a Selection of Fugitive Poetry in Order that Ballantyne may 3711 Scott (Sir W.) Holograph Letter of 5 pp. (closely written) with address to his brother Thomas Scott, Regimental Paymaster to the Earl of Dalhousie in Canada, dated Abbotsford, July 23, 1822, refers to the baronetcy conferred on him by George IV., praises Lockhart, speaks of his nephew Walter, with the army in Cork, etc., "I think myself well clear of London and its intrigues when I look round my green fields and recollect I have little to do but to Make my grass mow And my apple trees grow," etc. (1236) J. Jones, £17 3712 Scott (W. H.) British Field Sports, 34 plates and woodcut vignettes, calf gilt, 1818, royal 8vo. (1217) Jamieson, £2 8s. [Some copies were printed on large paper (see ante, No. 1371). "William Henry Scott" was the nom de plume of John Lawrence. The cuts are by Bewick, as also the title, which is frequently missing.-ED.] 3713 Suckling (Rev. A.) History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk, map, portraits, views, monumental brasses, arms, etc., 2 vol., half morocco, t. e. g., J. Weale, 1846, 4to. (1240) Preston, £7 3714 Wordsworth (Wm.) Poems, 2 vol., frontispieces after Sir George Beaumont, presentation copy to “Edward Ferguson, from Dorothy Wordsworth, Saville Green, Feb. 27, 1817," Longman, 1815, 8vo. (1220) Maine, £10 5s. (5) Another Property. 3715 Ainsworth (W. H.) Saint James's, 3 vol., first edition, soiled copy, plates by George Cruikshank, tree-calf extra, t. e. g. (sold not subject to return), 1844, 8vo. (658) Locksley, £1 16s. 3716 America. Acugna (Christopher d'). Voyages and Discoveries in South America, folding map, London, 1698-Biscay (A. du). Voyage up the River de la Plata and thence to Peru, with Observations on the Inhabitants, the Cities, Commerce, Fertility, and Riches of that Part of America, folding map, ib., 1698-Grillet (J.) and F. Bechamel's Travels into Guiana, etc., ib., 1698, old calf— Kerguelen (de). Relation de deux Voyages dans les mers Australes et des Indes, faits en 1771, 1772, 1773, and 1774, folding plate, old French calf gilt, Paris, 1782, 8vo. (661) Bromage, 1 18s. 3717 Anthologie Française, ou Chansons Choisies depuis le 13me siècle jusqu'à présent-Choix de Chansons joyeuses supplement à l'Anthologie, 4 vol. in 2, portrait, engraved title for the supplement and plates by Cochin and Gravelot, old French morocco extra, gilt edges, fine copy, (Paris), 1765, 8vo. (664) Sotheran, £7 15s. 3718 Art of Contentment, frontispiece, old English red morocco extra, sides covered with elaborate gold tooling, in good preservation, g. e., Oxford, 1677, 8vo. (667) Pickering, £3 3719 Barbarus (H.) Castigationes Plinianæ, item Editio in Plinium secunda; item Emendatio in Melam Pomponium, etc., old Italian morocco, full gilt back and borders, with the arms of Foscarini Doge of Venice on sides, gilt edges, from the Hamilton Palace Library, Roma, E. Argenteus, 1493, folio (573) Lowrie, £2 3720 Barnes (B.) Foure Bookes of Offices, enabling Private Persons for special Services, first edition, calf, A. Islip, 1606, folio (574) Pearson, £5 10S. 3721 Béroalde de Verville. Le Moyen de Parvenir, 2 vol., first edition, with the fleurons on titles and frontispiece containing medallion portrait of the author, morocco extra, inside dentelle borders, gilt edges by Niedrée, fine copy, s. 1., 100070057, 8vo. (671) Upton, £2 95. 3722 Berquin (A.) Pygmalion, Scène lyrique de J. J. Rousseau, mise en verse, LARGE PAPER, original edition, engraved title and engravings by Moreau, fine impressions, old French marbled calf, gilt borders, gilt edges, Paris, 1775, 8vo. (673) Locksley, £4 4s. [M. Gennadius' ordinary copy brought in his sale LI 155., large paper copies are rarely to be met with. It was bound up with the original manuscript of the work, supposed to be in the autograph of Rousseau.-Catalogue.] 3723 Berquin (A.) Romances, LARGE AND FINE PAPER, unlettered proofs before the numbers, old French marbled calf, m. e., 1776 (674) Quaritch, £4 12s. 6d. 3724 Bible (Holy). The Byble in Englyshe, with a prologe thereto made by Thomas (Cranmer) Archbysshop of Cantorbury (second edition of Cranmer's Bible), black letter, woodcuts and woodcut initials (wanted all the titles, except that to the Apocrypha, had 2 preliminary leaves only, viz., the last leaf of Prologue and the Names, etc., of all the books, last leaf of part i., end of the Table of Epistles and Gospels, some leaves torn and headlines cut into, sold not subject to return), half bound (R. Grafton, 1540), folio (578) Higham, £3 125. 3725 Bible (Holy). King James's, or the Authorised Version, with Calendar, Speed's Genealogies, map of Canaan, Apocrypha, and woodcut titles, black letter, contemporary calf, with lion on back, thistles and leafy branches at corners, coat of arms and initials J. R. in centres, gilt edges, originally bound for King James (but binding damaged), R. Barker, 1613 [N. T., 1611], folio (579) Quaritch, £8 [This was, as regards the text, a fine and perfect copy of this issue, which is a mixture of the sheets of the "he" and "she" series of the first edition of the Authorised Version, with a new first title, which is thus the same for both Testaments. It has the "she" reading in Ruth iii. 15.— Catalogue.] 3726 Bible (Holy). Authorised Version, with Apocrypha and Calendar, black letter, woodcut titles, fine copy of the She Bible, original oaken boards covered with stamped leather, every leaf genuine throughout as certified by Mr. F. Fry, R. Barker, 1613, folio (580) Young, £3 3727 Biblia. Novum Testamentum cum expositione N. de Lyra, gothic letter, double columns, illuminated and painted capitals, original calf binding, Venet., O Scot, 1489, folio (577) Young, £I 12s. 3728 Bossuet (J. B.) Divers Ecrits, ou Mémoires sur le Livre intitulé: Explication des Maximes des Saints, etc., original edition, old French morocco, with arms of Duchesse du Maine on side, g. e, Paris, 1698, 8vo. (685) Quaritch, £9 3729 Cabinet (The), or Monthly Report of Polite Literature, 2 vol., frontispieces, and 18 portraits of famous authors, actors and actresses, including those of Mrs. Hartley, after Sir Joshua Reynolds, Mrs. Ellen Gwynn, Miss Ann Catley, Mrs. Woffington, Mrs. Opie, etc., brilliant impressions, 1807, 8vo. (692) Roche, £2 8s. 3730 Cardwera y Solano (D. V.) Iconografia Española. Collecion de Retratos, Estatuas, Mausoleos y demos Monumentos inéditos, de Reyes, Reinas, grandes Capitanes, Escritores, etc., desde el Siglo XI. hasta el XVII., 84 plates, 2 vol., half Spanish mor. extra, g. t., 1855-64, folio (592) Batsford, £2 8s. 3731 Cervantes (M.) Don Quichotte, 31 plates by Boucher, Cochin, Coypel, Picart, etc., genuine first issue of the first edition, having the Dutch text with the French letterpress beneath the impressions, half calf, uncut, 1746, 4to. (829) Pickering, 1 125. [The issue with the Dutch text is the best, for it contains the earliest impressions of the plates. These are before the numbers. Some copies were printed on large papersmall folio.-ED.] 3732 Charles I. Eikon Basilike, portrait of Charles I. and folding plate representing the king kneeling at prayer, old calf, with C. R. surmounted by a crown on sides, m. e., s. l., 1649 (697) Tregaskis, £2 75. 3733 Charron (P. le). De la Sagesse, livres trois, genuine first edition, having 772 pp., title in red and black, old calf, gilt edges, fine copy, Bourdeaus, 1601, 8vo. (699) Stevens, £2 3734 Chaucer (G.) Workes, black letter, engraved title, armorial portrait (mounted) from a smaller copy, old calf, 1602, folio (868) J. Jones, £4 4s. [A large copy, with Ben Jonson's motto, Tanquam Explorator," on title (part of the inscription torn off).— Catalogue.] 3735 Chevigné (Comte de). Les Contes Remois, original edition, with unlettered proof portrait of the author, and vignettes by Meissonier, half morocco, t. e. g., uncut, Paris, 1858, 8vo. (703) Quaritch, £2 175. 3736 Collection Spitzer (La). Antiquité, Moyen age, Renaissance, comprising upwards of 300 plates (plain and coloured) representing various objets d'art, antiquities, etc., with descripitive text, 6 vol., in portfolios, 1 of 25 copies on Japanese paper, 1890-92, folio (600) W. L. Williams, £42 3737 Costumes de divers Pays, 78 (should be 82) coloured fulllength figures of female costumes by Lanté and Gatine, half bound, in 1 vol., folio (603) Quaritch, £9 5s. 3738 Costume (Military). A series of 67 large coloured plates, representing the various uniforms in the French Army [1680-1850], half bound, Paris, s. d., oblong folio (870) Quaritch, £3 17s. 6d. 3739 Cosway (R.) Catalogue of a Collection of Miniatures by R. Cosway, and contemporary Miniaturists, in the possession of Edward Joseph, Esq., numerous photographic illustrations, half morocco extra, gilt edges, For private circulation, 1883, folio (605) Quaritch, £8 12s. 6d. 3740 Couché (J.) Galérie du Palais Royal, vol. i. and ii., several hundred plates, fine original impressions, old French marbled calf gilt, Paris, 1786, folio (871) Foulard, £3 18s. [There should be 3 vols., 1786-1808, atlas folio, with title by Aubert, dedication by Niquet, with fleuron by Guttenberg, and 355 engravings by Aliamet, Alix, Baquoy and others. Twenty copies were printed with the plates before letters, and the descriptions on tissue paper, and twelve copies on papier vélin jésus, with unlettered proofs.-ED.] 3741 Cruikshank (George). Omnibus, first edition, plates by George Cruikshank, original cloth, uncut, several leaves soiled, with all faults, 1842, 8vo. (712) Potter, £1 10s. 3742 Deschamps de Saucourt. Description générale et particulière de la France, ou Voyage pittoresque de toutes les Provinces, ouvrage national, dédié au Roi, 12 vol. in 11, 462 fine plates by Cochin, Le Barbier, Moreau, etc., representing old views of Paris, provincial towns and most interesting places in France, old French calf gilt, Paris, 1781-96, folio (873) Quaritch, £17 5s. [The 12 volumes are all that were published. The work was never completed.-ED.] 3743 Deuchar (D.) Collection of Etchings after the most Eminent Masters of the Dutch and Flemish Schools, particularly Rembrandt, Ostade, Cornelius Bega, and Van Vliet, 3 vol., 378 engravings on 308 leaves, old English morocco extra, borders of gold, gilt edges, fine copy, 1803, folio (874) £7 3744 Gessner (Salomon). Euvres, 2 vol., portrait and 166 plates, containing 336 subjects, all unlettered proofs, old French marbled calf, Zurich, s. d., folio (877) Maine, £2 25. [Only 25 copies printed by the family of Gessner for presents. Catalogue.] 3745 Helyot. Histoire des Ordres monastiques, réligieux et militaires, 8 vol., original edition, upwards of 800 plates of military and religious costumes by Duflos, Thomassin, etc., old French calf gilt, Paris, 1714-19, 8vo. (735) Grene, £3 [Reprinted in 1721. Some copies of the edition, 1714-19, were printed on large paper.-ED.] 3746 Horatius Flaccus (Quintus). Opera, frontispiece, unlettered proof, plates by Gravelot, old French morocco extra, gilt edges (Derome), Birmingham, Baskerville, 1770, 4to. (843) Quaritch, £5 105. 3747 Houbraken and Vertue. The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, with their Lives and Characters, by Thomas Birch, 2 vol. in 1, original edition, fine impressions of the 108 portraits by Houbraken and Vertue, old calf, London, 1747-52, folio (880) E. G. Allen, £3 18s. 3748 Houbraken and Vertue. Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, with their Lives and Characters by Thomas Birch, 108 portraits, old English morocco, gilt edges, 1813, folio (881) Ridler, £2 55. 3749 Imbert. Le Jugement de Pâris, poëme en IV. chants, suivi d'Oeuvres mêlées, engraved title, unlettered proof plates by Moreau, and vignettes by Choffard, morocco extra, gilt edges by Champs, 1774, 8vo. (743) Potter, £1 15s. 3750 Junius (Hadrianus). Emblemata, numerous emblematic engravings within ornamental borders, original edition, old morocco, Antverpiæ, Ch. Plantin, 1565 (747) Glyn, £2 25. 3751 La Fontaine (J. de). Contes et Nouvelles en vers, tome second, Fermiers-généraux edition, portrait, head and tail pieces by Choffard, and plates (with "Le Cas de Conscience," and "Le Diable de Papefiguière," "découvertes”) by Eisen, old French red morocco extra, gilt edges, Amsterdam (Paris), 1762, 8vo. (751) Low and Co., £8 3752 La Fontaine (J. de). Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., portraits, head and tail pieces by Choffard, and fine plates by Eisen, old French morocco extra, lines of gold on sides, gilt edges, one of the plates in two states, 1764, 8vo. (752) Paget, £4 10s. 3753 Legrand d'Aussy. Fabliaux ou Contes, Fables et Romans du XIIe et du XIIIe Siècle, 5 vol., plates by Moreau, India proofs before letters, presentation copy by Renouard, the publisher and friend of Moreau, with his autograph inscription, half morocco, uncut, t. e. g., Paris, 1829, 8vo. (754) W. Brown, £3 5s. |