8535 Tennyson (Alfred, Lord). Works, port., 10 vol., 1884, 8vo. (225) Edwards, £3 5s. 8536 Virgilius. Opera, curis et studio Stephani Andreae Philippe, plates after Cochin, 3 vol., contemp. French mor., g.e., Lut. Paris, A. U. Coustelier, 1754, 8vo. (235) Edwards, £3 18s. 8537 Walpole (Horace, Earl of Orford). Letters, ed. by Cunningham, first ed., ports., 9 vol., orig. cl., 1857-59, 8vo. (239) Quaritch, £7 5s. 8538 Webster (John). Works, by A. Dyce, 4 vol., mor., t. e. g., W. Pickering, 1830, 8vo. (240) Hill, £4 10s. 8539 Woodward (J.) A Treatise on Ecclesiastical Heraldry, plates of arms emblazoned, Edinb., 1894, 8vo. (247) Hopkins, 14s. 8540 Woodward (J.) and Burnett (G.) A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign, plates of arms emblazoned, 2 vol., Edinb., 1892, 8vo. (248) Hopkins, £3 15s.

[JULY 27TH, 1911.]

SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE.

A COLLECTION OF BOOKS, ILLUMINATED AND OTHER
MANUSCRIPTS, FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

(No. of Lots, 284; amount realised, £5,292 4s.)

[NOTE. This collection contained a number of relics, many autograph letters and other articles, which are not within the scope of BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, and are accordingly omitted from the following report.-ED.]

8541 Furniture. Forty Designs in the New Style for the Decoration of Windows, etc., 40 col. plates, orig. bds., n. d. (c. 1820), sm. oblong 8vo. (4) Sotheran, £2

8542 Leighton (Sir William). The Teares or Lamentations of a Sorrowful Soule, first ed. (title soiled, pages 75-6 torn but not defective, wormholes in some blank margins), old hf. bds. (damaged), At London, Printed by Ralph Blower, Anno Dom. 1613, 8vo. (8) Dr. Steeves, £7

[So far as we can trace, no other copy has come up for sale since the Bindley copy, sold in 1819. Sold subject to the following collation: Title (*1) not marked; To the Reader, *2, *3; Poem by E. Cooke (*4) not marked; A, two leaves of Praise Poems; in all six preliminary leaves. B to Bb in fours, pages 1 to 189 and three pages of Table, the latter unpaged.—Catalogue.]

8543 Blake (William). There is No Natural Religion, a series of

12 (including title page) designs in colours, from the orig. (loose in wrappers), one of 50 copies facsimiled from the rare orig. ed., Privately printed, 1886, 8vo. (16)

Young, £145. 8544 Whitman (Walt). Leaves of Grass, ports. from life, autograph signature on title, "Walt Whitman," port. of author inserted, with initials "W. W. 1875," and inscription on fiy-leaf, "Ford Madox Brown, from the author," hf. bd., Camden, New Jersey, 1876, 8vo. (18) F. H. Green, £2 18s. 8545 Wilde (Oscar). Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, first ed., orig. cl., autograph letter from Oscar Wilde (4 pages) relating to the book inserted, 1891, 8vo. (19) Shepherd, £8 8546 Husbands (J.) A Miscellany of Poems by Several Hands, first ed., a fine copy as issued, totally uncut (mostly not even cut open by paper knife), Oxford, 1731, 8vo. (22)

Maggs, £5 10S. 8547 Swift (J.) A Letter of Advice to a Young Poet, first ed. (hole at pages 9-10), unbd., Dublin, printed for J. Hyde, in Dames-street, 1721, 8vo. (25) Pickering, £6 [Only two other copies appear to be known, viz., one in the Forster Collection at South Kensington, and the other in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.-Catalogue.]

2

8548 Swift (J.) Some Arguments against enlarging the power of Bishops, in letting of Leases, with Remarks on some Queries lately published, first ed., Dublin, 1723, 8vo. (28)

Pickering, £ 145.

[Only one other copy (viz., that in Trinity College, Dublin) appears to be known to bibliographers. -Catalogue.]

8549 Swift (J.) Le Sage. The Devil upon Two Sticks, front., old cf., Dublin, 1728, 8vo. (31) Spencer, £4 15s.

[A most interesting volume, with an original poem and inscription inside front cover, apparently in the handwriting of Dean Swift.

Dean Swift, 1738.

Ex Dono Domae Marthae Nugent (? i.e. Lady Martha
Nugent), Castle Richadiensis.

When far from all that's pleasant here,
From all that's gay and all that's dear,
In Classic Reding I pass my hours,

And feed on books in Lalian Bow'rs, etc.

--Catalogue.] 8550 Ireland (W. H.) Life of Napoleon, first ed., col. plates by G. Cruikshank, with MS. description of each plate inserted, 4 vol., hf. cf., John Fairburn and John Cumberland, 182328, 8vo. (34) J. Bumpus, £30 10s. 8551 Hunt (Leigh). Captain Sword and Captain Pen, a Poem, first ed., illustrations, cf. ex., t. e. g., uncut, 1835 (38)

Ridley, £5 [Presentation copy from the author to his nephew "Marriot Hunt," with autograph inscription on half titlepage.-Catalogue.]

8552 Germ (The), 4 etchings by W. Holman Hunt, J. Collinson, F. Madox Brown and W. H. Deverell, 4 numbers, orig. wrappers, Aylott and Jones, 1850, 8vo. (41) Quaritch, £40 8553 Sibly (E.) Magazine of Natural History, plates, printed in

colours, 2 vol., orig. cf. gt. (1795), 8vo. (44) Ridley, £2 8554 Dickens (Charles). Christmas Books. A Christmas Carol, in Prose, first issue of the first ed., green end papers and "stave I.," 1843-The same, second issue of first ed., yellow end papers and " stave one," 1843-The same, green end papers and "stave I.," and with the title and hf.-title printed in red and green instead of red and blue, 1844-The same, yellow end papers and "stave one," title and hf.-title in green, 1844-The Cricket on the Hearth, first ed., 1846The Chimes, first issue of the first ed., 1845-The same, second issue of first ed., with publisher's name beneath engraved title, 1845-The Battle of Life, first issue of first ed., with plain scroll on engraved title and publisher's name, 1846-The same, second issue of first ed., with Cupid holding scroll and publisher's name, 1846-The same, third issue of first ed., without publisher's name, 1846-The Haunted Man, first ed., illustrations, 1848-The same, with the broken in the number at page 166, 1848, together 12 vol., orig. cl., 8vo. (45) Shepherd, £40 8555 Lilford (Lord). Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands, first ed. throughout, 7 vol., text mounted on guards, hf. mor. ex., uncut, t. e. g., 1885-97, roy. 8vo. (51)

Quaritch, £44 8556 Lilford (Lord). Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands, second ed., 7 vol., text mounted on guards, mor. ex., uncut, t. e. g., 1891-97, roy. 8vo. (57) Sotheran, £48 8557 Braithwait (Richard). Barnabæ Itinerarium, or Barnabees Journall, front. by W. Marshall, cut to margin and mounted (title repaired, few leaves cut close on outside margins), old russ. ex., g. e., by Roger Payne [1638], 12mo. (58)

Gorton, £45

8558 Carlyle (T.) Sartor Resartus, in Three Books, first ed., hf. cf., J. Fraser, 1834, 8vo. (61) Maggs, £30 [Presentation copy, with author's autograph inscription, "To Mrs. Richardson, with kindest regards, T. Carlyle."Catalogue.]

8559 Dickens (Charles). Charles Dickens and Maria Beadnell [the original Dora of David Copperfield], Private Correspondence [with Explanations and Biographical Notes, by J. Harrison Stonehouse], ed. by Prof. G. P. Baker, engraved title-p pages, ports. and facs., Printed for Members of the Bibliophile Society, Boston, 1908, 8vo. (62) Hart, £9 15s. [This copy contained a transcription of Mr. Stonehouse's original title-page, a few MS. corrections and an identification of the original of Mr. Winkle, of Pickwick, established since the book was printed. The catalogue gives a lengthy description of the contents of the book.-ED.]

8560 Tate (Nahum). Poems, first ed. (few worm-holes in some

XXV.

40

margins, with rough leaves and having the "License" leaf before the title-page), mor. ex., 1677, 8vo. (63)

Ridley, £55s. [Charles Cotton's (author, with Isaac Walton, of The Compleat Angler) copy, with his autograph signature on title-page.-Catalogue.] 8561 Lively Oracles Given to Us, or The Christian's Birth-Right and Duty, contemp. mor., ornamental tooling to an elaborate pattern (probably by Samuel Mearne), g. e., Oxford, 1678, 8vo. (64) Parsons, £10 15s. 8562 Quarles (F.) Emblemes, first ed. before the Latin verses by Benlowes, copperplates by W. Marshall, etc. (title mended, lower corner of page 5 repaired and catchword restored, last leaf mended), mor., g. e., 1635, 8vo. (55) Monck, £5 5s. 8563 Greenaway (Kate). Almanacks, 1883 to 1895, and The Almanack and Diary, 1897, together 14 vol., orig. covers (75) Quaritch, £6 10S. 8564 Munchausen. Gulliver Revived, third ed., Oxford, 1786-A Sequel to the Adventures of Baron Munchausen, 1792, first ed., 20 copperplates, name cut from top of title-page, together 2 vol., bds., uncut, 1786-92 (78) Quaritch, £19 19s. [Original eds. of this work. The first vol. is the first illustrated ed. (both the first and second issues of this part were not illustrated). The "Sequel" is the first ed.—Catalogue.]

8565 Bacon (Francis). De Sapientia Veterum Liber, ed. princeps (a few pages cut close), old cf. (broken), Londini, Robertus Barkerus, 1609, 8vo. (80) Quaritch, £19 195.

8566 Marmyon (Shakerley). Cupid's Courtship (2 or 3 leaves cut into), old cf., 1666, 8vo. (81) Dobell, £3 5s. 8567 Ridley (Nicholas). Certein Godly, Learned and Comfortable Conferences between Bishop Ridley and Bishop Latimer during their imprisonment, first ed. (?), black and gothic letter, unbd., n. p. (printed abroad), 1556, 8vo. (82)

Barnard, £2

[This is the edition subscribed at end by J. O. (see Lowndes). Herbert describes another one of the same year.- Catalogue.]

8568 Ridley (N., Bishop). A Brief Declaration of the Lordes Supper, first ed., black letter, unbd., no printer's name or place (printed abroad), 1555, 8vo. (83)

Bull, £2 8569 Philpot (John). The Examinacion of the Constant Marter of Christ, John Philpot, Archedeacon of Winchestre (with) An Apologie written for Spitting upon an Arrian, black letter, 2 vol., no covers, n. p. or d. (but probably printed abroad, 1556), 8vo. (84) Barnard, £2 2s.

8570 America. An Inquiry into the Policy of the Penal Laws affecting the Popish Inhabitants of Ireland, orig. old cf., London, 1775, 8vo. (89) M. F. Cox, £2 12s. 8571 [Sheridan (R. B.)] The Governess, a Comic Opera, as it is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Crow Street, old hf. bds., uncut, Dublin, printed in the year 1777, 8vo. (98)

Ridley, £1 16s.

[Rare piece, being an alteration of Sheridan's Duenna. The first edition of the genuine Sheridan play did not make its appearance till 1794.—Catalogue.]

8572 Goldsmith (Oliver). The Vicar of Wakefield, first ed., contemp. MS. notes, 2 vol., tall copy in old cf., Salisbury, B. Collins, etc., 1766, 8vo. (99) Quaritch, 101 8573 Goldsmith (O.) She Stoops to Conquer, first ed., mor., g.e., 1773 (100) B. F. Stevens, £25 10s. One of the very rare early issue in which page 65 is printed 56, and the pagination jumping from 72 to 81. The catchword on page 100 is printed "Tony" instead of Hastings." These errors were corrected in later issues. -Catalogue.]

8574 Swinburne (Algernon Charles).

ed., orig. cl., 1868, 8vo. (101)

Poems and Ballads, third

Quaritch, £20 [Presentation copy from the author, with inscription on half-title in his handwriting, "Simeon Solomon from his friend A. C. Swinburne."-Catalogue.]

8575 Taylor (John, the Water Poet).

The Old, Old, very Old Man, or The Age and Long Life of Thomas Par, first ed., woodcut port. (a few lines cut), unbd., Printed for Henry Gosson, 1635, 4to. (110) Ellis, £5 8576 Spanish Armada. Certaine Advertisements out of Ireland, concerning the Losses and distresses happened to the Spanish Navie, black letter (a few fore-edge notes cut), I. Vautrollier for R. Field, 1588, 4to. (112) Edwards, £5 8577 Spanish Armada. An Answer to the Untruthes published and printed in Spain, in Glorie of their supposed Victorie atchieved against our English Navie, trans. by J. L(ea), unbd., J. Jackson for T. Cadman, 1589, 4to. (113) Maggs, £5 15s. 8578 Dekker (Thomas). The Whole Magnificent Entertainment given to King James, Anne his Wife, and Henry Frederick the Prince, upon the day of his Majesties Tryumphant Passage (from the Tower) through his Honorable Citie (and Chamber) of London, the 15 of March, 1603, unbd., E. Allde for Tho. Man, 1604, 4to. (115) Quaritch, £25 10s. 8579 Middleton (T.) The True Narration of the Entertainment of his Royall Maiestie (title-page soiled), T. Creede for T. Millington, 1603, 4to. (116) Quaritch, £15 10s. 8580 Burleigh (William Cecil, Lord). The Execution of Justice in England, first ed., black letter, 20 leaves, new hf. cf., g. e., Imprinted at London, 1583, 4to. (117) Maggs, 2 IOS. 8581 Greene (Robert). Penelopes Webb, black letter (one word on title defective and one headline shaved), unbd., John Hodgets, 1601, 4to. (123) Quaritch, £25 8582 Foxe (John). Rerum in Ecclesia Gestarum, quae postremis et periculosis his temporibus evenerunt, etc., woodcuts, old cf., Basil., N. Brylinger and J. Oporinus, 1559 (124) Leighton, 2 10s. [First and best edition, containing much information omitted in the English translations.--Catalogue.]