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and illuminated ornamental initials, with marginal decorations, and 3 smaller illuminated initials in the text, rubricated in blue and red, half russia, y. e., Venet., Christopherus Arnoldus, s. d. (152) Maggs, £4 45. 5576 Burney (Dr. Ch.) General History of Music, portrait and plates by Bartolozzi, etc., 4 vol., old mottled calf gilt, y. e., Printed for the author, 1776-89, 4to. (153) Ellis, £355. 5577 Burton (Rob.) Anatomy of Melancholy, etc., with a Satyricall Preface, the sixth edition, corrected and augmented by the author, old russia extra gilt, m. e., H. Cripps and L. Lloyd, 1652, small folio (154) Quaritch, £4 18s. 5578 [C. (W.)] Polimanteia, or the meanes lawfull and unlawfull to judge of the Fall of a Common-Wealth, against the frivolous and foolish conjectures of this Age, etc., unbound (contains title, dedication to Robert Devorax (sic) Earle of Essex, signed W. C., Preface to Reader and Latin verses, and text signatures A-Ff4, F-f4 blank), Cambridge, John Legate, 1595, small 4to. (157) A. Jackson, £131

[This work contained the earliest reference to Shakespeare.-Catalogue.] 5579 Cabinet Crozat. Recueil d'Estampes d'après les plus beaux Tableaux, etc. qui sont en France dans le Cabinet du Roy, etc., avec une déscription Historique (par J. P. Mariette LARGE PAPER, vol. i., in 2 parts, containing 169 plates, original impressions, 2 extra plates inserted, in i vol., half calf, Paris, 1729, imperial atlas folio (158)

Rimell, £5 55.

5580 Caesar (Julius). Opera, LARGE PAPER (25 copies printed, ruled in red, 87 large plates, with a portrait of the Duke of Marlborough, after Kneller, by Vertue, etc., old English morocco, Tonson, 1712, super imperial folio (159) Leighton, £3 7s. 6d. 5581 Camöens (Luys de). Los Lusiadas, traduzidos en octava rima Castellana por Benito Caldera, first edition of the Lusiads in Spanish, cut on title, half russia gilt, y.e., Alcala de Henares Juan Gracian, 1580, small 4to. (164) Sabin, £13 5582 Caraccio and Titian. A Series of 390 Engravings from the Works of Ant. Caraccio, Titian, etc., proof impressions. some in two states, bound in 3 vol., “Cabinet de Jabach,” old calf gilt, r. e., oblong folio (170) Ridler, £5 10s. 5583 Caradoc. History of Cambria, now called Wales, written in the British Language above two hundredth Yeares past, translated into English by H. Lloyd, corrected, augmented and continued by D. Powell, D.D., first edition, black letter. woodcut title and cuts in the text, old calf gilt, R. Newberie and H. Denham, 1584, small 4to. (171) Ridler, £6 5584 [Carew (Lady Elizabeth).] The Tragedie of Mariam the Faire Queene of Jewry, written by that learned, virtuous and truly noble Ladie E. C., first edition, unbound, large copy, slightly stained, T. Creede for Rich. Hawkins, 1613, small 4to. (172) Sabin, £39

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slightly defective), ib., 1639, both first editions, unbound, small 4to. (192) Sabin, £10 10s. 5594 Charles I. Eikon Basilike. The Pourtraicture of his Sacred Majesty in his Solitudes and Sufferings, transcribed by J. Thomasen, Schoolmaster at Tarvin in the County of Chester, written in imitation of old English open-faced type, with a copy of the head of the king (dedicated to Queen Anne), pp. 254, besides portrait, title, dedication and "Contents," russia gilt, y. e., 1713, small 4to. (196) Maggs, £55s. 5595 Chaucer (Geoffrey). Works, compared with the former editions and many Valuable MSS. by John Urry, with a Glossary and Life, etc., portrait and vignettes, old calf gilt, r. e., B. Lintot, 1721, folio (201) Pickering, £3 35. 5596 Chess and other Games. Manuscript on vellum in old Norman French (182 leaves, 9% by 7 inches). Begins: "Chil dor traient premiers & vellēt matter des rouges a deus trais ne plus ne maïs prenges le ruges a defendre car il ne le puent faire se chius ki trait de celles dor trait seu anfin en a prent seu pannet de teuroc se li donne eskiec si est deffendu," gothic letter, each page to leaf 146 having a drawing of a chess-board in black and white, with figures in gold and red, folios 146 to 169 are occupied by bagatelle ? problems, and the remainder by a square boarded game in which gold and red counters are used; several pages have very fine strap and scroll illuminated ornamental initials with marginal decorations containing grotesque figures and animals, birds, spiked foliage, etc., and there are also numerous ornamental pen-letters and other decorations (an initial on folio 170 cut out), old calf, Sæc. xiii.-xiv., 4to. (202) Quaritch, £800

[A very interesting and uncommon Manuscript, most likely of Anglo-Norman workmanship. The pages are entirely occupied by problems and their solutions in the three board games which it treats of.-Catalogue.]

5597 Christian Piety (The Causes of the Decay of), Written by the Author of The Whole Duty of Man, engraving of St. Paul's Burning on title, old English morocco, gilt ornamental back, the sides inlaid with a brown outer frame of cottage roof design and centre ornament of red, surrounded by blind and gilt tooling of flower ornaments, g. e., R. Nerton for R. Pawlett, 1679, 8vo. (204) Pickering, £44 5598 Christian Sacrifice (The), a Treatise shewing the Necessity, End and Manner of receiving the Holy Communion, etc., 2 frontispieces, old English morocco, g. e., a fine specimen. well preserved, R. N. for R. Royston, 1671, 8vo. (205)

5599 Chronicon.

Leighton, 10 55.

Fasciculum Temporum ad annum 1474 (cum Tabula), auctore Wernero Rolewinck), lit. goth., numerous architectural and other woodcuts, rubricated in red and blue, illuminated ornamental initial on first page, 72 leaves,

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slightly defective), ib., 1639, both first editions, unbound, small 4to. (192) Sabin, £10 10s. 5594 Charles I. Eikon Basilike. The Pourtraicture of his Sacred Majesty in his Solitudes and Sufferings, transcribed by J. Thomasen, Schoolmaster at Tarvin in the County of Chester, written in imitation of old English open-faced type, with a copy of the head of the king (dedicated to Queen Anne), pp. 254, besides portrait, title, dedication and "Contents," russia gilt, y. e., 1713, small 4to. (196) Maggs, £5 55. 5595 Chaucer (Geoffrey). Works, compared with the former editions and many Valuable MSS. by John Urry, with a Glossary and Life, etc., portrait and vignettes, old calf gilt, r. e., B. Lintot, 1721, folio (201) Pickering, £3 35. 5596 Chess and other Games. Manuscript on vellum in old Norman French (182 leaves, 9% by 7 inches). Begins: “ Chil dor traient premiers & vellēt matter des rouges a deus trais ne plus ne mais prenges le ruges a defendre car il ne le puent faire se chius ki trait de celles dor trait seu anfin en a prent seu pannet de teuroc se li donne eskiec si est deffendu," gothic letter. each page to leaf 146 having a drawing of a chess-board in black and white, with figures in gold and red, folios 146 to 169 are occupied by bagatelle ? problems, and the remainder by a square boarded game in which gold and red counters are used; several pages have very fine strap and scroll illuminated ornamental initials with marginal decorations containing grotesque figures and animals, birds, spiked foliage, etc., and there are also numerous ornamental pen-letters and other decorations (an initial on folio 170 cut out), old calf, Sæc. xiii.-xiv., 4to. (202 Quaritch, £800

[A very interesting and uncommon Manuscript, most likely of Anglo-Norman workmanship. The pages are entirely occupied by problems and their solutions in the three board games which it treats of.—Catalogue.]

5597 Christian Piety (The Causes of the Decay of), Written by the Author of The Whole Duty of Man, engraving of St. Paul's Burning on title, old English morocco, gilt ornamental back, the sides inlaid with a brown outer frame of cottage roof design and centre ornament of red, surrounded by blind and gilt tooling of flower ornaments, g. e., R. Norton for R. Pawlett, 1679, 8vo. (204) Pickering, £44 5598 Christian Sacrifice (The), a Treatise shewing the Necessity, End and Manner of receiving the Holy Communion, etc., 2 frontispieces, old English morocco, g. e., a fine specimen, well preserved, R. N. for R. Royston, 1671, 8vo. (205)

5599 Chronicon.

Leighton,

10 5s. Fasciculum Temporum ad annum 1474 (cum Tabula), auctore Wernero Rolewinck), lit. goth.. numerous architectural and other woodcuts, rubricated in red and blue, illuminated ornamental initial on first page, 72 leaves,

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