1747 Photographs of Medallion Stone Carvings from Church Walls, 20 fine photographs mounted in a vol., half morocco, oblong folio (946) Wilton, £3 4s. 1748 Pinto (F. Mendez). Voyages and Adventures in Ethiopia, the East Indies, etc., Englished by H. Cogan, old calf, J. Macock for H. Herringman, 1663, folio (948) Wilton, £2 [A few years after this book was published it could have been bought at auction for a few shillings. Sir Kenelm Digby's copy, for example, sold in April, 1680, for 5s. 6d. See Lawler's "Book Auctions in England," 1898, p. 135.ED.] 1749, Pisis (Rainerus de). Pantheologia, lit. goth., double columns, 57 lines, without marks (Hain, 13015), vol. ii., L-Z with 30 leaves of table, rubricated, capitals painted in red, oaken boards, stamped leather, metal bosses, Ex-Libris of "Convent. Ratisb. Ord. Praed." in cover, Nuremberg, J. Sensenschmid et H. Kefer, 1473, folio (949) Leighton, £3 18s. 1750 Pisis (Rainerus de). Pantheologia, printed in semi-gothic letter, double columns, 57 lines, without marks, 2 vol. (vol. ii. wanted 3 leaves), russia sides, morocco back, Nurembergae, Ant. Coburger, 1477, large folio (950) Wilton, £3 5s. 1751 Platina (B.) Les Genealogies faitz et gestes des Saincts Peres, Papes, Empereurs et Roys de France, compose en latine par Jehan (sic) Platine, et nouvellement translatees en Francoys, old vellum, with device of the Convent of Minimes of Paris, Paris, par P. Vidove pour Galiot du Pre, 1519, folio (953) Maggs, £2 14s. 1752 Plinius Secundus. Historia Naturalis, Lib. XXXVII., finely printed in roman letter, long lines, 50 to a page, without marks, first page of preface had a fine miniature initial of the author presenting his book to the Emperor, with marginal decoration, each book had a fine large ornamental pen letter, smaller initials painted in blue and red, books numbered in red in top margin (2 leaves wanted), Venet., Impressum per Nicolaum Jenson Gallicum, 1472, folio (954) Tregaskis, £6 15s. 1753 Plinius Secundus. Historia Naturalis, Lib. XXXVII., finely printed in roman letter, long lines, 50 to a page, without marks, large initials painted in gold, small ones painted, coat of arms in lower margin of first page, MS. notes in margins (1 leaf damaged and 12 lines supplied in MS.), old calf, Parmae ductu et impensis Steph. Coralli Lugd., 1476, folio (955) Bridges, £35s. 1754 Plinius Secundus. Historia Naturalis, Lib. XXXVII., ab Alex. Benedicto emendatiores redditi, numerous woodcuts and ornamental initials, device of cat and mouse on title, Venet., M. Sessa, 1513-Boccacius (Jo.) Genealogiae, etc. (wanted 4 leaves after title), woodcut initials, Paris, D. Roce, L. Hornken, etc., 1511, in 1 vol., oaken boards, stamped pigskin, folio (956) Wilton, £4 4s. 1755 Plinius Secundus. Historia Naturalis, tradocta di Lingua Latina in Fiorentina per Chr. Landino, roman letter, long

lines, 48-50 to a page, without marks (several leaves at end wormed), old calf, Venet., per Nic. Jansonis (sic), 1476, folio (957) Cockerel, £75s. 1756 Plinius. Natural Historie of the World, translated by Philemon Holland, 2 vol. in 1, old calf, with arms, A. Islip, 1601, folio (958) J. Jones, £4 4s. 1757 Plutarchus. Vitae Parallelae, a diversis interpretibus Latinæ factæ, a J. A. Campano collectae et editæ, finely printed in roman letter, long lines, 45 to a page, without marks, marginal decoration to first page of each vol., fine large ornamental pen letters, MS. notes in margins, some margins mended and a few words supplied in MS., 2 vol., old russia (Syston Park copy), editio princeps, Roma, Udalricus Gallus [circa 1470], folio (959) Leighton, 10 IOS. 1758 Plutarchus. Vitae, nuper quam diligentissime recognitae ; quibus tres Virorum Illustrium Vitæ additæ fuerunt, cut of Theseus and Centaur, and ornamental initials (some leaves slightly wormed and stained), oaken boards, stamped leather gilt, gilt gauffered edges (repaired), Venet., Dom. Pincius, 1502, folio (960) Wilton, £4 45.

1759 Plutarch. Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, translated out of French by Sir Thos. North, engraved title by Barlow, old black morocco, full gilt ornamental back, sides elaborately tooled in floreate ornaments, and centre panels with cottage roofs with head at angles, edges gilt and painted in flowers, bound by Samuel Mearne, an excellent specimen, A. Miller for W. Lee, 1657, folio (963) Clements, £14 55. 1760 Politianus (Aug.) Opera; et alia quædam lectu digna (cura Aldi Romani), with the 2 leaves of Register at end containing a Monody on Lorenzo de' Medici (bb iiii and v inlaid), contemporary oaken boards, stamped ornamental pigskin, with figures of Justice and Charity in centres, clasps, Venet., Aldus, 1498, folio (964) Hewlett, £3 125. 1761 Pontificale noviter impressum per pulchrisque Characteribus diligentissime annotatum per Jacobum de Luciis et Jo. Burkardum, lit. goth., double columns, red and black, musical notes, woodcut title, with the Pope in Council, within ornamental border (repeated twice), woodcuts and initials, MS. alterations in some margins, oaken boards, stamped ornamental leather (rebacked), Lugd., Jo. Moilin al's de Cambray expensis L. Martin, 1511, folio (967)

Maine, £3 16s. 1762 Priscianus Grammaticus. Opera cum Commentario Johannis de Aingre, roman letter (2 types), with signatures, oaken boards, stamped ornamental leather, Venet., G. Arrivabenus, 1488, folio (969) Wilton, £2 18s. 1763 Prisse D'Avennes. L'Art Arabe d'après les Monuments du Kaire, 200 lithographs (many in colours), 3 vol. vellum, and 4to. vol. of text half morocco gilt, Paris, Morel, 1877, atlas folio (970) Wilton, £22 1764 Psalterium Davidis cum Calendario, etc., Sæc. XIV., manuscript on vellum (141 leaves), written in large gothic letter, long lines, 22 to the page, by an English scribe, every

page having ni meru sïminated orrar ental eta's and divisions, à are and tinea illin rated histonated it tals, with borders round the pace of a rotesque birds the pe, an, et Yard other t, ures, tired with fola,e wirted a leaf n the Psalms and son e 12 caves of pravers at the end temporary uken boards, easier, four metal bosses, f 0 It m

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An interesting English MS. Among the Sants in the Calendar occur St.-W...stan St. Edward, King and Martyr, St. Cath ert, St Dnstan, St. A d ́em. St Kerem, St. Arnu ph. St Wo'fran, etc The Calendar and part of the text appear to be in a later hard 15 Isa term I at num et, cum Con per tar o beat Frein s i pa iert poiensis, ed to princeps, lit. goth, dusie columns, the text in a large mi sai type in red and back, the Commentary in sta jer gothic (Ha.n, 4711, parted ornamental int aïs, the first I am mated, with marginal decorations, ouker hounds, stam ped le aber metal corters and cas; repaired, A 『t,༦)t,"t;

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14. m. 14 148. The Fires of David, with Calendar, Fravers, Cree i, Itary of Sants, etc. Sac XII. manu script on ve.... I 193 leaves, of which the last 6 Tart of the · La ebo er hand, written bi pen chara ters, with int a jetters n god, and cap tas n rei, green and bile, the Calendar irreen, blue, red and back, vur memorates many Eng. sh. Sants, has three eaves o

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lines, 48-50 to a page, without marks (several leaves at end wormed), old calf, Venet., per Nic. Jansonis (sic), 1476, folio (957) Cockerel, £75s. 1756 Plinius. Natural Historie of the World, translated by Philemon Holland, 2 vol. in 1, old calf, with arms, Á. Islip, 1601, folio (958) J. Jones, £4 4s. 1757 Plutarchus. Vitae Parallelae, a diversis interpretibus Latinæ factæ, a J. A. Campano collectae et editæ, finely printed in roman letter, long lines, 45 to a page, without marks, marginal decoration to first page of each vol., fine large ornamental pen letters, MS. notes in margins, some margins mended and a few words supplied in MS., 2 vol., old russia (Syston Park copy), editio princeps, Roma, Udalricus Gallus [circa 1470], folio (959) Leighton, £10 IOS. 1758 Plutarchus. Vitae, nuper quam diligentissime recognitae ; quibus tres Virorum Illustrium Vitæ additæ fuerunt, cut of Theseus and Centaur, and ornamental initials (some leaves slightly wormed and stained), oaken boards, stamped leather gilt, gilt gauffered edges (repaired), Venet., Dom. Pincius, 1502, folio (960) Wilton, £4 4s. 1759 Plutarch. Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, translated out of French by Sir Thos. North, engraved title by Barlow, old black morocco, full gilt ornamental back, sides elaborately tooled in floreate ornaments, and centre panels with cottage roofs with head at angles, edges gilt and painted in flowers, bound by Samuel Mearne, an excellent specimen, A. Miller for W. Lee, 1657, folio (963) Clements, £14 5s. 1760 Politianus (Aug.) Opera; et alia quædam lectu digna (cura Aldi Romani), with the 2 leaves of Register at end containing a Monody on Lorenzo de' Medici (bb iiii and v inlaid), contemporary oaken boards, stamped ornamental pigskin, with figures of Justice and Charity in centres, clasps, Venet., Aldus, 1498, folio (964) Hewlett, £3 125. 1761 Pontificale noviter impressum per pulchrisque Characteribus diligentissime annotatum per Jacobum de Luciis et Jo. Burkardum, lit. goth., double columns, red and black, musical notes, woodcut title, with the Pope in Council, within ornamental border (repeated twice), woodcuts and initials, MS. alterations in some margins, oaken boards, stamped ornamental leather (rebacked), Lugd., Jo. Moilin al's de Cambray expensis L. Martin, 1511, folio (967) Maine, £3 16s. 1762 Priscianus Grammaticus. Opera cum Commentario Johannis de Aingre, roman letter (2 types), with signatures, oaken boards, stamped ornamental leather, Venet., G. Arrivabenus, 1488, folio (969) Wilton, £2 18s. 1763 Prisse D'Avennes. L'Art Arabe d'après les Monuments du Kaire, 200 lithographs (many in colours), 3 vol. vellum, and 4to. vol. of text half morocco gilt, Paris, Morel, 1877, atlas folio (970) Wilton, £22 1764 Psalterium Davidis cum Calendario, etc., Sæc. XIV., manuscript on vellum (141 leaves), written in large gothic letter, long lines, 22 to the page, by an English scribe, every

page having numerous illuminated ornamental initials and divisions, 8 large and finely illuminated historiated initials, with borders round the page of grotesque birds (the pelican, etc.) and other figures, tipped with foliage (wanted a leaf in the Psalms and some 12 leaves of prayers at the end), contemporary oaken boards, leather, four metal bosses, folio (972) Leighton, £85

[An interesting English MS. Among the Saints in the Calendar occur St. Wulstan, St. Edward, King and Martyr, St. Cuthbert, St. Dunstan, St. Aldhelm, St. Kenelm, St. Arnulph, St. Wolfran, etc. The Calendar and part of the text appear to be in a later hand.- Catalogue.]

1765 Psalterium Latinum, etc., cum Commentario Beati Brunonis Epi. Herbipolensis, editio princeps, lit. goth., double columns, the text in a large missal type in red and black, the Commentary in smaller gothic (Hain, 4011), painted ornamental initials, the first illuminated, with marginal decorations, oaken boards, stamped leather, metal corners and clasps (repaired), Absque ulla nota [Herbip. typis Reyseri, circa 1475], folio (973) Wilton, £14 14s. 1766 Psalterium Aureum. The Psalmes of David, with Calendar, Prayers, Creed, Litany of Saints, etc., Sæc. XII., manuscript on vellum (193 leaves, of which the last 6 [part of the Placebo"] are in another hand), written in bold open characters, with initial letters in gold, and capitals in red, green and blue, the Calendar in green, blue, red and black, conmemorates many English Saints, has three leaves only which are mended, new boards, half pigskin, clasps, bound by Cobden Sanderson, the Doves Bindery, 1896, small folio (866) Quaritch, £97

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[An interesting Codex written by an English Scribe at Saint Albans towards the end of the XIIth Century. From the Phillipps Collection.-Catalogue.]

1767 Psalterium Davidis Latinum, cum Orationibus, etc., Sæc. XIII., manuscript on vellum (152 leaves), written in large gothic characters, long lines in red and black (probably German), the first leaf, on which was a large illuminated B, wanted, the first page in the volume contains the opening words of the First Psalm in majuscules of gold, on green and blue grounds, within gold lines and gold and red borders, six large and elaborate scroll initials, four of which are historiated, and numerous smaller ornamental initials in gold, with green and blue shadings (margins of one leaf cut off), oaken boards, pigskin, clasps, 4to. (867) Wilton, £45

1768 Psalterium. Liber Margarita Davitica nuncupatus ex Sacris Ecclesiæ Sanctæ luminibus, etc., lit. goth., long lines, 32-34 to a page, without marks, elaborate ornamental woodcut initial P with marginal decoration, and outline initials (wanted folios cvi-cxiv, inner margins wormed), limp vellum, Sine nota (Augusta G. Zainer, circa 1472), 4to. (868) Wilton, £3 8s. 1769 Psalterium cum apparatu vulgari familiariter appresso. Latein