Principles of Nature, an Historical and Genealogical Work of Arms and Blazon, frontispiece by Gaywood (top edge shaved), copperplate engravings and coats-of-arms, calf antique, r. e., W. Leybourn for the Author, 1661, folio (1558) Everett, £5 4330 Morris (Rev. F. O.) History of British Birds, and Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds, original editions, coloured plates, 9 vol., morocco gilt, g. e. (backs worn), Groombridge, 1851-7, royal 8vo. (1561) Bull, £4 4331 Morris (William). The Earthly Paradise, and the Life and Death of Jason, 5 vol., morocco extra, g. e., F. S. Ellis, 1870, crown 8vo. (1562) Sotheran, £35s. 4332 Munster (Sebastian). Cosmographia, Beschreibung aller Länder, lit. goth., spherical and other woodcut maps containing America, and numerous singular woodcuts in the text, oaken boards, stamped ornamental pigskin, clasps, Basil., Henricpetrus, 1548, folio (1567) Peach, £5 5s. 4333 Nash (Dr. Treadway). Collections for the History of Worcestershire, "second edition, with Additions" (with the Supplement), map, portrait, views, pedigrees, etc., 2 vol., morocco super extra, g. e., by Hayday, J. White, 1799, folio (1573) Quaritch, 14 10s. 4334 Nichols (John and J. B.) Literary Anecdotes and Illustrations of the Literary History of the XVIIIth Century, portraits, 17 vol., tree marbled calf gilt, y. e., 1812-58, 8vo. (1583) Maggs, £6 4335 Nicolaus. Incipit Antidotarium Nicolai, printed in roman letter, long lines, 27 to a full page, without marks, capitals painted in blue and red, painted and illuminated initial and coat-of-arms on first page, calf gilt (Syston Park_copy), Venet., Nic. Jenson, 1471 (1584) Leighton, £4 IOS. 4336 Officium Beatæ Mariæ Virginis, Pii V. Pont. Max. jussu editum, roman letter, red and black, ruled in red, copperplate engravings, before all letters, old French morocco, ornamental gilt back and frame sides with corner fleursde-lis, with the arms and crowned monogram of Marie de Medicis on sides, g. e. (Clovis Eve), Antw., J. Moretus, 1609, small 4to. (1595) Quaritch, £50 4337 Office de la Semaine Sainte en Latin et en François, à l'Usage de Rome et de Paris, etc., dédiée à la Reine, engraved title, dedication copy to Maria Leczinska, Queen of Louis XV. of France, morocco, the back and sides covered with gilt ornamental tooling, with the Queen's arms in centres, gold flowered end papers, g. e., very well preserved, Paris, chez la Neuve Mazieres, 1728, 8vo. (1600) Leighton, 10 5s. 4338 Office de l'Église en Latin et François pour les Dimanches et Fêtes, imprimé par l'Ordre du Card. De La Rochefoucauld, Archevêque de Rouen à l'Usage de son Diocèse, 4 vol., old French morocco, back and corners inlaid in red, sides covered with gilt floreate ornaments, with name "Rosalie Lefebure, Femme Dione," blind stamped in centres, doub lures of pink silk, green end papers, g. e., Rouen, P. Seyer, 1787, small 8vo. (1602) Symes, £3 35. 4339 Ordre du St. Esprit (Statutes de l') establis par Henri III. Roy de France, au mois de Décembre l'an 1578, engraved title, old French morocco, back covered with fleurs-de-lis and Pentecostal flames, ornamental borders, with dove in cartouche in corners, arms of Louis XV. in centres, blue end papers, g. e. (Derome), Impr. Royale, 1740, 4to. (1605) Everett, £5 4340 Ormerod (Dr. George). History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, original edition, map, portrait, views and other illustrations (a pedigree of the Minshull family written on the back of the view of Brereton Hall in vol. iii.), 3 vol., morocco extra, full gilt backs and broad gilt borders, g. e., Lackington, etc., 1819, folio (1609) Edwards, £9 4341 Orosius (Paulus). Historia [Adversus Cristiani nominis querulos, libri vii.], editio princeps, lit. goth., long lines, 35 to a full page, without marks, rubricated, ornamental penletters, old morocco, line tooled, y. e. (Wodhull copy), Augusta, J. Schüszler, 1471, small folio (1611) Maggs, £3 3s. 4342 Ortelius (A.) Théâtre de l'Univers contenant les Cartes de tout le Monde, avec une brieve description d'icelles, engraved title, portrait and 112 copperplate maps, including America, England, Scotland, Wales, etc., coloured by hand, old calf, with centre gilt ornaments, g. e. [Antwerp), 1587, folio (1612) Maggs, £6 5s. 4343 Ovidius. Opera Omnia, lit. rom., long lines, 43 to a full page, without marks, margins of several leaves mended, some stained, otherwise good copy, 3 vol., old English morocco, gilt ornamental backs and borders (Harleian), (Hopetoun copy), Venet., Jacobus Rubeus, 1494, small folio (1620) Maggs, £5 15s. 4344 Ovidius. Metamorphoseon Libri, Heroides, etc., editio Aldina prima, 3 vol., vol. i.-ii. ruled in red, with illuminated initials and coat-of-arms on first page with initials "N. D.," old French morocco gilt, original gilt and gauffred edges, vol. iii. newly bound to match (Didot's copy), Venet., Aldus, 1502-3, small 8vo. (1622) Stechert, £8 8s. 4345 Ovidius. Metamorphoses d'Ovide en Rondeaux (par Benserade), imprimez et enrichis de Figures par Ordre de Sa Majesté, frontispiece by Le Brun and 225 copperplate vignettes by F. Chauveau, old French morocco, rich gilt ornamental back and borders, inside dentelles, joints, g. e., by Dubois d'Enghien, Paris, impr. Royale par S. Mabre Cramoisy, 1676, 4to. (1626) Sabin, £3 4346 Palestrina. Joannis Petri Aloysii Prænestini Hymni totius Anni secundum Sanctæ Romanæ Ecclesiæ Consuetudinem quatuor Vocibus concinendi, nec non Hymni Religionum, roman letter, diamond and square musical notes, numerous woodcut initials, oaken boards, red damask velvet, by Bedford, in an oak hinged case lined with blue satin (from the Libri collection), Roma, J. Tornerius et B. Donangelus, [The upper cover of this volume had an ancient ivory frame in 12 shrine compartments, each shrine occupied by a silver statuette of an apostle, and in the centre an ancient carved ivory crucifix of fine work.-Catalogue.] 4347 Pascal (B.) Pensées sur la Religion et sur quelques autres sujets, première édition, old French morocco plain, with the Baron de Longepierre's device of the Toison d'Or on back and sides in gold, g. e., Paris, G. Desprez, 1670, small 8vo. (1653) Stechert, £13 4348 Perceforest. La Treselegate, Delicieuse, Melliflue et tresplaisainte Hystoire du tresnoble Victorieux et excellentissime Roy Perceforest, Roy de la Grant Bretagne. avec les Merveilleuses entreprinses faitz et adventures du tresbelliqueulx Gadiffer Roy Descosse, lettres bâtardes, woodcut titles, large cut in vol. v., ornamental woodcut initials, original woodcut border of first title only, the text supplied in MS., margins of several leaves in vol. i. mended, 6 vol. in 3, old French calf, gilt backs, g. e. (Earl of Aylesford's copy, with ex-libris), Paris, E. Gourmont pour Galot du Pre, etc., 1531-2, small folio (1667) Ellis, £6 17s. 6d. 4349 Peregrinus (Frater) de tempore Sanctisq. per Circulum anni Sermones Populares diligenter correcti, lit. goth., long lines, 40 to a page, with signatures a-t5 in 8's, aj, a blank, wanted, rubricated, painted ornamental capitals in red (Hain 12580), calf extra, inside dentelles, t. e. g., by Tout, Absque ulla nota [Eichstadt typis Reyserianis], small folio (1669) Leighton, £2 14s. 4350 Persius. Joannis Britannici Brixiani Commentarii in Persii Satyras, editio prima, lit. rom., half calf (Wodhull copy), Impressum Brixiæ per Gabrielum Tarvisinum et Paulum eius filium, 1481, small folio (1681) Pickering, £6 10s. 4351 Petrarcha (Fr.) Il Petrarcha, con l'Espositione d'Aless. Vellutello, di novo ristampato, etc., woodcut title (close margin), cuts in the text and figured initials, contemporary Venetian morocco, covered with elaborate arabesque ornaments, with a coat-of-arms in centre, with a name beginning Julia Cesarina (the surname being illegible), gilt and gauffred edges, the binding well preserved, Venet., G. Giolito di Ferrari, 1544, small 4to. (1685) Pickering, £21 10s. 4352 Pey (Abbé). La Vérité de la Religion Chrétienne prouvée à un Deiste, 2 vol., old French morocco, full gilt floreate backs, line sides with corner fleurons, with the arms of Marie Adelaide Fille de Louis XV., g. e. (Derome), Paris, Humbolt, 1771, small 8vo. (1690) Leighton, £4 4s. 4353 Picart (B.) Cérémonies et Coûtumes Religieuses de tous les Peuples du Monde, avec le Supplément et Superstitions anciennes et modernes, plates, 11 vol., old French calf gilt, g.e., Amst., Bernard, 1723-56, folio (1697) Bull, £3 8s. 4354 Pindarus. Olympia, Nemea, Pythia, Isthmia, Græcè, cum Scholiis Græcis-antiquis, editio princeps, red letters at the beginning of the Pythia, old morocco gilt, g.e., by Roger Payne (Syston Park), Romæ, Z. Calliergus, 1515, small 4to. (1703) Pickering, £4 4355 Plato. Opera Omnia Græcè, editio princeps, ruled in red and bound in 2 vol., old French morocco, rosettes on back, etruscan borders, g. e., Venet. in æd. Aldi, 1513, small folio (1708) Pickering, £12 105. 4356 Plinius. Epistolarum lib. x., cum Comment. J. M. Catanaei, old French morocco, covered with semis of a monogram F. C. E. V. and $'s and arms of a Count-Archbishop in centres, g. e., ex-libris of Lord Orford in cover (Geneva), P. et J. Chouët, 1625, small 4to. (1712) L. Rosenthal, £3 4357 Plot (Dr. R.) Natural History of Staffordshire, LARGE PAPER, folding map (backed with linen), wanted slip of arms omitted, morocco extra, g. e., Oxford, at the Theater, 1686, folio (1715) Bull, £5 12s. 6d. 4358 Plutarchus. Vitæ Parallelæ, Illustrium Virorum Græci nominis ac Latini, Græcè, editio prima Aldina, signature of “Joannis Jacobi Ammiani" on title, and numerous old MS. notes in margins in red and black, morocco extra, antique style, g. e., by Rivière, Venet. in æd. Aldi et Andrea Soceri, 1519, folio (1718) Pickering, £3 4359 Plutarchus. Vitæ Comparatæ illustrium Virorum Græcorum et Romanorum, ita digestæ, Hermanno Cruserio, interprete, contemporary French morocco, back and sides covered in gilt leafy scrolls and other ornaments, g. e., with the arms of J. F. de Madruze, Comte d'Avì, Marquis de Sorian (Clovis Eve), well preserved, Lugd., A. Gryphius, 1566, 12mo. (1719) Leighton, £4 12s. 4360 Plutarchus. Les Vies des Hommes illustres Grecs and Romains, comparées l'une avec l'autre, translatées par Jaques Amyot, second edition, reveuës et corrigées, ruled in red, old French morocco, g. e., with ties, neatly repaired in several places and new ovals in centres, but otherwise in good state (Paris), F. Perrin pour J. Le Preux and Jean Petit, 1567, folio (1722) L. Rosenthal, £10 4361 Pomponius Mela. Geographia, una cum Prisciani ex Dionysio de Orbis Situ interpretatione, lit. goth., long lines, with signatures Aj forms a full-page woodcut semi-sphere, ornamental woodcut initials, half morocco, clean copy, Venet., Er. Ratdolt, 1482, small 4to. (1731) Pickering, £4 4s. 4362 Pomponius Mela. Geographia, Prisciani ex Dionysio de Situ Orbis Interpretatio, lit. goth., map and ornamental woodcut initials, Venet., E. Ratdolt, 1482-Liber Abrahamio Judei de Nativitatibus, lit. goth., diagrams and ornamental woodcut initials, ib., 1485-Rufus Festus Avienus. Opera, Arati Phænomena latinis versibus reddita, etc., roman letter, rubricated, astronomical woodcuts, Venet., A. de Strata, 1488-Hyginius. Poeticon Astronomicon Opus, roman letter, astrological woodcuts and ornamental initials (last 5 leaves stained), Venet., E. Ratdolt, 1485, in 1 vol., with signature of M. Nicolaus Leopoldus, tutor to the Infanta of Spain, morocco extra, by L. Broca, small 4to. (1732) Pickering, £10 IOS. 4363 Pontificale Romanum, emendatum diligentia R. P. Jacobi de Lutiis Epi. Caiacens, et D. Joannis Burckardi Capelle S. D. N. Papæ Cerimoniarum Majistri, printed in lit. goth. magna, red and black, double columns, with square musical notes, contains ccxxvi. leaves numbered in red and leaf of errata (wanted the 4 preliminary leaves), the first page of text had illuminated ornamental border with an historiated miniature of two saints, 10 illuminated initials in the text, 3 figured, morocco extra, g. e., by R. De Coverly, Impressus Romæ per Stephanus Planck, 1497, xvi. Aug., folio (1734) Bull, £5 4364 Pontificale Secundum Ritum Sacrosanctæ Romanæ Ecclesiæ cum multis additionibus opportunis ex apostolica bibliotheca sumptis et aliis non impressis, per Albertum Castellanum ordinatus, lit. goth., red and black, square musical notes, title within woodcut border, large cut of Crucifixion within compartmental borders, with another border to the opposite page, and woodcuts in the text, oaken boards, leather, with blind stamped frame ornaments (rebacked), gilt and gauffred edges, 2 leaves of an ancient MS. vellum Lectionarium as fly-leaves, Venet., L. A. de Giunta, 1520, folio (1735) Bull, £9 15s. [The first, and perhaps the finest, Pontificale issued from the Giunta press in Venice.-Catalogue.] 4365 Pope (Alexander). The Rape of the Lock, an Heroi-Comical Poem in Five Cantos, first complete edition, 6 plates, portrait of Arabella Fermor mounted on back of title and original advertisement, ex-libris of Earl De la Warr and Colonel Grant, morocco gilt, g. e., B. Lintott, 1714, 8vo. (1746) Pickering, £2 5s. 4366 Pope and Swift. Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, first edition, 3 vol., old calf, Benjamin Motte, 1727, 8vo. (1749) B. F. Stevens, £4 14s. Prayer and Adminisafter the Use of the title within woodcut 4367 Prayer. The Booke of the Common tracion of the Sacramentes Churche of England, black letter, border, ornamental woodcut initials (with the leaf at end with order as to prices), (title and several leaves washed, mended, some headlines shaved, sold not subject to return), morocco extra, antique style, g. on r. e., ex-libris of Birket Foster in cover, a rare issue of the first Prayer Book of King Edward VI., In officina Edw. Whitchurche, 1549, Mense Junii, small folio (1765) Quaritch, £44 4368 Prayer. A Booke of Christian Prayers, collected out of the Ancient Writers, and best learned in our time, worthy to be read with an earnest mynde of all christians, etc., black letter, printed within woodcut borders of Biblical subjects and the Dance of Death, after A. Dürer and Hans Holbein, woodcut title with figure of Queen Elizabeth on reverse |