the large-paper copies of this latter edition are on royal octavo.-ED.] 2975 Sevigné (Mme. de). Lettres à sa Fille et à ses Amis, nouvelle édition, par Ph. A. Grouvelle, 2 portraits and facsimile, 8 vol., half morocco gilt, t. e. g., others uncut, by Chatelin, Paris, Bossange, 1806, 8vo. (374) Suckling, £3

2976 Sloane (W. M.) Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, numerous illustrations, some in colours, complete in 20 parts, Century Co., 1896, 4to. (491) Wilkinson, £2 18s. 2977 Smith (R. A.) The Scottish Minstrel, a selection from the Vocal Melodies of Scotland, arranged for the Pianoforte, 4 vol., morocco gilt, gilt edges, Edin., R. Purdie, n. d., imperial 8vo. (380) Suckling, £2 IOS.

["These volumes were given by Sir W. Scott to Mme. Graham in 1825, and all the additions and corrections scattered through them are by him. Paul Graham.”—MS. note on fly-leaf.]

2978 Smollett (Dr. Thos.) Miscellaneous Works, with Memoir by R. Anderson, 6 vol., old calf gilt, Edin., J. Mundell, 1796, 8vo. (381) Carr, junr., £I IS. 2979 Social England, a Record of the Progress of the People, by various writers, edited by H. D. Traill, 6 vol., Cassell, 1893-97, 8vo. (382) Wilkinson, £2 2980 Société des Aqua-Fortistes. Eaux-Fortes Modernes. Euvres inédites et Originales, 180 etchings, 4 vol. in 2, half red morocco, t. e. g., uncut, Paris, Cadart et Luquet, 1862-65, imperial folio (549) Hill, £3 17s. 6d. 2981 Stanley (H. M.) The Congo, and In Darkest Africa, maps and numerous illustrations, 4 vol., 1886-90, 8vo. (388) Townley, £1 2982 Stendhal (M. de), Henri Beyle. La Chartreuse de Parme, et le Rouge et Noir, portrait and 112 etchings by V. Foulquier, 5 vol., half morocco gilt, t. e. g., Paris, L. Conquet, 1883-84, 8vo. (389) Fontaine, £6 6s. 2983 Stirling-Maxwell (Sir Wm.) Artists of Spain, Cloister Life of Charles V., and Miscellaneous Essays, new edition, numerous illustrations, 6 vol., uncut, Nimmo, 1891, etc., small 4to. (392) Britwell, £2 6s. 2984 Surtees (R. S.) Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds, first edition, coloured illustrations by John Leech and H. K. Browne, half morocco gilt, m. e., 1865, 8vo. (395) Suckling, £2 6s. 2985 [Surtees (R. S.)] Handley Cross and Hillingdon Hall, coloured illustrations and woodcuts by J. Leech, Jellicoe, Wildrake, etc., 2 vol., half calf gilt, t. e. g., uncut, Bradbury, n. d., and Nimmo, 1888, 8vo. (396) Suckling, £2 2986 Tasso (T.) La Gierusalemme Liberata, con le annotationi di Scipio Gentili e di Guido Guastarini, engraved title and copperplate engravings by B. Castello, brown morocco extra, inlaid in blue and red interlaced scrolls, with gilt outlines, doublé in red and green, dentelle borders and centres of rich tooling au pointillé, damask end leaves with gilt ermines, joints, gilt edges, very fine imitation Grolier bind

ing by Chatelin in new morocco case, Genova, G. Bartoli, 1590, 4to. (493) Maggs, £5 55. 2987 Tasso (T.) La Gierusalemme Liberata, 20 fine copperplate engravings, with text to each plate printed within an ornamental cartouche above (not signed) (plates only), fine proof impressions, brown morocco extra, inlaid in black, gilt edged ornamental intersected scrolls, inside dentelles, joints, gilt edges by Chatelin, 4to. (494) Edwards, £2 15s. 2988 Thackeray (W. M.) Vanity Fair, first edition, illustrations by the author, calf gilt, 1849-The Virginians, first edition, illustrations on steel and wood by the author, 2 vol., calf gilt, 1858-Pendennis, illustrations by the author, 2 vol., half morocco, 1875, 8vo. (400) Suckling, £2 18s. 2989 Thackeray (W. M.) Works, édition de luxe, with all the original illustrations on India paper (No. 376), 24 vol., half morocco extra, t. e. g., others uncut (401) Suckling, £20 105. 2990 Thiers (A.) Histoire du Consulate et de l'Empire, numerous portraits and steel engravings, 20 vol., and oblong folio atlas, halt red morocco, m. e., Paris, Paulin, 1845-62, 8vo. (406) C. Brown, £3 3s. 2991 Thoinan (Ernest). Les Relieurs Français 1500-1800, Biographie critique et anecdotique, numerous illustrations, half red morocco gilt, t. e. g., uncut, Paris, Huard, royal 8vo. (408) J. Bumpus, £1 35. 2992 Tillier (Claude). Mon Oncle Benjamin, nouvelle édition, portrait, and 42 woodcuts, from designs by Sahib, large India paper copy, only 25 so printed, 2 vol., half morocco gilt, t. e. g., Paris, Conquet, 1881, royal 8vo. (409)

Lewin, £1 IS. 2993 Vie Parisienne (La) dirigée par Marcelin. Moeurs Elegantes, Choses du Jour, Fantaisies, Voyages, etc., from the commencement in 1863 to 1872, many hundred illustrations, Io vol. in 9, full half morocco gilt, morocco corners, t. e. g., uncut. Paris, 1863-72, 4to. (498) J. Bumpus, £3 15s. 2994 Villemain (A. F.) Euvres, Cours de Littérature, etc., 13 vol., half morocco, t. e. g., Paris, Didier, 1854, etc., 8vo. (417) Hunt, £1 2995 Voltaire. Romans et Contes, fine portrait, vignettes and 57 engravings by Marillier, Monnet, Moreau et Martini, 3 vol., crushed red morocco extra, full gilt floreate backs, line sides with corner fleurons, inside dentelles, gilt edges by Hardy, Bouillon aux dépens de la Soc. Typog., 1778, 8vo. (419) Stephens, £7 15s. 2996 Voltaire. La Pucelle d'Orléans, édition ornée de figures gravées par Duplessi- Bertaux, largest paper, extra illustrated, with a duplicate set of vignettes in red taken apart from the text, series of illustrations after Moreau and Monsiau, various portraits, etc., in all 91 plates, 2 vol., blue morocco extra, full gilt backs, and rich ornamental borders, t. e. g., other edges uncut, vignette on satin from Chant VIII. inserted in cover of vol. i., bound by Petit, fine copy, à Londres (Paris, Cazin), 1780, royal 8vo. (420) Stephens, £8 [Ordinary copies, as published, contain frontispiece and

vignettes after Duplessi Bertaux. These vignettes are sometimes, though very rarely, met with in artists' proof state without the text. Complete sets of these have sold in Paris for as much as 1,000 francs. See Lewine's "Bibliography of Eighteenth Century Art and Illustrated Books," 1898, p. 560.-ED.]

2997 Wood (Rev. J. G.) Illustrated Natural History, many hundred woodcuts, 3 vol., half morocco gilt, m. e., Routledge, n. d., imperial 8vo. (426) Suckling, £1 125.

2998 Woodward (G. M.) Eccentric Excursions, or Literary and Pictorial Sketches of Countenance, Character and Country, 100 coloured caricatures by Cruikshank, folding plate of Bunbury's Country Club inserted, full half morocco gilt, morocco corners, t. e. g., uncut, 1816, 4to. (499)

Pickering, £7 10s.

[JANUARY 24TH, 25TH AND 26TH, 1899.]

SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE.

A PORTION OF THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE MR. J. L. ELLIOT, AND OTHER PROPERTIES.

(No. of Lots, 964; amount realised, £1,337 4s. 6d.)

2999 Abbott (G.) The Case of Impotency, as debated in England in the Trial, 1613, between Robert Earl of Essex and Lady Frances Howard, and the Tryal of the Earl of Castlehaven, for a Rape and Sodomy, etc., with the rare frontispiece containing two full-length portraits, 2 vol. in 1, old calf, E. Curll, 1719, 8vo. (100) Treves, £2 2s.

3000 Ackermann (R.) History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings, numerous finelycoloured plates of views and costumes after Pugin, etc., 2 vol., russia gilt, morocco backs, g.e., 1814, 4to. (409) Bain, £5 3001 Ackermann (R.) History of the University of Cambridge, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings, numerous finelycoloured plates of views and costumes after Pugin, etc., 2 vol., russia gilt, morocco backs, g. e., 1815, 4to. (410) Bain, £5 3002 Ackermann (R.) History of the Public Schools, etc., numerous finely-coloured plates after Pugin, etc., russia gilt, morocco back, gilt edges, 1816, 4to. (411) Bain, £8 5s. 3003 America. An Account Showing the Progress of the Colony of Georgia, in America, from its First Establishment, fine, large, clean copy, half calf, 1781, folio (747) Sotheran, £3 4s. 3004 America. The Christian History, containing Accounts of the Revival and Propagation of Religion in Great Britain and America for 1743-44, 2 vol. and duplicate vol. i., all in old calf, Boston, N. E., S. Kneeland and Green, 1744-45, 8vo. (684) Quaritch, £2 25.

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numerous woodcuts, slight defect in a few leaves, therefore sold with all faults, half calf, Pawla Seweryna, 1529, folio (760) Quaritch, £4 8s. 3022 Bourne (J. C.) Drawings of the London and Birmingham Railway, with account by J. Britton, half_morocco, 1839, atlas folio (759) J. Jones, £1 14s. 3023 British Novelists, with Essays and Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Mrs. Barbauld, 50 vol., old morocco extra, g. e., 1820, 8vo. (336) Sotheran, £8 58. 3024 Brodrick (W.) Falconer's Favourites, 6 very large coloured plates, with descriptions, Van Voorst, 1865, folio (295) Quaritch, £2 18s. 3025 Byble (The). Translated into Englishe by Thomas Matthewe, with Tyndale's Prologue, black letter, wanted summe and contente," etc., page 2, description and successe," 2 pp., otherwise appeared to be perfect, corners of some leaves mended and a few soiled, but a generally sound copy in morocco antique, gilt edges by Zaehnsdorf, sold not subject to return, T. Raynalde and W. Hyll, October 31, 1549, folio (315) Fowles, £9 5s. 3026 Byble (The Whole). Translated by Myles Coverdale: wanted the first 10 leaves, and in New Testament, folio CX to CXXI (this last folio supplied in facsimile), it also wanted the 3 leaves of table, a few of the initial letters had been torn out, and several leaves defective, mended and inlaid, title to Old Testament in facsimile, text cut close, old calf (rebacked), sold not subject to return [Christopher Froschover, Zurich, printed], London, A. Hester, 1550, 4to. (275) Fowles, £8 3027 Byble (The Whole). That is the holy scripture of the Olde and Newe Testament faythfully translated into Englyshe by Myles Couerdale and newly ouersene and correcte, black letter, wanted the 8 preliminary leaves, and 5 leaves at end of New Testament, 4 of which were supplied in facsimile, as also the title to the Old Testament, some leaves defective, mended and inlaid, but the major portion of the book in sound condition, stamped morocco, gilt edges by Pratt, sold not subject to return [Christopher Froschover, Zurich, printed], London, A. Hester, 1550, 4to. (274)

Ridler, £24 5s. 3028 Byron (Lord). Fugitive Pieces, facsimile reprint of the suppressed edition of 1806, vellum, uncut, limited to 100 copies, For private circulation, 1886, 4to. (414) Maggs, Li 25. 3029 Cæsar (J.) The Eight Bookes of Caius Julius Cæsar, conteyning his martiall exployts in the Realme of Gallia and the Countries bordering upon the same, translated out of Latin into English by Arthur Golding, black letter, small hole in folio 27, sold therefore with all faults, morocco extra, 1590, 4to. (289) Pickering, £2 18s. 3030 Charles II. Relation du Voyage et Sejour que Charles II., Roy de la Grand Bretagne, etc., a fait en Hollande, depuis le 25 May, jusques au 2 Juin, 1660, folding plates of the