(the Shakespearian collector), who had added a MS. note concerning Hugh Peters. It was afterwards in the Heber and Bliss collections.-Catalogue.]

5096 Bieston (Roger). The Bayte and Snare of Fortune, in verse, woodcut title, black letter, morocco extra, g. e., by Rivière, Imprinted at London by John Wayland at the Sunne in Flete Street, etc., n.d. (circa 1550), folio (252) Pickering, £19 5097 Blake (William). Songs of Innocence and of Experience, shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul, engraved and coloured by the author, 54 leaves, printed on one side of the paper only, The Author and Printer, W. Blake, 1789-94, 8vo. (140) Quaritch, 4216

[This copy had the complete series of both works, and bore the signature of H. W. Phillips, the painter, to whom it was given by William Blake. The present owner obtained it from Phillips' daughter.-Catalogue.]

5098 Boccaccio (Giovanni). Il Decamerone, morocco extra, g.e., by Roger Payne, Vinegia, Aldus, 1522, 8vo. (141)

Denham, £18 5s.

[Choice copy from the library of Michael Wodhull, with his arms on sides and autograph and MS. notes on flyleaves. The Ashburnham copy sold for £55, the Sunderland copy for £111.—Catalogue.]

5099 Boissard (J. J.) De Divinatione et Magicis Praestigiis, engravings by De Bry, russia extra, blind tooled, g. e., by Charles Lewis, Oppenheim (circa 1600), folio (255)

Cannon, 10 2s. 6d. 5100 Boydell. Scenery and History of the River Thames, 2 vol., with 76 engravings of the most famous scenery, seats, mansions, etc. on its banks, coloured like drawings, morocco extra, g. e. (name written on titles), Bulmer, 1794-96, folio (260) Edwards, £13 5101 Bronte. Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell, original cloth, Aylott and Jones, 1846, small 8vo. (150)

Quaritch, £14 5s. [Exceedingly scarce. Only a very few copies of this, the actual first issue, with Aylott and Jones's imprint, got into circulation. The blank top of title had been mended.— Catalogue.]

5102 Browne (Sir Thomas). Certain Miscellany Tracts. Written by Thomas Browne, Kt. and Doctour of Physick, late of Norwich, first edition, portrait by Vandrebane, old English morocco, g. e., an elaborate and early specimen of the Cottage" pattern (by Charles Mearne), London, printed for Charles Mearne, bookseller to his most Sacred Majesty, 1683 (152) Sotheran, £41

66

[A fine specimen of old English morocco binding in the finest possible condition. It is worthy of notice that Mearne's name appears on the title as publisher of the volume, a combination of the rarest occurrence. This edition of the work is believed to be unique, as the earliest hitherto recorded by bibliographers is 1684.-Catalogue.]

5103 Browne (H. K.) The Derby Day, by "Phiz"-The Road and the Course, 8 large tinted plates, original issue, printed boards, half bound, Jones, n. d., square folio (263) Sabin, £9 15s. 5104 Browne (William). Britannias Pastorals, first edition, 2 vol. in 1, engraved title by Hole, and pages 60 and 61 curiously engraved, large copy (? LARGE PAPER), in old calf, For George Norton, n. d. [1613] and 1616, folio (264)

Quaritch, £39 10s. 5105 Burns (Robert). Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, the first Edinburgh edition, portrait, original boards, uncut, Edinburgh, 1787, 8vo. (154) B. F. Stevens, £19 5106 Burns (Robert). Letters addressed to Clarinda, first edition, uncut, morocco extra, t. e. g., by Bedford, Glasgow, 1802, 8vo. (156) B. F. Stevens, £12 5107 Burns (Robert). Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (with a Glossary), original Kilmarnock edition, top margin of first leaf of text cut off, injuring the pagination, E 3 split, K 2 split and a little mended, last 2 leaves soiled, otherwise a very fair copy, morocco, with ex-libris of Adam Sim. Coulter (presented from R. Napier to Dr. Adam Paterson in 1874), Kilmarnock, printed by John Wilson, 1786, 8vo. (1020) Robson, £56 5108 Bunyan (John). The Holy War made by Shaddai upon Diabolus, first edition, with the rare portrait of Bunyan by White, and the folding plate, old calf, Printed for Dorman Newman of the King's Arms in the Poultry, and Benjamin Alsop at the Angel and Bible in the Poultry, 1682, 12mo. (157) Pickering, £149

[A fine copy of the most important of all Bunyan's publications, next to the "Pilgrim's Progress." It had the very scarce advertisement leaf at end, beginning “Some say the 'Pilgrim's Progress' is not mine."—Catalogue.]

5109 [Bunbury (Henry).] An Academy for Grown Horsemen, and Annals of Horsemanship . . . by Geoffrey Gambado, with 29 coloured plates from designs by Henry Bunbury, in the original boards, uncut, 1812, 4to. (227) Hatchard, £7 10s. 5110 Burton (Robert). Anatomy of Melancholy, what it is, with all the Kindes, Causes, Symptomes, Prognostickes and Several Cures of it, first edition, morocco extra, by Rivière and Son, Oxford, 1621, 4to. (226) Pickering, £37 5111 Byron (Lord). The Island, first edition, original wrappers, uncut, 1823, 8vo. (163) Sabin, £5 15s. 5112 Cabinet des Modes, ou les Modes Nouvelles, decrites d'une Maniere Claire et Précise, 152 plates of male and female costumes, coiffures, furniture, voitures and other ornaments, mostly coloured, 4 vol., old calf (Paris), 1786-7, 8vo. (165) Sabin, £39 10S. 5113 Camus (J. P., Bishop of Belley). Nature's Paradox, or the Innocent Impostor, a Pleasant Polonian History Originally intituled Iphigenes, compiled in the French tongue, and now Englished by Major Wright, first edition, frontispiece

June 3rd, etc., 1902.

by Vaughan, with metrical explanation and a portrait of the
author added, original calf, 1652, 4to. (448)

Pearson, £10 IOS.
[The reference to Venus and Adonis contained in the
verses written by R. Loveday was first discovered by Halli-
well-Phillipps.

"Who as thy Pen has made her woo'd and wooe

Might passe for Venus and Adonis too."-Catalogue.] 5114 Capoferro (R.) Gran Simulacro dell' Arte e dell' uso della Scherma, portraits and 42 illustrations of fencing and duelling, morocco extra, g. e., Siena, 1610, 4to. (686)

5115 Carey (David).

Jackson, £5 15s. Life in Paris, comprising the Rambles, Sprees and Amours of Dick Wildfire, etc., first edition, coloured plates drawn and engraved by George Cruikshank, and woodcuts, clean copy in calf, m. e. (binding damaged), Sabin, £8 2s. 6d. J. Fairburn, 1822, 8vo. (170) 5116 Chalmers (George). An Apology for the Believers in the Shakespeare Papers which were exhibited in Norfolk Wood, £10 Street, first edition, half calf, 1797, 8vo. (174)

[This copy belonged to the forger of the Shakespeare Papers-W. H. Ireland. On the fly-leaf is his autograph signature, together with an example of his forgeries. He had extra-illustrated this copy with 25 engraved portraits of persons mentioned in the text.-Catalogue.]

5117 Chaucer (Geoffrey). The Workes of Geffray Chaucer, newly printed with Dyuers Workes whiche were never in Print before, as in the table more playnly dothe appere. Cum Privilegio, black letter, double columns, title within woodcut border, cuts in the Canterbury Tales, woodcut title to the Romaunt of the Rose and ornamental woodcut initials, old calf gilt, Imprinted at London by Wyllyam Bonham dwellyng in Paules Churche Yarde at the Sygne of the reed Lyon, J. C. Brown, £40 n. d. (circa 1542), folio (491)

[The first edition of the entire works of Chaucer. A fine, perfect and sound copy of this most rare edition, the second with the Prologue of William Thynne, and the first in which the "Plowman's Tale" appeared. Four letters from Professor Skeat loosely inserted. Catalogue.] 5118 Chaucer (Geoffrey). Workes, newlie printed, with divers additions whiche were never in print before, with the Siege and destruccion of Thebes, by John Lidgate (edited by John Stow), black letter, woodcut title of King in Council, with Grafton's Device below, other woodcut titles and cuts in the text, and ornamental initials, modern morocco extra, by Rivière, Jhon Kyngston for Jhon Wight, 1561, folio (492) Leighton, £31 IOS. 5119 Cicero (M. T.) Cato Major, or his Discourse of Old-Age, with Explanatory Notes [translated by Mr. Logan of Philadelphia], Franklin's original edition, original calf, Philadelphia, printed and sold by B. Franklin, 1744, 8vo. (269) S. C. Brown, £8

5120 Clio and Euterpe, or British Harmony, a collection of Celebrated Songs and Cantatas, by the most approved Masters, with the thorough bass for the harpsichord and transpositions for the German flute, etc., the whole engraved on copper, with an engraving illustrative of each song, 4 vol., calf extra, g. e., 1760, 8vo. (827) Till, £10 [This copy had the very rare fourth volume, seldom found with the book. At the end is inserted an engraved catalogue of music.-Catalogue.]

5121 Clutterbuck (Robert). The History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford, the author's own copy, 3 vol., maps and views, India proofs, antiquities, seals, pedigrees, etc., LARGE PAPER, extra illustrated by the insertion of several hundred additional items, including original pencil, sepia and water-colour drawings of Ancient Monuments and Antiquities, etc., numerous shields of Arms emblazoned, a series of Original Drawings for the Brasses, mezzotint portraits, etc., 1815-21-27, folio (495) Dixon, £60 5122 Collier (J. P.) Shakespeare's Library, a collection of the Romances, Novels, Poems and Histories used by 'Shakespeare as the Foundation of his Dramas, 2 vol., a thick paper copy (only 50 printed), original boards, uncut, Rodd (1843), (279) Pearson, £14

[Payne Collier's own copy, with an autograph note as to the origin of the book on the leaf. Inserted is a letter from Mr. W. C. Hazlitt to Payne Collier asking for permission to reprint. Collier had appended a humorous reply.—Catalogue.] 5123 Comines (Philippe de). Les Memoires de Messire Philippe de Comines, Seigneur d'Argenton, contenant l'Histoire des Roys Louis XI. and Charles VIII. depuis l'an 1446, jusques en 1498,. . . Aumentez de plusieurs Traictez, Contracts, etc. par Denys Godefroy, morocco, gilt leaves, with the arms of John Sheffield, 3rd Earl of Mulgrave, afterwards Duke of Buckinghamshire and Normanby, impressed on the sides, Paris, 1649, folio (497) Potter, £5 155. 5124 Constable (John, R.A.) Various Subjects of Landscape, characteristic of English Scenery, from pictures painted by J. Constable, R.A., engraved by David Lucas, plates spotted, 1830, oblong folio (77) Rimell, £20

[This highly interesting copy (No. 1) was specially chosen by Constable for his friend, John Partridge (the portrait painter), and had the plates in proof state, the majority (16) being initialled by Constable as particularly brilliant impressions. Constable's autograph signature is found on the original wrapper, together with Partridge's name.Catalogue.]

5125 [Cooper (John, of Warwick).] The Warwickshire Hunt from 1795 to 1836, with numerous Notes, Anecdotes, etc. by Venator, frontispiece and woodcuts, half bound, uncut, 1837, 8vo. (286) Hatchard, £8 [Presentation copy, with inscription on reverse of half

title, "Presented to his Daughter Emma by the Author November, 1840."-Catalogue.]

5126 Corneille (Pierre). Horace, Tragedie, frontispiece after Le Brun, a large copy, morocco extra, g. e., by Lortic, first issue, Paris, 1641, 4to. (460) Quaritch, £14 5127 Coronation of King George IV. in Westminster Abbey, July 19th, 1821, with large plates in gold and colours, comprising full-length portraits, views of the Coronation, the Banquet, etc., half morocco gilt, g. e., Bohn, 1839, folio (499) Parsons, £9 155.

[With this lot is included: Letters on the Coronation Oath, George III., 4to., 1827-Ceremonies observed at the Coronation of George IV., 4 engravings inserted, folio, 1821 -Form of Marriage Service, Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandra, 1863-Baptism of Prince Albert, elder son of the Prince and Princess of Wales, 1864.-Catalogue.]

5128 Cowper (W.) Poems, first edition, morocco extra, t. e. g., uncut, pages 59 and 60 in duplicate, one being the suppressed leaf, the other substituted, 1782, 8vo. (302)

Berry, £10 5s. 5129 Cruikshank (George). The Table Book, with Contributions by W. M. Thackeray and others, first edition, complete in the 12 parts with all the wrappers, and illustrations by George Cruikshank, in morocco case, by Rivière and Son, earliest issue of the first edition, 1845, 8vo. (306)

Denham, £8 5s.

5130 Davies (John). Wittes Pilgrimage (Poeticall Essaies) Through a World of Amorous Sonnets, Soule-passions, and other Passages, Divine, Philosophicall, Morall, Poeticall and Politicall, morocco extra, g. e. (1605), (471) Tree, £28 [Perhaps the rarest of all this writer's numerous works. The "Amorous Sonnets" are 104 in number, and are followed by 48 "other sonnets upon other subjects." To which succeeds "An amorous colloque 'twixt Dorus and Pamala," consisting of 52 four-lined verses. The remainder of the volume is of a serio-comic description, quaintly expressed. It has been stated that this poetical volume was issued by the author without a title-page.-Catalogue.] 5131 Defoe (Daniel). The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, being the Second and Last Part of his Life, and of the Strange Surprizing Accounts of his Travels, with a map, first edition, soiled, large copy in the original calf, London, W. Taylor, 1719, 8vo. (314) Ellis, £18

5132 Dekker (Thomas). Satiro-Mastix, or the untrussing of the humorous Poet, first edition, calf extra, gilt leaves, 1602, 4to. (475) J. C. Brown, £35 [Contains references to the " Comedy of Errors," and Shallow on the back of A 4 and on E 3. Ben Johnson is ridiculed under the name of Horace. See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xv., No. 782.-ED.]

5133 Dekker (Thomas). The Wonder of a Kingdom, Quod non