he gives facsimiles of some of the remarkable woodcuts. The popularity of the work was such that almost all the editions successively published by Pynson, W. de Worde, Notary and other early printers have nearly or wholly disappeared. Catalogue.]

3946 Stevens (C.) and J. Liebault. Maison Rustique, or The Countrey Farme, translated by Richard Surflet, . . also a short collection of The hunting of The Harte, Wilde Bore, Hare, Fox, etc., woodcuts, contemporary autograph "Thomas Pryce" on title, half russia, m. e., fine copy, 1606, 8vo. (1699) Maggs, £4 7s. 6d. 3947 Stewart (J.) Plocacosmos: or the whole Art of Hair Dressing more particularly for Ladies Women, Valets, etc., curious plates, half bound, 1782, 8vo. (1612) Maggs, £1 18s. 3948 Stud Book (The). Containing Pedigrees of Race Horses from the earliest Accounts to the present Time, 15 vol., vol. i.xiii. (1820-1877) half bound calf, and vol. xiv. and xv. boards (1877-1885), 8vo. (1535) Hatchard, £8

...

3949 Thackeray (W. M.) Works, 22 vol., numerous illustrations, half morocco gilt, uncut, t. e. g., 1869, 8vo. (1624)

Quaritch, £8 10S. 3950 Tour of Doctor Prosody in Search of the Antique and Picturesque, 20 humorous plates by C. Williams, calf gilt, r. e., 1821, 8vo. (1631) Maggs, £2 8s. 3951 Verne (Jules). Works: Meridiana-Michael Strogoff-From the Earth to the Moon-Dr. Ox's Experiment-The Floating City-Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea-The English at the North Pole-Five Weeks in a Balloon-The Fur Country-Around the World in Eighty Days, numerous illustrations, half morocco gilt, t. e. g., uniform, together 10 vol., 1875, etc., 8vo. (1635) Spencer, £2 18s. 3952 Vivaldus de Monte Regali (Jo. L.) Opus regale, lit. goth., title in red and black, within historiated woodcut border, other woodcuts within borders of the Dance of Death, etc., including a cut of three Deaths in a garden, from a book of Hours, ornamental initials, original binding of limp stamped leather, Paris, Jo. Barbier, impensis F. Regnault, 1511, 4to. (1795) Scotson, £3 1OS. 3953 Walker (Alex.) Analysis and Classification of Beauty in Woman, illustrated by drawings from life by H. Howard, on India paper, 4 extra engravings inserted, half morocco, t. e. g., 1836, 8vo. (1607) W. Brown, £I 18s. 3954 Walpole (Horace). Letters [1735-1797], 6 vol., 1840-Letters to Sir Horace Mann, concluding series, 4 vol., portraits, morocco, gilt edges, uniform, 1840-44, 8vo. (1614)

Dobell, £4 12s.

XIII.

26

[MARCH 9TH AND 10TH, 1899.]

SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE.

THE LIBRARY OF MR. EGERTON H. CLARKE.

(No. of Lots, 497; amount realised, £2,311 18s.)

3955 A'Beckett (G. A.) Comic History of England, coloured etchings and woodcuts by John Leech, 2 vol., first edition, red polished Levant morocco extra, g. t., uncut, with the wrappers and advertisements bound at the end of each volume, by Rivière, Punch Office, 1847-48, 8vo. (1)

Pickering, £5 2s. 6d. 3956 A'Beckett (G. A.) Comic History of Rome, coloured etchings and woodcuts by John Leech, first edition, red polished Levant morocco extra, g. t., uncut, with the wrappers bound at the end, by Rivière, uniform with the preceding, Bradbury and Evans, n. d. (1851), 8vo. (2) Pickering, £4 6s. 3957 Ainsworth (W. H.) Rookwood, a Romance, portrait and plates by George Cruikshank (fourth edition, but the first illustrated by G. C.), original cloth, uncut, fine copy, Macrone, 1836, 8vo. (4) Dobell, £6 10s.

3958 Ainsworth (W. H.) Jack Sheppard, a Romance, portrait and plates by George Cruikshank, 3 vol., first edition, original cloth, uncut, fine copy, 1839, 8vo. (5) Rimell, £6 6s. 3959 Ainsworth (W. H.) The Tower of London, a Historical Romance, plates and woodcuts by George Cruikshank, first edition, original cloth, uncut, 1840, 8vo. (6)

Hornstein, £4 17s. Ed. 3960 Ainsworth (W. H.) Guy Fawkes, or the Gunpowder Treason, plates by George Cruikshank, extracted from Bentley's Miscellany, with specially printed title-page, new cloth, uncut, 1841, 8vo. (7) Sotheran, £1 45.

3961 Ainsworth (W. H.) Windsor Castle, an Historical Romance, first edition, with illustrations by George Cruikshank and Tony Johannot, original cloth, uncut, Colburn, 1843, 8vo. (8) Robson, £3 15s. 3962 Ainsworth (W. H.) Saint James's, or the Court of Queen Anne, portrait and plates by G. Cruikshank, extracted from Ainsworth's Magazine, with specially printed title-page, new cloth, uncut, 1844, 8vo. (9) Sotheran, 1 35. 3963 Ainsworth (W. H.) Old Saint Paul's, a Tale of the Plague and the Fire, illustrations by John Franklin and H. K. Browne, first octavo edition, original cloth, uncut, 1847, 8vo. (10) Robson, £3 3964 Ainsworth (W. H.) The Miser's Daughter, illustrations by George Cruikshank, first octavo edition, original cloth, uncut, 1848, 8vo. (11) Robson, £2 1IS. 3965 Ainsworth (W. H.) Crichton, illustrations by H. K. Browne, first octavo edition, original cloth, uncut, an autograph letter from the author inserted, 1849, 8vo. (12) Robson, £5

3966 Ainsworth (W. H.) The Lancashire Witches, a Romance of Pendle Forest, plates by Sir John Gilbert, first illustrated edition, original cloth, uncut, 1854, 8vo. (13) Rimell, £2 15s. 3967 Ainsworth (W. H.) The Spendthrift, a Tale, illustrations by H. K. Browne, first edition, original cloth, uncut, 1857, 8vo. (14) Rimell, £2 8s. 3968 Ainsworth (W. H.) Mervyn Clitheroe, illustrated by H. K. Browne, first edition, bound from the original parts with the wrappers at the end, in new cloth, uncut, 1858, 8vo. (15) Maggs, £4 6s. 3969 Ainsworth (W. H.) Ovingdean Grange, a Tale of the South Downs, illustrated by H. K. Browne, first edition, original cloth, uncut, 1860, 8vo. (16) Rimell, I IOS.

3970 Ainsworth's Magazine, a Miscellany of Romance, etc., edited by W. H. Ainsworth, plates by Cruikshank and "Phiz," vol. i.-vi. (containing all the plates done by G. C. for this publication), polished calf extra, g. t., uncut, by Rivière, 1842-44, 8vo. (17) Sotheran, £5 IOS.

3971 [Aytoun (W. E.) and Sir T. Martin.] The Book of Ballads, edited by Bon Gaultier, illustrated by A. Crowquill and R. Doyle, first edition, polished morocco extra, gilt floral border on sides, gilt edges, with the cloth covers at end, by Rivière, Orr, 1845, 8vo. (24) Pickering, £2 4s.

3972 [Barham (R. H.)] The Ingoldsby Legends, or Mirth and Marvel, by Thomas Ingoldsby, Esq., plates by George Cruikshank and John Leech, 3 series, first edition, morocco extra, g. t., uncut, with the original cloth covers bound at the end, by Rivière, 1840-42-47, 8vo. (25) Maggs, £16 [This copy contained the rare blank page (236 in vol. i.) and the slip referring to the same. See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. viii., No. 221.-ED.] 3973 Bede (C.) The Adventures and Further Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green-Mr. Verdant Green Married and Done For, 3 vol., first editions, illustrations by the author, polished calf extra, g. t., with the original wrappers at the end, by Rivière, 1853-54-57, 8vo. (26) Pearson, £55s. 3974 Bentley's Miscellany, from the commencement in 1837 to 1848, numerous portraits and plates by Cruikshank, Leech, etc., 24 vol., polished calf extra, g. t., uncut, bound from the parts, with the covers and advertisements at the end of each volume, 1837-48, 8vo. (27) Sabin, £16 5s. 3975 Berkeley (G. F.) Reminiscences of a Huntsman, illustrations by J. Leech, first edition, original cloth, uncut, 1854, 8vo. (28) Maggs, £3 55. 3976 Blackmore (R. D.) Lorna Doone, a Romance of Exmoor, 3 vol., first edition, Levant morocco extra, g. t. uncut, with the original cloth covers at end, fine copy, 1869, 8vo. (30) Pickering, 11 IOS. 3977 Boswell (J.) Life of Samuel Johnson, with Malone's Notes and Illustrations, edited by A. Birrell, portraits, 6 vol., calf extra, g. t., uncut, 1896, 8vo. (31) Tregaskis, £2 3978 Brontë. Poems, by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell, first edition,

original cloth, uncut, enclosed in a polished Levant morocco case, fine copy, Aylott and Jones, 1846, 8vo. (32) Sabin, £28

[This is the genuine first edition, of which but very few copies are known bearing_this imprint on the title.—Catalogue. See next entry.-ED.]

3979 Brontë. Poems, by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell, another copy, original cloth, uncut, Smith, Elder, 1846, 8vo. (33) Edwards, £ 8s.

[The only difference between this and the other issue (supra) is a substituted title bearing the new imprint, with the addition of a leaf of advertisement at the end.— Catalogue.] 3980 Bronte (The Sisters) Works. Poems, Smith, Elder, 1846— Wuthering Heights, Agnes Grey, 3 vol., 1847-Jane Eyre (with preface to the second edition inserted), 3 vol., 1847— The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, 3 vol., 1848-Shirley, 3 vol., 1849-Villette, 3 vol., 1853-The Professor, 2 vol., 1857Life, by Mrs. Gaskell, 1857-The Adventures of Ernest Alembert, a Fairy Tale, now first printed, edited by T. J. Wise, facsimile, only 30 copies privately printed, 1896 -Swinburne (A. C.) A note on Charlotte Brontë, 1877, together 22 vol., first editions, uncut, polished Levant morocco extra, gold tooled sides and back, g. t. by Rivière, a fine set, 8vo. (34) Bain, £60 3981 [Browning (E. B.)] An Essay on Mind with other Poems, first edition, original boards, uncut, with paper label, fine copy, 1826, 8vo. (35) Robson, £5 17s. 6d. 3982 [Browning (E. B.)] Prometheus Bound, translated from the Greek of Æschylus, and Miscellaneous Poems, first edition, original cloth, uncut, with paper label, fine copy, 1833, 8vo. (36) Sabin, £10 IOS. 3983 [Browning (E. B.)] The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point, first edition, in the original wrappers, uncut, enclosed in a silk case, Moxon, 1849, 8vo. (37) Robson, £3 155.

[This poem originally appeared in a volume entitled "The Liberty Bell by Friends of Freedom," published in America in 1848.—Catalogue.]

3984 Buchanan (R.) The Piper of Hamelin, a fantastic Opera, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, uncut, one of 55 copies on Whatman paper, 1893-Days with Sir Roger de Coverley, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, 1886, 8vo. (39) Price, £2 3985 Burns (R.) The Merry Muses, vellum, uncut (reprint), 1827, 8vo. (40) Walford, £1 3986 Byron (Lord). Poetical Works, plates after J. M. W. Turner, 10 vol., limp morocco extra, gilt edges, Murray, 1866, 8vo. (41) Curtis, £1 175. 3987 Campbell (T.) Poetical Works, portrait and numerous illustrations after J. M. W. Turner, first edition, proof impressions, red morocco extra, joints, gilt gauffered edges by Wright, Moxon, 1837, 8vo. (42) Maggs, £37s. 6d. 3988 Carroll (L.) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, illustrations by John Tenniel, first edition, original cloth, gilt edges, Macmillan, 1865, 8vo. (43) B. F. Stevens, £9 155.

3989 Carroll (L.) Through the Looking Glass and what Alice found there, illustrations by John Tenniel, first edition, original cloth, gilt edges, 1872, 8vo. (44) Craddock, £2 10S. 3990 Cervantes (M. de). Don Quixote de la Mancha, translated by C. Jarvis, illustrated by Tony Johannot, and extra illustrated by the addition of the series of plates and vignettes, proofs, by Smirke, and the series of etchings by Lalauze, proofs on Japanese paper, 3 vol., calf super extra, g. t. uncut by Rivière, 1838, 8vo. (46) Maggs, £7 3991 Cockton (H.) The Life and Adventures of Valentine Vox, the Ventriloquist, first edition, 60 illustrations by Onwhyn, complete in the original parts, enclosed in a polished morocco case, Tyas, 1839. 8vo. (48) Robson, £8 3992 Cruikshank (G.) Fairy Library. Hop-o'-my-thumb, Jack and the Bean-stalk, Cinderella, Puss in Boots, etchings by George Cruikshank, first editions, in the original wrappers, very clean, enclosed in a Levant morocco case, velvet lined, with a special gold tooled design on the sides, Bogue, Routledge and Arnold, 8vo. (53) Sabin, LII IOS. 3993 Cruikshank (G.) Beecher Stowe (H.) Uncle Tom's Cabin, illustrated on wood by George Cruikshank, polished Levant morocco extra, g. t., Cassell, 1852, 8vo. (57) Robson, £1 16s. 3994 Cruikshank (G.) Brough (R. B.) Life of Sir John Falstaff, with a Biography of the Knight from Authentic Sources, etchings by George Cruikshank, polished Levant morocco extra, gilt tooled sides and back, g. t., joints, flowered silk end leaves, uncut, with the original wrappers, bound at the end, by Zaehnsdorf, fine copy, 1858, 8vo. (59) Sabin, £8 5s. 3995 Cruikshank (G.) Brough (R. B.) Life of Sir John Falstaff, another copy, original cloth, uncut, 1858, 8vo. (60)

A. Jackson, £4 3996 Cruikshank (G.) Chamisso (A. von). Peter Schlemihl, translated by Sir John Bowring, etchings by George Cruikshank, India proofs, LARGE PAPER, polished calf extra, g. t. uncut, by Rivière, 1878, 8vo. (61) Dobell, £1 6s. 3997 Cruikshank (G.) Grimm's German Popular Stories, 2 vol., etchings by George Cruikshank, first edition, polished Levant morocco extra, g. t. by Rivière, 1823-26, 8vo. (62) Sotheran, £37 3998 Cruikshank (G.) Merle (W. H.) Odds and Ends in Verse and Prose, illustrated by George Cruikshank from designs by the author, first edition, original boards with paper label, uncut, enclosed in a polished Levant morocco case, fine copy, 1831, 8vo. (63) Sotheran, £2 145. 3999 Cruikshank (G.) Roscoe (T.) The Novelist's Library, numerous etchings by George Cruikshank, 19 vol., calf extra, contents lettered, g. t. by Rivière, fine set, 1831-33, 8vo. (64) Pickering, £18 10s. 4000 Cruikshank (G.) Wright (J.) Mornings and More Mornings at Bow Street, illustrations by George Cruikshank, first editions, morocco extra, g. t. uncut, 1823-27, 8vo. (65) Maggs, £510s.

vol.,

4001 [Day (T.)] The History of Sandford and Merton, a Work