n. d., 8vo. (3) Spencer, £4 7s. 6d. 6887 Absurdities in Prose and Verse, written and illustrated by A. Crowquill, coloured plates, original boards, uncut, 1827, 8vo. (4) Robson, £1 6s. 6888 Ackermann (R.) The Microcosm of London, 3 vol., coloured plates by Rowlandson and Pugin, half morocco, uncut, original wrappers preserved, 1808-1809, 8vo. (5)

Russell, £29 6889 Ackermann (R.) Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions and Politics, complete set, 40 vol., original half binding, several hundred coloured plates of London and Provincial views, costumes, furniture, etc., also numerous engraved portraits, 1809-1828, 8vo. (6)

Robson, £47 6890 Adolphus (J. H.) Memoirs of Queen Caroline, 2 vol., coloured plates and portraits, calf, 1821, 8vo. (7) Russell, £3 6891 Adventures of a Post Captain, coloured plates by Williams, calf extra, uncut, t. e. g., J. Johnston, n. d., 8vo. (8)

G. H. Brown, £4 5s. 6892 Airy Nothings, or Scraps and Naughts, and Odd-cum-Shorts, in a Circumbendibus Hop, Step and Jump, by Olio Rigmaroll, drawn and written by M. E., Esq., engraved by George Hunt, coloured plates, calf extra, t. e. g., by Tout, McLean, 1825, 4to. (21) Sotheran, £12 15s.

6893 Alken (H.) Moments of Fancy, I coloured plates, half bound, McLean, 1822, oblong 4to. (22) Robson, £6 15s. 6894 Alken (H.) The National Sports of Great Britain, 50 coloured plates by Alken, half morocco, McLean, 1825, imperial 8vo. (23) Edwards, £20 10s. 6895 Alken (H.) The National Sports of Great Britain, another edition, coloured plates by Alken, morocco gilt, McLean, 1823, imperial 4to. (24) Bumpus, £34 IOS. 6896 Alken (H.) A Touch at the Fine Arts, coloured plates by Alken, half bound, McLean, 1824, imperial 8vo. (25)

Edwards, £4 5s. 6897 Alken (H.) The Life of a Race Horse, coloured plates, half morocco, Ackermann, 1848, oblong 4to. (26) Robson, £20 6898 Analysis of the Hunting Field, first edition, coloured plates by Alken, morocco extra, g. e., by Rivière, original cover and back preserved, 1846, 8vo. (27) Maggs, II IOS. 6899 Annals of Sporting, 13 vol., coloured plates, and woodcuts, original half calf, uncut, 1822-28, 8vo. (28) Sotheran, £95 6900 [Apperley.] Memoirs of the Life of John Mytton, Esq., first edition, 12 coloured plates by Alken, morocco extra, by Bedford, R. Ackermann, 1835, 8vo. (29) Craddock, £14 IOS. 6901 [Apperley.] Memoirs of the Life of John Mytton, second edition, with considerable additions from the New Sporting

Magazine, 18 coloured plates by Alken and Rawlins, morocco extra, g. e., by Rivière, 1837, 8vo. (30)

Craddock, £11 6902 (Apperley.) Memoirs of the Life of John Mytton, third

edition, with a brief Memoir by Nimrod, coloured plates by Alken and Rawlins, morocco extra, g.e., by Rivière, 1851, 8vo. (31)

Sotheran, £6 1os. [Has the memoir of the author for the first time.-ED.) 6903 [Apperley.) The Life of a Sportsman, by Nimrod, coloured

plates by Alken, morocco extra, g.e., by Rivière, first edition, 1842, 8vo. (32)

Sotheran, 631 6904 (Apperley.) The Horse and the Hound, their various uses

and treatment, including practical instructions in Horsemanship, by Nimrod, frontispiece by Alken, first edition, plates and woodcuts, original cloth, uncut, 1842, 8vo. (331

Murray, £1 8s. 6905 Beckford (Peter). Thoughts on Hunting, in a series of

Familiar Letters, frontispiece and woodcuts, morocco, gilt

and tooled sides, g.e. (1820), 8vo. (34) Shepherd, 22 45. 6906 Belamy (J. C.) A Treatise on Falconry, frontispiece, cloth, uncut, Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1841, 8vo. (35)

Shepherd, £! Is. 6907 Berkeley (Hon. Grantley F.) Reminiscences of a Huntsman,

first edition, coloured frontispiece and illustrations by Leech, original cloth, uncut, 1854, 8vo. (36)

Spencer, 12 ios. 6908 Boccaccio. The Decameron, or Ten Days' Entertainment,

translated from the Italian, 2 vol., coloured plates, calf extra, t. e. g., uncut, by F. Bedford, J. Griffin, n. d., 8vo. 138;

Sabin, 120 ss. 6909 Brighton. An Excursion to Brightelmstone made in 1789 by

Henry Wigstead and Thomas Rowlandson, 8 aquatints by Alken, after Rowlandson, original boards, uncut, 1700. oblong 4to. (39)

Hornstein, £28 6910 British Dance of Death, with Explanatory and Moral Essays,

coloured plates after Van Assen, original boards, uncut, n. d., 8vo. (40)

Sabin, 65 ros. 6911 Burney (Miss). Evelina, or the History of a Young Lady's

Introduction to the World, coloured plates by Heath, calf extra, t. e. g., uncut, by Tout, E. Mason, 1821, 8vo. (41)

Sabin, 640 105. 6912 Burton (Alfred). The Adventures of Johnny Newcome in

the Navy, a Poem in Four Cantos, first edition, coloured plates by Rowlandson, calf extra, g. e., by Rivière, 1818, 8vo. (42)

Hornstein, £3 ss. 6913 Byron. Don Juan, Cantos 1 to 5, a Correct Copy from the

Original Edition, 6 coloured plates in the style of Cruk shank, calf extra, t. e. g., uncut, by Rivière, G. Smeeton, n. d., 8vo. (44)

Darison, [5 6914 Cambridge. Harraden (R.) Costume of the University of Cambridge, coloured plates, half bound, 1805, 4to. (45)

Mendosa, L2 145.

a

letter, long lines, with two outline woodcuts, paper wrappers, Firenze, 1495, 4to. (659)

Quaritch, 236 6834 (Lamb (Charles).] The King and Queen of Hearts, with the

Rogueries of the Knave who Stole the Queen's Pies, 14 illustrations, and a vignette from designs by William Mulready (plain), 2 leaves slightly defective, original printed wrapper, Printed for M. J. Godwin En Co. at the Juvenile Library, Skinner St., Snow Hill, 1818, 12mo. (662)

Sabin, ki [An edition with a different date from the only two other known impressions, which recently sold for £220 and £240

respectively.- Catalogue. See Index.—ED.] 6835 Lamb (Charles). John Woodvill, a Tragedy, by C. Lamb, to

which are added Fragments of Burton, the author of the Anatomy of Melancholy, first edition, original boards, uncut, ex-libris of “ Tourle” in cover, Printed by T. Plummer for

G. and ). Robinson, 1802, 8vo. (663) Maggs, £10 55. 6836 Amadis de Gaule. Tresor de tous les Livres d'Amadis de

Gaule, 2 vol., morocco, the sides and back covered with a gold tooling of oval compartments, in the centre of the obverse side a shield charged with three fleurs-de-lis on a bend, and on the reverse a similar shield with three lilies and the motto “Expectata non Eludet," g. e., by Clovis Eve, in good preservation, purchased at the sale of the library of Robert Southey in May, 1844, à Lyon, 1582, 8vo. (664)

Perry, £32 (Bound probably for Marguerite de l'alois de Saint Rémy. Vol. i. being imperfect at the end, the lot was sold not subject to return. A copy of the sale catalogue of Robert Southey's library (priced), in which the above work

occurs (No. 40), accompanies the lot.- Catalogue.] 6837 Geographical Playing Cards. A pack of 51 Geographical

Cards, wanted title, containing small views of cities, including New York, South America and the principal cities of Europe and the East (H. Brome, 1676), 8io. (664*)

Sabin, £3 125. 6838 Testament (The New), now translated out of the Original

Greeke, woodcut title, B. Norton and J. Bill, 1627– The Third Part of the Bible (after some Division), containing 5 excellent Books, most commodious for all Christians, ib.. 1626-Whole Booke of Psalmes in Meeter, by T. Sternhold and J. Hopkins, with apt Notes, Stationers' Co., 1627, bound in 2 vol. dos-a-dos, in white silk, embroidered in flowers in relief in silver and various coloured threads by the nuns of Little Gidding (?), with the original silk ties and silk bag, in a perfect state of preservation, 16mo. (665)

Maggs, £26 1os. The Property of an Amateur. 6839 Butler (S.) Hudibras, the Second Part, first edition of the

genuine first issue, with leaf of imprimatur, original calf, T. R. for J. Martyn and J. Allestry, 1664, small 8vo. (666)

Maggs, £20 los.