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borders of trophies and cupids, with large cut of St. George on reverse (title repaired), oaken boards, modern morocco, stamped blind ornaments, g. e., Imprented at Southwerke by me, Peter Treveris, at ye expences of John Reynes, 1527, xvi. Maye, small folio (1065) Tregaskis, £31

[A very fine and perfect copy of this edition, from the library of Bishop Van Mildert. (The Ashburnham copy, £21 10s.) See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xii., No. 186. -ED.] 4218 Holbein (Hans). Imitations of Original Drawings in the Collection of his Majesty for the Portraits of Illustrious Persons of the Court of Henry VIII., with Biographical Tracts, published by John Chamberlayne, first edition, 80 portraits, and portraits of Holbein and his wife, a duplicate set, I plain, the other printed in colours, on tinted papers, brilliant original impressions, with the 2 circular heads in colours of the two sons of Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and the 8 additional portraits of Francis II., Mary Queen of Scots and personages of the French Court, original impressions in colours, the coloured set mounted on large stiff paper, in 2 vol., morocco super extra, g. e., W. Bulmer, 1792, atlas folio (1072) Edwards, £63 4219 Holbein (Hans). Dance of Death, engraved by W. Hollar, 30 plates, including title, original impressions, mounted on thick paper, and bound in full half morocco gilt, g.e. [16-], small 4to. (1074) Edwards, £2 18s. 4220 Holinshed (Raphael). Chronicles of England, Scotlande and Irelande, the first or "Shakespeare" edition, black letter, numerous woodcuts, wanted the folding view of Edinburgh, title with G. Bishop's imprint pasted on vol. ii., otherwise a good, sound copy, not subject to return, 2 vol., morocco extra, y. e., L. Harrison and G. Bishop, 1577, thick small folio (1081) Tregaskis, £16 4221 Holinshed (Raphael). Chronicles of England, Ireland and Scotland, now newlie augmented and continued to the yeare 1586 by John Hooker and others (second edition), black letter, woodcut titles and initials, 3 vol. in 2 (title to vol. iii. inlaid), morocco super extra, g. e., by Rivière, Finished in January, 1586-7, at the expenses of John Harrison (and others), folio (1083) Edwards, £19 4222 Holinshed (Raphael). The Historie of Scotlande, containing the beginning, increase, proceedings, continuance actes and government of the Scottish Nation (from the first or Shakespeare edition of the Chronicles, complete), black letter, woodcuts, calf gilt, Imprinted for John Hunne, 1577, folio (1082) Ellis, £5 55.

4223 Homerus. Opera. Ilias, Odyssea, Batrachomyomachia, Hymni, Græcè, editio princeps, 2 vol., morocco extra, Harleian ornaments, g.e., Florentiæ, Sumpt. Nerliorum, 1488, folio (1087) Quaritch, £202 4224 Homerus. Ilias Græcè, editio Aldina prima, morocco, g.e., with anchor on sides (Syston Park copy), Venet., Aldus, 1504, small 8vo. (1088) Stechert, £4 105.

4225 Homerus. Ilias et Odyssea, editio Aldina, 2 vol., old Venetian morocco, with gilt ornaments, gilt and gauffred edges (not quite uniform), Venet., Aldus, 1517, small 8vo. (1089)

Stechert, £6 105. 4226 Homerus. Odyssea, etc. Gr. et Lat. tertia editio, acc. Heraclidis Pontici de Fabulis Homericis libellus, ruled, contemporary morocco, back and sides elaborately tooled in leafy scrolls petit fers, with the marguerite of the Queen of Navarre and the arms of Nicolas de Villa, Lord and Bishop of Agen, in centres, g. e. (Clovis Eve), Geneva, E. Vignon, 1546, 12mo. (1091) Pickering, £12 5s. 4227 Hora Beatæ Mariæ Virginis, cum Calendario, illuminated Manuscript on vellum (161 leaves, 64 by 41⁄2 inches), written in neat regular gothic letters in red and black, long lines, 15 to a full page, by an Anglo-Norman or English scribe (full Calendar in French), every page, including the Calendar, having an inside or outside border of straps and spiked ivy-leaf scrolls connecting ornamental initials, some terminating in very clever grotesques, 15 very fine miniatures, chiefly on diapered backgrounds of red and blue of the usual subjects, some treated unconventionally, as in the Annunciation (the Virgin enthroned, with a vase of flowering lilies before her, the Angel kneeling, the border having ten figures of winged Angels enshrined), the Massacre of the Innocents (an interior, Herod seated, two men in full grey armour each beheading a nude infant), a peculiarity of this MS. is that the miniatures have no landscapes, or only suggestions of them, nearly all having full diapered backgrounds, morocco super extra, back, centres and corners inlaid in red, covered with elaborate scroll ornaments au pointillé, inside dentelles, g. e., by Capé, Sæc. xiv., 8vo. (III) Quaritch, £329 4228 Hora Beatæ Mariæ Virginis, cum Calendario, richly illuminated Manuscript on vellum (184 leaves, 8 by 51⁄2 inches), written in bold regular gothic letters, with rubrics, long lines, 15 to a full page, by an Anglo-French scribe (Calendar written in French in red, blue and gold, some rubrics in French), every page, including the Calendar, having a 4in. border of elegant decorative work in flower, leafy and black line scrolls, the Calendar having 24 small miniatures of the signs of the Zodiac and occupations of the month, 6 large and fine painted and illuminated miniatures, representing St. John in Patmos, the Shepherds, Offerings of the Magi, Presentation in the Temple, Coronation of the Virgin, and Funeral Service (exterior), each of these surrounded by a much richer decorative border than those in the rest of the MS., having fine ornamental initials connected with an outer frame, and 22 brilliant small miniatures of saints, and numerous small ornamental initials and decorative details, boarded velvet in new morocco slip case, late xivth Sæc., small 4to. (1113) Maxim, £305 4229 Horæ Beatæ Mariæ Virginis, ad usum Romanæ Curiæ,

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cum Calendario, lettres bâtardes, printed upon vellum, within borders of Saints and Biblical characters, full-page woodcuts, etc., the initials and details illuminated, 90 leaves, signatures not regular, 4 leaves in sheet a at end defective, no colophon, not subject to return, wood-boarded modern morocco, g. e., by Zaehnsdorf [Paris, Verard (?), Almanack, 1478-1508], small 8vo. (1146) Cockerell, £17 10S. 4230 Horæ Divæ Mariæ Virginis Secundum Verum usum Romanum, cum aliis multis, roman letter, red and black, printed upon vellum, within woodcut borders of the Dance of Death, Apocalyptic and Biblical subjects, arabesque ornaments, grotesques, figures of saints, etc., 18 full-page woodcuts also within borders, Kerver's large device on title, with astrological man on reverse (the latter damaged), all untouched with colour except the small capitals which are illuminated, modern morocco, with blind stamped ornaments, Officium B. V. M. cum Horis, etc. Parisius impressum Anno domini, 1507, Opera Thielmanni Kerver XIII. Mensis Sept., small 8vo. (1147) Quaritch, £40 4231 Horæ. "Ces Presentes Heures a lusaige de Paris sont au long sans riens requerir, avec les miracles nostre dame, et les figures de lapocalipse et de lantique et des Triumphes de Cesar," cum Calendario, etc., lettres bâtardes, printed upon vellum, within woodcut borders of Apocalyptic subjects, triumphs, hunting scenes, Dance of Death (66 subjects), arabesques, etc., Vostre's large device on title, astrological skeleton, 14 full-page woodcuts without borders, and 7 other large cuts within borders, etc., entirely untouched by colour, the spaces for the small illuminated capitals left blank (3 leaves shrivelled and slightly stained), old French morocco, gilt pomegranates on back, the sides covered with fleurs-de-lis, a circle of stars in centre, inside of which are flying insects and a small crucifix, chased silver clasps, an unusual specimen of xviith century French binding, in new morocco slip case, Paris, Simon Vostre, s. d. [no colophon; Almanack, 1508-28], small 4to. (1148)

Quaritch, £72 4232 Horæ. Officium (sic) Beatæ Mariæ Virginis ad Usum Sarum, cum Calendario, lit. goth.. printed upon vellum, red and black, long lines, within woodcut borders of Biblical subjects, incidents in lives of Saints, pastoral and hunting scenes, Dances of Death, groups of cupids, arabesques and other subjects and decorations, Vostre's device on title, astrological man and 14 full-page woodcuts, all quite free from colour, some prayers erased and others added in MS. in the text, modern boarded morocco, g. e., by Zaehnsdorf, Parisiis, Expensis Honesti Viri Symonis Vostre in Vico Novo, etc., s. d. (Almanack, 1512-30), 8vo. (1149)

Quaritch, £46 4233 Horæ Beatæ Mariæ Virginis Secundum Usum Romanæ Ecclesiæ, cum Calendario, roman letter, long lines (signatures - in 8's), printed upon vellum (without woodcut

borders), device of the Rape of Proserpine on title, astrological man within a border of 4 woodcut figures, 14 full-page woodcuts of the usual subjects, small initial cuts of saints and ornamental initials, painted and illuminated in the style of the ancient MSS. (a rubric and a prayer at end run through with ink), modern vellum gilt, with centre gilt ornament, old gilt and gauffred edges, Impressus opera Egidii Hardouyn, Parisiis, s. a. [Almanack, 1516-30], 8vo. (1150) Quaritch, £27 4234 Horæ. Hore in laudē gloriosissime Virginis Marie Secundum usum Romanum, lettres bâtardes, printed upon vellum, within woodcut borders of Biblical subjects, nude female figures, trophies, arabesques, etc., Hardouin's device on title, astrological skeleton, 16 large oval woodcuts of scenes in the life of Christ and the Virgin (without borders) and numerous small circular woodcuts of Saints and Apostles (all entirely untouched by colour), the small ornamental initials illuminated throughout, contemporary Lyonnese calf, full gilt ornamental back, the sides stamped in indented ornamental scrolls in high and low relief and richly gilt, g. e., a fine specimen of binding, well preserved, Cy fynissent ces presents heures... ont este nouvellement Imprimées à Paris par Germain Hardouyn demourant entre les deux portes de Paris à lenseigne de Saincte Marguerite, s. d. Almanack, 1532-45], 8vo. (1151) Hill, £24 10s.

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[A very rare edition of Hardouin's "Roman Hours"; perfect, and in very fine condition. It contains - in 8's. -Catalogue.] 4235 Horatius. [Opera], Editio Aldina Prima, morocco extra, inside dentelles, g. e., by David, Venet., Aldus, 1501, small 8vo. (1157) Quaritch, £27 IOS. 4236 Horatius. Opera, æneis Tabulis incidit Johannes Pine, first or "post est" edition, fine impressions of the numerous plates, 2 vol., morocco, line tooled (Stoneleigh Abbey copy), Jo. Pine, 1733, imperial 8vo. (1159) W. Brown, £7 10S. 4237 Horatius. Pickering's diamond type edition," printed on large India paper, portrait, with frontispiece and duplicate title on ordinary paper, morocco extra, inside dentelles, t. e. g., by Belz-Niedrée, W. Pickering, 1824, 16mo. (1161) Pickering, £2 16s. 4238 Horborch (Guil.) Decisiones Antiquæ dominorum de Rota, annotæ ab editore Guil. Horborch alemanno, lit. goth., parva, double columns, 50 lines, without marks, rubricated, half morocco, In Civitate Moguntina impressus per Petrum Schoyffer de Gernsheym, 1477 [colophon and shields in red], folio (1165) Quaritch, £10

4239 H(ortus) Sanitatis de Herbis et Plantis de animalibus et reptilibus de Avibus et Volatilibus, de Piscibus et Natatilibus, etc. (auctore Johanne de Cuba), lit. goth., double columns, with signatures (Hain *8941), woodcuts, russia (broken), m.e., old vellum fly-leaves, Absque ulla nota, small folio (1166) Leighton, £17

[The first edition, and a very good and sound copy.— Catalogue.] 4240 Houbraken and Vertue. The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, with their Lives and Characters, by Thomas Birch, LARGE PAPER, original impressions of the 108 portraits, bound in 2 vol., russia extra, joints, g. e., by Hayday (rebacked), J. Knapton, 1756, imperial folio (1169) Howell, £9 5s. 4241 Houel (Jean). Voyage Pittoresque des Isles de Sicile, de Lipari et de Malte, 264 tinted plates in bistre, 4 vol., full half morocco extra, t. e. g., by Tout, Paris, Impr. de Monsieur, 1782-87, imperial folio (1170) Bull, £2 12s. 4242 Hume (D.) Histoire de la Maison de Tudor, et de la Maison de Stuart (traduites en Français par Mme. B***, etc.), 12 vol., old French morocco, full gilt floreate backs, line sides, g.e., with the arms of Madame Marie Adelaide, eldest daughter of Louis XV., on sides, g.e., Amst. et London, 1763, small 8vo. (1176) Everett, £13 4243 Humphreys (H. Noel). Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages, 40 chromolithographs, etc., calf, with stamped blind ornaments, g.e., Longman, 1849, small folio (1177)

Maggs, £4 10S. 4244 Hutchins (John). History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, maps, views, etc., 4 vol., vol. i.-ii. first edition, vol. iii.-iv. Gough's edition, vol. i.-ii. was J. Bowyer Nichols' copy, and had the plates from the second edition inserted, with his MS. directions for placing the plates, uniform calf, 1774-1813, folio (1184) Rimell, £4 15s. 4245 Imitation de Jésus Christ, Édition Curmer, avec notice par Jules Janin, etc., printed within illuminated ornamental borders with miniatures, reproduced in chromo-lithography from ancient MSS., 2 vol., morocco, with blind stamped ornaments, gilt and gauffred edges, Paris, L. Curmer, 1858, super imperial 8vo. (1187) A. Jackson, £7 4246 Intrationum excellentissimus Liber per quam necessarius omnibus Legum Hominibus, etc., first edition, lit, goth., title in red and black, with large cut of royal arms on reverse and Pynson's device at end, some leaves at beginning and end wormed, morocco gilt, antique style, g. on m. e., Impressum in Flete Strete in Officina Ricardi Pynson, 1510, mensis Feb., folio (1193) Pickering, £4 15s. 4247 Irving (Washington). Bracebridge Hall, 2 vol., 1822-Tales of a Traveller, 2 vol., 1824-The Alhambra, 2 vol., 1832— Astoria, 3 vol., 1836-Adventures of Captain Bonneville, 3 vol., 1837, all first editions, together 12 vol., calf extra, inside dentelles, t. e. g., others uncut, 8vo. (1196)

Quaritch, £5 5s. 4248 Jamblicus. De Mysteriis Ægyptiorum, Chaldæorum, Assyriorum, Proclus in Platonicum de Anima, de Sacrificio, etc. (necnon alii tractatus Philosophici), Latinè Marsilio Ficino Interprete, editio princeps (186 leaves), Venet., in Aedibus Aldi, 1497-Enarrationes Allegorica Fabularum Ful

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