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imprimee pour Geoffroy de Marnef viii. Feb., 1499, small folio (317) Quaritch, £10 4076 Breviarium juxta Ritum Ecclesiæ Curiensis (Chur) pars Estivalis, cum Calendario, lit. goth., red and black, large woodcut of the Virgin and Child, with SS. Florinus and Lucius on recto of first leaf, ribbon initials in red, numerous old MS. notes in margins by Melchior Gottfried, whose signature is on title, morocco, with blind stamped antique ornaments, rough edges, inside dentelles, by Zaehnsdorf, Aug. Vind., G. Ratdolt, 1520, folio (324) Quaritch, £18 4077 Britton (John). Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain, LARGE PAPER, plates, 5 vol., morocco extra, g. e., Longman, 1807-26, 4to. (328) Young, £6 15s. 4078 Browne (Sir Thomas). Works, first collected edition, portrait by R. White (backed) and plate, signature of "Samuel Prince" on title, morocco extra, g. e., by Rivière, T. Bassett, etc., 1686, small folio (339) Edwards, £4 12s. 6d. 4079 Bryan (Michael). Biographical and Critical Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, first edition, portrait, 2 vol. extended to 6, and extra illustrated with 477 portraits and specimens of the works of the masters mentioned, with special printed title to each vol., half morocco gilt, t. e. g., uncut, by Worsfold, Carpenter, 1816 [illustrated about 1889], 4to. (345) W. Carr, £18 10s. 4080 Buck (S. and N.) Antiquities, Sayer's original issue, 511 plates, including 83 large views of cities, with portraits of the brothers, frontispiece and index map, 3 vol., russia (broken), R. Sayer, 1774, folio (351) Ridler, £42 4081 [Bull (Henry).] Christian Praiers and Holy Meditations, by H. B., now lately imprinted, black letter, title, calendar and almanack in red and black, old English morocco gilt, g. e., H. Middleton, A.D. 1570, 12mo. (354) Cotton, £11

[An interesting copy, having on the leaf before the title an original moral poem of three stanzas and a moral addressed to Queen Elizabeth, by Thomas Heneage, who was captain of her Guards, Vice-Chamberlain of her Household, and one of her Privy Council, signed, "Your La. moch bound T. Heneage," and some Latin lines on Life, with English translation and inscription, "This above was written in a booke by the Queenes Matie."-Catalogue.] 4082 Burley (Walter, Anglicus). Expositio in libros viii. Physicorum Aristotelis, lit. goth. parba, double columns, 66 lines, with signatures (not in Hain), rubricated in blue and red, ornamental pen-letters, first page decorated, with coat-ofarms below (per fess or and arg., with six stars of the same), old MS. notes in margins (plain margins of first few leaves mended), russia gilt, Wodhull copy, with arms on upper cover, Padua impressa, 1476, xviii. Julii, large folio (360) Leighton, £12

4083 Burton (Robert). The Anatomy of Melancholy, What it is, with all the Kindes, Causes, Symptomes, Prognostickes and severall cures of it, first edition, calf extra, inside

dentelles, g. e., by F. Bedford (short copy), Oxford, J. Lichfield and J. Short for H. Cripps, 1621, small 4to. (367) Roberts, £14 4084 Butler (Samuel). Hudibras, the first part, the spurious first edition, title and next leaf mended, some corners stained and frayed, Printed in the year 1663, 12mo.-Hudibras, the second part, by the author of the first, genuine first edition, with imprimatur November 5, 1663, signature of Ch. Elstob on title, good copy, J. R. for John Martyn and James Allestry, 1664, 12mo.-Hudibras, the third and last part, first edition (corrected issue), S. Miller, 1678, 8vo., together 3 vol., uniformly bound in morocco, g. e., by Rivière (370) Thomas, £6 4085 Butler (Samuel). Hudibras, the first part, written in the time of the late Wars (wanted leaf of imprimatur), J. G. for R. Marriot, 1663, 12mo.-Hudibras, the second part, by the author of the first, "Imprimatur Roger L'Estrange, November 5th, 1663,” T. R. for John Martyn and J. Allestry, 1664, crown 8vo.-Hudibras, the third and last part, S. Miller, 1678, crown 8vo., all first editions, 3 vol., uniform calf extra, g. e., by Zaehnsdorf, 1663-78 (372) Pickering, £8 4086 Byron (Lord). Don Juan, Cantos xvi. complete, first edition; Cantos i., ii., 4to.; iii., iv., v., 8vo., T. Davison, 1819-21; Cantos vi.-xvi., 8vo., John Hunt, 1823-4, in 3 vol., morocco gilt, t. e. g., uncut, 8vo. and 4to. (382)

J. Bumpus, £3 17s. 6d. 4087 Cæsar (Caius Julius). Opera (Joannes Andrea Episc. Aleriensis edidit), editio princeps, roman letter (166 leaves), long lines, 38 to a full page, without marks, ruled in red, new outer margins throughout, several leaves repaired and words supplied in facsimile, illuminated initial and painted lower margin on first page, sold not subject to return, old morocco, g. e. (duplicate from the Duke of Devonshire's library, 1815), Roma in domo Petri de Maximis per C. Sweynheym et A. Pannartz, 1469, folio (394) Tregaskis, £16 4088 Campbell (Lord). Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, and Lives of the Chief Justices, library edition, 10 vol., half calf gilt, m. e., J. Murray, 1848-57, 8vo. (410) Young, £5 4089 [Capgrave (John).] Nova Legenda Angliæ, lit. goth.. double columns, full-page woodcuts of royal English arms and devices before the first page of text, the last leaf composed of a full-page cut of the Saints in Heaven, with Caxton's device on reverse, ornamental initials, wanted the title, consisting of a similar woodcut to that forming the last leaf, morocco super extra, g. e., Impress. Londonias in domo Winande de Worde, 1516, xxvii. Feb., small folio (418) Robson, £24 1OS. [The first edition of Capgrave's "Lives of the English Saints."-Catalogue.]

4090 Caradoc.

Historie of Cambria, now called Wales, translated into English by H. Lhoyd, corrected, augmented and

4093 Cato.

continued by D. Powell, first edition, black letter [dedicated to Sir Philip Sidney], woodcut title (inlaid) and woodcut heads, ruled in red throughout, the first woodcut initial painted and illuminated, and the coats-of-arms emblazoned, velvet binding, g. e., Rafe Newberie and H. Denham, 1584, small 4to. (419) Sotheran, £7 15s. 4091 Carlyle (Thomas). Collected Works, 16 vol., calf gilt, y.e., by F. Bedford, Chapman and Hall, 1858, crown 8vo. (425) Thomas, £33s. 4092 Catherina da Siena (Sancta). Epistole Devotissime, Editio Aldina, half morocco, Venet. in Casa di Aldo Manutio Romano, Sept. xv., 1500, small folio (437) Stechert, £4 Disticha de Moribus cum commentariis J. Philippi Bergomensis (Foresti), lit. goth., long lines, 40 to a page, without marks, rubricated, headings written in red, capitals painted in green and red, morocco gilt, g. e., by C. Smith (Syston Park), [Aug. Vind. A. Sorg] Incarnationis saluberrime anno mcccclxxv., die Crastina besti Omnium Sanctorum, small folio (439) Quaritch, £7 5s. 4094 Caulfield (James). Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons, LARGE PAPER, 111 portraits, R. S. Kirby, 1813-Portraits, Memoirs, etc. from 1688 to 1760, 157 portraits, LARGE PAPER, 4 vol., Young and Whiteley, 1819-20, together 7 vol., uniformly bound in morocco_extra, g. e., 4to. (442) Bull, £7 155. 4095 Caussinus (Nic.) De Eloquentia Sacra et humana, dedication copy to Louis XIII., in old French calf, the back and sides covered with semis of crowned L's and fleur-de-lis, with the King's arms in centres, g. e. (A. Ruette), well preserved, Lugd., Ant. Valançot, 1643, 4to. (444) Roberts, £15 4096 Caviceo da Parma (Jacomo). Dialogue Treselegant intitule le Peregrin, etc., lettres bâtardes, red and black, the woodcut ornamental initials painted and illuminated (wanted 24 leaves and 8 of the initials had been cut out, sold not subject to return), marbled and gilt vellum, g. e., Paris, N. Couteau for G. du Pre, 1527, small folio (448) Thomas, £20 [Printed upon vellum. Only one other copy known, which is in the Harleian Library. The first edition of this translation, by Francoys Dassy.-Catalogue.]

4097 Celsus (Corn.) De Medicina lib. viii. (ex Recogn. B. Fontii et Saxetti), editio princeps, lit. rom., long lines, with signatures, morocco, with stamped blind and gilt ornaments, some margins neatly repaired (Lakelands copy), Florentiæ, a Nicolao impressus anno, 1478, small folio (452)

Leighton, £6 15s. 4098 Cervantes (M. de). History of the most renowned Don Quixote of Mancha, by J. P. (John Phillips), first edition of this translation, copperplate engravings in compartments, morocco extra, inside dentelles, g. e., by Rivière, T. Hodgkin for John Newton, 1687, folio (456) Pickering, £4 10s. 4099 Champier (Symphorien). Domini Symphoriani Champerii Lugdunensi Liber de Quadruplici Vita Theologia Asclepii

Hermetis Trismegisti discipuli cum Commentariis, et alia Opera, Tropheum Gallorum quadruplecem eorundem complectens historiam, etc., lit. goth., first title in red within woodcut border, cuts in the text and ornamental initials (wormed), vellum, Lugduni expensis St. Gueynardi et J. Huguetani arte et industria Jannot de Campis, 1507, small 4to. (462) Ellis, £7 4100 Champlin (J. D.) and C. C. Perkins. Cyclopaedia of Painters and Painting, upwards of 2,000 illustrations, 4 vol., morocco extra, g. e., New York and London, 1888, imperial 8vo. (463) Maggs, £5 2s. 6d. 4101 Charles I. Eikon Basilike. The Pourtraicture of his Sacred Majestie in his Solitude and Sufferings, folding plate by Marshall (margins cut close), morocco extra, inside dentelles, g. e., by L. Broca, n. p. or printer's name, 1649, 8vo. (469) Leighton, £2 6s. 4102 Charles I. Eikon Basilike. The Portraicture of his Sacred Majestie in his Solitudes and Sufferings, together with his Private Prayers, frontispiece of royal arms, portraits of Charles I. and II., and folding plate, calf extra, g. e., by Rivière, no place or printer's name, 1649, 8vo. (470)

Tregaskis, £2 IOS..

[This edition contains "A Prayer in Captivity," taken from Sidney's "Arcadia.”—Catalogue.] 4103 Charnocke (S.) Several Discourses upon the Existence and Attributes of God, first edition, portrait by White (cut down and mounted), old English morocco (probably by S. Mearne, King Charles II.'s binder), g. e., D. Newman, etc., 1682, folio (477) Pickering, £25 4104 Chaucer (Geoffrey). The Woorkes (edited by John Stow), black letter. Chaucer's arms on first title, other titles within genealogical borders, woodcuts and ornamental initials, signature of " Roger Hollinges" and motto, "Vim Virtus Vicit," etc. on title, and old MS. notes on fly-leaf at end relating to the tombs of Chaucer, Drayton, Denham and Ben Jonson, modern boarded morocco, with antique gilt ornaments, g. e., by Rivière, Jhon Kyngston for Jhon Wight, 1561, folio (483) Edwards, £25 4105 Chaucer (Geffrey). The Workes of our Ancient and learned English Poet, newly printed, with Additions, by Thomas Speght, Speght's first edition, title within woodcut border (written on) and woodcut initials, boarded morocco extra, g. e., by McKelvie, A. Islip, 1602, folio (484)

Quaritch, £6 10S.

4106 Chronicon Nurembergense. Libri Cronicarum cum Figuris et Ymaginibus ab inicio Mundi (auctore Hartmanno Schedel), lit. goth., numerous woodcuts by M. Wolgemuth and Wm. Pleydenwurff, the masters of Albert Durer, morocco, with blind stamped ornaments, joints, g. e., by H. Stamper, 18in. by 121⁄2 in., some leaves wormed, Nuremberga, Ant. Koberger, 1493, imperial folio (489) Leighton, £31

Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge,

lettres bâtardes, double columns, woodcuts and ornamental
initials, title within woodcut border in compartments of
Biblical subjects with mark M. K., 2 vol. in 1, morocco
super extra, y. e., Imprime en Anvers, Martin l'Empereur,
1530, folio (195)
Bull, £20 55.

[The first complete edition of the Bible in French, separate parts having been published between 1523 and 1528. All the early editions were rigorously suppressed.Catalogue.]

4031 Biblia.

Le Premier (et Second) Volume de la Bible en Francoys (translatée du latin par Guyard des Moulins), lettres bâtardes, double columns, title in red within woodcut border, woodcuts and ornamental initials, 2 vol. in 1, corners of 2 or 3 leaves at end repaired, morocco extra, with antique gilt ornaments, g. e., by R. De Coverly, Imprimée à Lyon pour Pierre Bailly Marchant Libraire, 1531, folio (196) Leighton, £8

[A rare edition of Guyard des Moulins' French translation, with Comments on Genesis and Maccabees taken from the Latin of Peter Comestor, first printed by Vérard about 1510. Bailly published an earlier edition in 1521, but the woodcuts in the present are mostly different.Catalogue.] 4032 Biblia. La Bible qui est toute la Saincte Escripture, translatez en Francoys, lettres bâtardes, woodcut ornamental initials, title mended, margin of next leaf shaved, corners of 2 leaves at end mended and leaf with colophon inlaid, old French morocco, full gilt floreate back, line sides, g. e. (Derome), Achever dimprimer en la Ville et Conte de Neuchastel par Pierre de Wingle dict Pirot Picard lan 1535 IIIIe de Juing (197) [The first edition of the Bible in French for the Reformed K. Roberts, £26 Church of Geneva, by P. Olivetan and John Calvin.Catalogue.] 4033 Biblia. Le Premier et le Second Volume de la Bible en

François, lettres bâtardes, double columns, large and small woodcuts and ornamental initials, 2 vol. in 1, morocco extra, g. e., by De Coverly, Imprimée à Paris par Anthoyne Bonnemere, demourant au Mont Saynt Hilaire à l'hostel Dalbret, 1537-8, folio (198) 4034 Biblia Sacra Germanica (durch D. M. Luther), [Genesis to Bull, £8 5s. end of Solomon's Song only], lit. goth., numerous woodcuts by Hans Brosamer, painted and heightened in gold, the title to the third part having 14 emblazoned coats-of-arms of the German princely patrons of the Reformation, morocco gilt, inside gilt borders, silk linings, r. e. (Wittemberg, Hans Luft), 1561, folio (201) [Printed upon vellum. Stechert, £21 known. No complete copy on vellum This had no preliminary leaves or titles to the first and second parts. of Genesis, and this part ran to folio cvi., end of DeuterIt began on Aj with the first Book onomy, and wanted folios xvi. and xxviii. The second part

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