5683 Thirlwall (Bp. C.) History of Greece, new edition, 8 vol., original cloth, uncut, Lib. Ed., 1845, 8vo. (164) Roche, £1 2s. 5684 Thoroton (Dr. R.) Antiquities of Nottinghamshire, original edition, map, views by Hollar, coats of arms, etc. (wanted the separate slip of arms), dated Ex-Libris of Holbeck of Mollington, Co. Warwick, 1702, on reverse of title, old calf, H. Mortlock, 1677, folio (317) Quaritch, £9 15s. 5685 Voltaire. Romans, Contes en Vers et La Pucelle d'Orleans, édition stéréotype d'Herhan, numerous plates by Moreau, 4 vol., morocco extra, gilt edges, (the "Contes" not uniform in colour), Paris, Mame Frères, 1808-9, 8vo. (167) Sotheran, £3 25. 5686 Walton and Cotton. The Complete Angler, with Introductory Essay and Illustrative Notes, Major's edition, LARGE PAPER, India proof portraits and plates, morocco extra, gilt edges, J. Major, 1824, 8vo. (169) Young, LI 10s. 5687 Ware (Sir Jas.) Antiquities and History of Ireland, now first published in one volume in English, with the Life of Sir Jas. Ware prefixed, calligraphic portrait of Queen Anne in front, Autograph of Peter le Neve, Norroy, on title, calf gilt, J. Churchill, 1705, folio (320) Young, £1 95. 5688 Whitaker (T. D.) Ducatus Leodiensis, and Loidis and Elmete, Topography of the Town and Parish of Leeds, etc., portrait and numerous plates, 2 vol., half morocco gilt, t. e. g., other edges uncut, Leeds, Robinson, etc., 1816, folio (321) Ridler, £3 10S. 5689 Whitaker (T. D.) History of Richmondshire, co. York, portrait, woodcuts, views after J. M. W. Turner (foxed), etc., 2 vol., half green morocco gilt, gilt edges (stilted), 1823, folio (322) Milligan, £6 2s. 6d.

[MAY 5TH AND 6TH, 1899.]

SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE.

A PORTION OF THE LIBRARY OF SIR GEOrge Clerk, Bart. (No. of Lots, 733; amount realised, £1,705 175.)

5690 Accoutrements. Traite de l'Estat Honneste des Chrestiens en leur accoustrement - deux Traitez de Tertullian, des Parures et Ornemens, et des Habits des Filles-Traite des Danses, s'il permis aux Chrestiens de Danser, 3 pieces in I vol., ruled throughout in red, clean copies, old calf, m. e., Geneve, Jean de Laon, 1580, small 8vo. (3) Maggs, £1 18s. 5691 Adam (R.) Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia, 61 plates, old calf, uncut, 1764, atlas folio (6) Quaritch, £2 8s. 5692 Adamson (John). The Muses Welcome to the High and Mighty Prince James, King of Great Britaine, France and

Ireland at his M. Happie Returne to his Old and Native Kingdome of Scotland after XIII. yeers absence in 1617, woodcut portrait, ornaments and initials, original vellum, Edinb., T. Finlason, 1618, small folio (7) Pickering, £4 8s. 5693 Adamson (John). Eloquiorum Dei, sive Methodus Religionis Christianae Catechetica in Usum Academiae Jacobi Regis et Scholarum Edinburgensium conscripta, original edition, limp vellum, with crowned roses in centre, and ties, Edinb. hæredes And. Hart, 1627, 12mo. (8) W. Brown, £2 6s. 5694 Æsopus. Fabulæ et Vita, Fabulæ Extravagantes, Fabulæ Aviani et diversarum, Latinum per Rinucium factæ, lit. goth., two types, long lines with signatures, numerous spirited outline woodcuts quite uncoloured, except 2 or 3, which were slightly touched with red, and ornamental initials, rubricated, painted ornamental capitals in red (wanted the first leaf containing the figure of Æsop and a 8, otherwise complete, and in excellent condition), old calf, Absque ulla nota [Augsb., A. Sorg, circa 1480] (10) Quaritch, £64

[An early and rare edition, not often found in such good condition. The Ashburnham copy sold for £61, and Wm. Morris's (very imperfect) for £29. [Dibdin Bibl. Spenc., I. 246; Hain, 327.]—Catalogue.]

5695 Airs de Differents Autheurs-Airs de Cour et de Differents Autheurs, VIII. livres (manque livre III.) [Recueil de Chansons avec les Airs notés], titles within woodcut borders, ornamental initials, in 1 vol., vellum, Paris, P. Ballard, 1621-28, 12mo. (15) Maggs, £2 8s. 5696 Aldrovandus (Ulysses). Opera Omnia (Historiarum Naturalium), numerous woodcuts, 12 vol., old calf, Bononiæ, J. B. Ferronius, 1642, etc., folio (17) Ridler, £1 Is. 5697 America. Ashley (John). Memoirs and Considerations concerning the Trade and Revenues of the British Colonies in America, 1740-Address of the People of Great Britain to the Inhabitants of America, 1775-Byron (Commodore John). Shipwreck on the Coast of Patagonia, frontispiece, uncut, 1768-The Interest of Great Britain considered with regard to her Colonies, 1760-Earl of Selkirk's Settlement in North America, 1816, together 5 vol., 8vo. (21) Dobell, £2 4s.

5698 America. Jeffereys' Chart of the River St. Laurence, n. d.— Montressor (J.) Plan of the City of New York and its Environs, 1775-Plan of Boston Harbour (wormed), n. d., all on single sheets in cardboard cases, together 3 vol., 8vo. (22) Edwards, £1 IS. 5699 America. Nova Francia, or the Description of that part of New France which is one Continent with Virginia, described in the three late voyages and plantation made by M. de Monts, M. du Pont-Gravé, and M. de Poutrincourt, translated out of French by P. Erondelle (some leaves stained), limp vellum, Andrew Hebb, n. d. [16—], small 4to. (23) Sabin, £29 10s. 5700 Anderson (Jac.) Selectus Diplomatum et Numismatum Scotia Thesaurus; auxit et locupletavit T. Ruddimannus,

frontispiece, engraved caligraphic title, and 180 plates, old calf gilt, m. e., Edinburgh, Ruddiman, 1739, folio (26) Ridler, £2 45. 5701 Aretinus (L.) Dialogus de Moribus, lit. goth., printer's device on last leaf, Paris, 1497-Latomus (Jac.) De Trium Linguarum, et studii Theologici ratione Dialogus, title within fine arabesque border, Antv., M. Hillenius, 1519Declaration et Protestation de ceux de la Religion Reformee de la Rochelle, 1568-Affirmation du Droict que Charles V. a en la Duce de Geldres, etc., Anvers, 1541, and two others (imperfect), in I vol., limp vellum, small 4to. (32) Chadwick, £1 12S. 5702 Ariosto. Orlando Furioso, in English Heroic Verse, by Sir John Harington, now thirdly revised and amended, with the addition of the author's epigrams, engraved title, containing portrait by Cockson, and 46 copper-plate engravings, after Porro (last leaf pasted to cover), old calf, G. Miller for J. Parker, 1634, small folio (33) Maggs, £1 8s. 5703 Astrolabe. Paraphrase de l'Astrolabe, contenant les Principes de Geometrie, La Sphere, L'Astrolabe, le Miroir du Monde, revue et corrigée par Jaques Bassentin escossois, woodcuts and volvelle (stained), contemporary Lyonnese calf, with intersected geometrical scrolls on a ground au pointillé, gilt edges, Lyon, Jan de Tournes, 1555, 8vo. (36)

Leighton, £5 105. 5704 Bacon (Lord). Two Bookes of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning, Divine and Humane (second edition), title loose, W. Washington, 1629-Essayes, or Counsels Civill and Morall, newly enlarged, R. Allot, 1629, in 1 vol., old calf, small 4to. (44) Pickering, 1 IOS. 5705 Balfour (Jac.) Disputatio Juridica de Officio Præfecti Augustalis, dedication copy to Sir John Clerk of Pennecuik, in morocco, the sides covered in elaborate ornamental gilt tooling, fancy paper linings, in compartments, a brilliant specimen of Scotch binding of the period, Edinburgh, T. Ruddiman, 1730, small 4to. (48) Leighton, £3 18s. 5706 Bancroft (Archbp. Rich.) Daungerous Positions and Proceedings published and practised under pretence of Reformation, first edition, vellum, J. Wolfe, 1593-Propositions and Principles of Divinitie propounded and disputed at Geneva under Theod. Beza, etc., first edition, title within woodcut border, vellum, Edinburgh, Rob. Waldegrave, 1591, together 2 vol., small 4to. (49) Maggs, £2 6s.

Bannatyne Club Books, all printed in Edinburgh, in quarto, and in the Original Club boards, unless otherwise mentioned. 5707 Atkinson (Stephen). Discovery and Historie of the Gold Mynes in Scotland, written in 1619, presentation copy from the editor, G. L. Meason, 1825 (52) W. Brown, I IIS. 5708 Bannatyne Miscellany (The), containing Original Papers and Tracts relating to the History and Literature of Scotland, 3 vol. in 4, 1827-55 (58) Maggs, £I IIS.

Sotheran, £4 6s.

5709 Criminal Trials in Scotland, 1488-1624, from Original Records and MSS. by Rob. Pitcairn, 10 parts, complete, 1829-33 (72) 5710 Lauder of Fountainhall (Sir John). Historical Selections from his MSS., 1630-86 (with the portrait, 2 vol., 1837-40 (99)

5711 Liber Sancte Marie de Melros. Munimenta Cisterc. de Melros, 2 vol., 1837 (100) 5712 Baillee (Robert). Letters and Journals, additions to vol. i., 1841-42 (115)

5713 Liber Cartarum Prioratus S. Andree in

additional sheets),

Hopkins, LI IOS Vetustiora Monast. Hopkins, £2 1S. 1637-66, 3 vol., and Hopkins, £2 45. Scotia, 1841 (117) Lippe, £2 45.

5714 Registrum Episcopatus Glasguensis, 2 vol., 1843 (123)

Lippe, £2 5715 Knox (John). Works, collected and edited by David Laing, 6 vol. in 7, 1846-64, 8vo. (124) Hopkins, £2 165. 5716 Lauder of Fountainhall (Sir John). Historical Notes of Scottish Affairs, 1661-88, 2 vol., 1848 (129) W. Brown, £1 6s. 5717 Liber S. Thome de Aberbrothoc. Registra Abbacie de

Aberbrothoc, 1178-1536, 2 vol., 1848-56 (130) Maggs, £1 65. 5718 The Ancient Sculptured Monuments of the County of Angus, by Patrick Chalmers, 23 large plates, half bound, elephant folio, 1848 (131) Ridler, £1 10S. 5719 Darien Papers (The), a Selection of Original Letters and Official Documents, 1695-1700, map, 1849 (132)

Ridler, £116s. 5720 Laing (H.) Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Scottish Seals (Club edition), 1850 (134) Swinton, £1 135. 5721 Origines Parochiales Scotia. Antiquities of the Parishes of Scotland, 2 vol. in 3 (Club edition), 1850-55 (135)

Hopkins, £4 15s.

5722 Registrum Honoris de Mortori, etc., 2 vol., 1853 (139)

Hopkins, £1 6s.

5723 Breviarium Aberdonense (with Preface separately bound), 3 vol., 1854 (140) Hopkins, £1 8s. 5724 Black Book of Taymouth (The), with other Papers from the Breadalbane Charter Room, coloured and other plates (private issue by the Earl of Breadalbane), 1855 (142) W. Brown, £5 15s. 5725 Clerk (John, of Eldin). Series of Etchings, chiefly of Views in Scotland, 1773-79, with additional etchings and facsimiles from his drawings, 2 portraits and 55 plates, half morocco, 1855, imperial folio (143) Ridler, £2 11S. 5726 Clerk (John, of Eldin). Series of Etchings of Views in Scotland, 1773-79, with additional etchings and facsimiles, 2 portraits and 55 plates, half morocco, 1855, imperial folio (144) W. Brown, £2 11S. 5727 Registrum Episcopatus Brechinensis, etc., frontispiece, 2 vol., Aberdonia, 1856 (146)

5728 Adamnanus. Vita Sancti Columbæ, map, Dublin, typis Acad., 1857 (147)

Hopkins, 1 8s.

Hopkins, £1 16s.

Hopkins, £1 4s.

5729 Concilia Scotia. Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ Statuta quæ supersunt,

1125-1559, 2 vol., 1866 (155)

5730 Bartsch (Adam). Le Peintre Graveur, plates and marks, 21 vol., in 12 (vol. i.-vi., nouvelle édition, Leipz., 1854, vii.-xxi., first edition, Vienne, 1808-20), half morocco, g. t., Leipz. et Vienne, 8vo. (165) Ridler, £5 5s. 5731 Beverley (R.) The History of Virginia, in four parts, second edition, revised and enlarged by the Author, frontispiece and 14 plates by S. Gribelin, old calf, B. and S. Tooke, 1722, 8vo. (172) Quaritch, £4 12S. 5732 Beza (Theod. de). Histoire Ecclésiastique des Eglises Reformées au Royaume de France depuis l'an 1521 jusques en l'année 1563, première édition, ruled in red, old French red morocco, full gilt floreate backs, line sides with corner fleurons, gilt edges (Le Gascon), fine copy, Geneve, Jean Remy, 1580, 8vo. (175) Quaritch, £I IIS. 5733 Beza (Theod. de). Les Vrais Pourtraits des Hommes Illustrès en Piete et Doctrine... avec les Descriptions de leur Vie, etc., plus, quarante quatre Emblemes Chrestiens traduit du Latin, ruled in red, 38 woodcut portraits and 44 cuts of emblems within ornamental borders (portrait of James VI. of Scotland on reverse of title), old thick boarded calf, m. e., fine clean copy, Geneve, Jean de Laon, 1581, small 4to. (176) Ridler, LI 8s. 5734 Bible (Holy), Genevan or "Breeches," with most profitable Annotations and two tables (both titles mended, several leaves defective, sold with all faults), old leather, thickly boarded, with initials W. W. C. C. on sides, Edinburgh, A. Hart, 1610, folio (180) Bull, £15s. 5735 Bible. The Books of the Old Testament, translated into Irish by Dr. Wm. Bedel, Bishop of Kilmore (first edition of the Bible in Irish), old calf, 1685, small 4to. (184)

Pickering, £2 25. 5736 Billings (R. W.) Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland, numerous plates, 4 vol., cloth gilt (loose in binding), Blackwood, 1845-52, 4to. (186) Edwards, £4 17s. 6d. 5737 [Blackwood (Adam).] Martyre de la Royne d'Escosse Douairiere de France, contenant le Vray discours des Trahisons a elle faictes a la suscitation d'Elizabet Angloise, etc., old calf gilt, m. e., Edinburgh, J. Nafield, 1588, 12m0. (188) W. Brown, £2 135. 5738 Boccaccio. Thirteene most Pleasaunt and delectable Questions entituled, A disport of diverse noble Personages, written in Italian in his Booke named Philocopo, englished by H. G., black letter (last leaf slightly defective), covers of an old Latin MS., A. Jeffes for T. Woodcocke, 1587, 12m0. (191) Quaritch, £11 [Dedication to William Rice, Esq., dated 1566. The first edition was printed in 1567.-Catalogue.]

5739 Böckler (G. A.) Architectura Curiosa Nova, upwards of 200 copper plate engravings, old calf, Norimb., 1654, folio (192) Quaritch, £7 5740 Böckler (G. A.) Theatrum Machinarum Novum; exhibens Moralia et Aquatica Constructum Industria, 2 engraved