6326 Walton (Isaac). Life of Richard Hooker, first edition, morocco extra, gilt edges, 1665, 8vo. (650) Bain, £3 6327 Williams (H. W.) Views in Greece, 2 vol., LARGEST PAPER, Artist's India proofs before letters, with the etchings, morocco extra, tooled sides, gilt edges, 1829, folio (266) Sabin, £4 6328 Winchester (Marquis of). The Lord Marques Idlenes, concerning manifold Matters of acceptable Devise, morocco extra, gilt edges, by Pratt, 1587, 4to. (751) Maggs, £6 5s. 6329 Wither (G.) Collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Modern, quickened with Metrical Illustrations both Moral and Divine and disposed into Lotteries (in foure bookes), frontispiece by Marshall, portrait and 200 plates of emblems by Crispin de Passe, and woodcut of the lottery at the end, morocco extra, gilt edges, by C. Lewis (fore-edge of the title mended), 1635, folio (267) Bain, £28 6330 Wood (W.) New England's Prospect, a true and lively experimentall Description of that part of America commonly called New England, map, morocco, gilt edges, 1635, 4to. (753) Stevens, £23 6331 Yarrell (W.) History of British Fishes, woodcuts, 2 vol., LARGE PAPER, cloth, uncut, 1836, 8vo. (668)

Sotheran, £2 18s. 6332 Yarrell (W.) History of British Birds, woodcuts, 3 vol., first edition, with the 2 supplements, LARGE PAPER, morocco extra, uncut, top edge gilt, 1843, 8vo. (669) Sotheran, £11

[JUNE 20TH, 1902.]

SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE.

A COLLECTION OF BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS.

(No. of Lots, 249; amount realised, £2,954 14s.)

6333 Ammianus Marcellinus. Rerum Gestarum libri xviii., ruled in red, contemporary Lyonnese calf, with black and gilt geometrical involved scroll ornaments in the Grolier manner, with date (1552) in each centre, g. e. (well preserved), Lugd., S. Gryphius, 1552, 12mo. (4) Lindsay, £6 6334 Amours de Mirtil (Les), engraved title by Legrand, and 6 plates after Gravelot by Legrand, French morocco, inside dentelles, fore and lower edges quite uncut, top edge rough, by Chambolle-Duru, in marble boarded open case, à Constantinople (Paris), 1761, 8vo. (5) Dawson, £8 6335 Appianus. Delle Guerre Civili et esterne de Romani (da Alessandro Bruccio), (6 leaves damaged by fire), contemporary Italian morocco, the sides covered with inlaid black and gold interlaced ornamental scrolls in the Grolier manner, with the arms of the Duchess of Bracciano, Isabel

de Medicis, wife of Jordano Orsini, stamped in gold in centres, gilt edges gauffred with arabesques (well preserved), Vinetia, B. Cesano, 1550, small 8vo. (9) Lindsay, £9 6336 Ariosto (Ludovico). Orlando Furioso, nuova edizione corretta et ricorretta, printed on vellum (originally in 5 vol., 12m0., this copy in 4to. extended to 9 vol.), with a series of 53 original drawings, including portrait, in red and “Camieu," drawn on vellum by Aug. Lapi, from the designs of his father Jean Lapi, in 1787 and 1788, 9 vol., morocco extra, coronetted initials C. G. (C. Gastaldi) in centres, g. e. (Lewis), Parigi, G. Molini, 1788, 4to. (12) Quaritch, £155

[The drawings are very highly finished and have never been engraved. This copy cited by Brunet has passed successively through the libraries of Comte Mac-Carthy Reagh, Hibbert, Hanrott and the Comte Gastaldi.—Catalogue.] 6337 Ars Memorandi. Rationarium Evangelistarum omnia in se Evangelia, Prosa, Versu, imaginibus que quam mirifice complectens, 15 full-page woodcuts symbolical of the Four Evangelists, morocco, g.e. (Phorca), Thomas Anshelmus Badensis, 1505, small 4to. (14) Belin, £6 6338 Augustinus (S.) De Civitate Dei, cum Commento, lit. goth., large woodcut on reverse of title (wormhole through a few leaves at end), half vellum, Venet., O. Scotus (with device), 1489, folio (20) Chadwicke, £3_35. 6339 Barnes (Dame Juliana). The Gentleman's Academie, or The Booke of S. Albans, containing three most exact and excellent Bookes, the first of Hawking, the second of . . . Hunting, and the last of Armorie, all compiled by Juliana Barnes in the yere 1486, and now reduced into a better method by G. M. (Gervase Markham), roman letter (not black as Lowndes says), separate titles to Hunting and Armorie (inscription on title, sum e libris Thomæ Martin [of Spalding] ex dono Johannis Lee"), unbound (rather short copy), (Ashburnham copy realised £24 10s.), Printed for Humphrey Lownes, 1595, small 4to. (24) Pickering, £10 6340 Beresford (James). The Miseries of Human Life, frontispieces, one coloured, 2 vol., old calf, small 8vo., W. Miller, 1806, with the 16 humorous coloured plates by H. Atkinson in a small oblong 4to. vol., ib., 1807 (25) Belin, £2 6341 Bergomensis (J. Phillippus, Foresti). Novissime hystoriarum omnium repercussiones, que Supplementum Supplementi Cronicarum nuncupantur, ab exordio mundi usque in Annum Salutis nostre 1502, full-page Italian woodcuts, ornamental borders, views of cities, initials, etc., vellum, Venet., A. de Lissona Vercellensis, 1503, small folio (27) Quaritch, £5 [A rare edition, and the first which relates the History of the Discovery of America by Columbus.-Catalogue.] 6342 Berquin (A.) Les Idylls, thick Dutch paper, frontispiece and 24 plates after Marillier, both parts in 1 vol., morocco extra, g. e. (Derome style), by Chambolle-Duru (Paris, Praylt, 1775), square 12mo. (29) Quaritch, £5 5s.

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6343 Biblia [Sacra Latina, Editio Vulgata, cum Prologis S. Hieronymi] Cu Concordantiis Veteris et novi Testamenti et Sacrorum Canonum, etc., lit. goth.. double columns within woodcut borders, title in red within ornamental border and device, with the Giunta fleur-de-lis, woodcuts and ornamental initials throughout, morocco, g. e., by Belz-Niedrée, Lugd., Impressus Jac. Saccon expensis Ant. Koberger Nuremb., 1521, folio (31) Belin, £45s. 6344 Bickham (George). The Musical Entertainer, engraved throughout on 200 plates, with large vignette at head of each song, after Gravelot, Watteau, etc., 2 vol. in I (wanted title to vol. ii., a few leaves stained, hole in inner margins of 2 leaves), half bound (broken), C. Corbett, etc., n. d., folio (33) Edwards, £5 15s. 6345 Boccaccio (Giovanni). Le Decameron de Jean Boccace, édition originale, portrait and 110 plates, and 97 tail-pieces, after Gravelot, Boucher, Cochin et Eisen-and the Series of "Estampes Galantes," comprising frontispiece and 20 plates, large copy (8% by 5%), 5 vol., old French morocco, g. e. (Derome), London (Paris), 1757, 8vo. (36)

Bumpus, £22 IOS. 6346 Boccaccio (Giovanni). L'Opera de Misser Giovanni Boccacio de Mulieribus Claris, cut on title, woodcuts in the text and ornamental initials, morocco, plain, g.e., by Petit, succesr. de Simier, Venet., per Zuanne de Trino, chiamato Tacuino ano 1506, small 4to. (37) Falby, £5 5s.

6347 Bonaventura (S. Card.) Incominciono le divote Meditationi sopra la Passione del nostro Signore, etc., 13 Italian woodcuts within ornamental borders, similar to those used in the tracts of Savonarola, and ornamental initials (42 leaves, signatures A-F), oaken boards, leather, with blind stamped ornaments, Absque nota (Firenze, A. Mischomini, 1490?), small 4to. (40) Cockerell, £46

6348 Budæus (Gulielmus).

Commentarii Linguæ Græcæ, oaken boards, morocco, full gilt back, with monogram D. H., the sides stamped with elaborate interlaced geometrical scrolls, crescents and large H's and D's, painted in red, green and white, interspersed with small gilt fleurs-de-lis and crowned H's, medallion head of Henri II. in gold in centres, edges gauffred with ornaments and devices, metal bosses and leather clasps, the whole being the devices used for bindings done for Henri II. of France and Diane de Poitiers, in new morocco slip case, and limp morocco wrapper, Paris, R. Stephanus, 1548, folio (44) Bain, £13 6349 Cabinet Poullain. Collection de Cent-Vingt Estampes Gravées d'après les Tableaux et Dessins qui composoient le Cabinet de M. Poullain, 120 plates, proofs before letters, calf gilt, g. e., Paris, chez Basan et Paignant, 1781, small 4to. (49) J. Bumpus, £22 10s. 6350 Calandras (Philippus). De Arithmetricè Opusculum (Italicè), lit. goth., woodcuts, some within ornamental borders, small cuts in the text, contemporary Italian binding, oaken boards,

leather, with blind stamped arabesque frame sides, Impresso
Firenze per Lorenzo de Morgiani et Giov. Thedesco da
Magunza, 1491, 12mo. (51)
Quaritch, £25

[The first edition of this rare Italian work on Arithmetic. The first leaf has a woodcut with the words "Pictagoras arithmetrice introductor" above. The Ashburnham copy sold for £27.-Catalogue.]

6351 Cervantes (M. de). Don Quixote. A Complete Set of the Illustrations to Don Quixote, by Isidro and Antonio Carnicero, comprising portrait and 28 illustrations, proofs before letters, bound in boards, uncut, from the Beckford sale, where it realised £13 15s., Madrid, 1781-82, small 4to. (60) J. Bumpus, £5 15s.

6352 Claudianus. Opera quam diligentissimi castigata, editio prima Aldina, morocco extra, g.e., by Thompson (Paris), Venet. in æd. Aldi, 1523, small folio (66) Young, £4 5s. 6353 [Columna (Fr. de).] Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, editio prima, woodcuts attributed to Giovanni Bellino, etc., the Priapus unmutilated, plain margin of title defective, some leaves stained and wormed, leaf with errata and imprint in facsimile, sold not subject to return, limp morocco, Venet. in æd. Aldi Manutii, 1499, small folio (67) Quaritch, £18 6354 [Combe (William).] Tour of Dr. Syntax through London, first edition, 19 humorous coloured plates, signature of Lady James Murray on title, half bound, J. Johnston, 1820, imperial 8vo. (69) Maggs, £2 10S. 6355 Cries of London. The Cryes of the City of London, drawn after the Life by P. Tempest, 74 plates after Mauron, with 6 extra plates of the Cries by L. P. Boitard at end, all mounted, original impressions, in 1 vol., calf gilt, H. Overton, 1711, folio (71) J. Bumpus, £3

6356 Dante. La Divina Commedia, col Commento di Chr. Landino, roman letter, with engravings to Cantos I. and II. of the Inferno by Sandro Botticelli, the plain margins cut down, some leaves wormed, otherwise a good copy, new boarded vellum, Firenze, Nic. de Lorenzo della Magna, 1481, folio (77) Cockerell, £29

[The first edition of Dante with Landino's Commentary. Although a short copy, from the margins being cut down, the first plate had the margins unusually large, it having been folded up into the leaf, and both the engravings are very fine impressions.-Catalogue.]

6357 Dante. La Divina Commedia, col Commento di Christophoro Landini, Italian outline woodcuts, modern boarded black morocco, blind stamped ornaments, inside dentelles, g. e., Venegia, Petro Cremonense dito Veronese, 1491, small folio (78) Allatine, £30 [Some of the woodcuts in this edition are facsimiled in Dibdin's "Edes Althorpianæ."-Catalogue.] 6358 De Gheyn (Jacques). Maniement d'Armes, d'Arquebuses, Mousquetz et Piques en conformité de l'Ordre du Prince Maurice d'Orange et de Nassau, engraved title and 117

plates, original impressions (a few stained), old' morocco, g.e., Amst., H. Laurens, 1608, folio (80) Leighton, £6 5s. 6359 De Gheyn (Jacques). A Series of 13 large Engravings (6 by 4in.) of Scenes in the Life of Christ, after designs by K. Mandere, original impressions, coloured by a contemporary hand, mounted on thick paper and bound in a vol., old French morocco, gilt back and ornamental borders (Derome) [16], 4to. (81) Quaritch, £10 6360 Diomedes. Diomedis doctissimi ac diligentissimi Lingue Latinæ perscrutatoris de Arte Grammatica Opus utilissimum, Italian woodcut within ornamental border, and outer arabesque border, on first leaf of text, paper covers, Venetiis, Chr. de Pensis, 1491, small folio (87)

Quaritch, £8 10s. 6361 Dionysius Areopagita. Opera, cum Scholiis in librum de Ecclesiastica Hierarchia a Joachimo Perionio conversa, ruled in red, old French morocco, back and sides covered in elaborate gilt floreate tooling in geometrical compartments with the arms of Madruze Comte d'Avi in centres, g. e., well preserved, Lugd., G. Rovillius, 1572, 12mo. (88) Leighton, £13 5s. 6362 Dorat (Cl. Jos.) Les Baisers, précédés du Mois de Mai, Poëme, first issue of this edition with the faulty pagination, title in red and black, plates and vignettes after Eisen and Marillier, morocco extra, g. e., by Chambolle-Duru, La Haye et se trouve à Paris chez Lambert et Delalain, 1770, royal 8vo. (90) Quaritch, £26 [The earliest issue has the faulty pagination on the first leaves of the "Poéme du Mois de Mai," and is without the "Imitations de plusieurs poètes Latins."-ED.] 6363 Dorat (Cl. Jos.) Fables Nouvelles, première édition (LARGE FRENCH PAPER), frontispieces and copperplate vignettes after Marillier, 2 vol. in 1, morocco extra, g. e., by Chambolle-Duru, à La Haye et à Paris chez Delalain, 1773, 8vo. (91) Veness, £21 10s. 6364 Ephraim Syrus. Divins Opuscules, second edition, old French morocco, tooled in gilt ornamental jewel settings, Memento Mori. fleurs-de-lis, arms and motto, "Spes mea deus," on back, device of Crucifixion in centres, g. e., the devices of King Henri III. of France, Paris, M. Sonnius, 1586, 8vo. (95) Quaritch, £14 6365 Epistole et Evangelii, et Letioni Vulgari in Lingua Thoscana, Nuovamente ristampate, woodcut of the Apostles Peter and Paul in a circle within an elaborate ornamental border, 150 Italian woodcuts of New Testament subjects, nearly all within ornamental borders (title and corners of several leaves mended), morocco, plain, inside dentelles, g. e., by Thibaron-Joly, Fiorenza, appresso T. Giunti, 1551, small folio (96) Quaritch, £48

[The woodcuts in this volume appear to have been taken from various Florentine "Rapresentationi” and other religious works published between 1495 and 1550.- Catalogue.]