gilt edges, Paris, de L'Imprimerie de Monsieur, 1785. TO

4to. (869) 6583 Florio (John). Essayes of Montaigne (The Tudor Transa tion), 3 vol., buckram, uncut, 1893

Luis 6584 Folk Lore Society's Publications, from 1878 to 1901, a roy

plete set (with the exception of No. 20, The Handboru Folklore), 47 vol., cloth, uncut (1 vol. in numbers, with a case, and i sewed), 8vo. (595)

;:; 6585 Franklin (B.) The Way to Wealth, or Poor Richard II.

proved, portrait, LARGE PAPER, printed on vellum on: 9 copies so issued), morocco, gilt edges, Paris, 1793, 6:4

(844) 6586 Vallance (Aymer). The Art of William Morris. A Red

with Reproductions in colours from designs by Whis Morris, facsimiles of the Kelmscott Type, portrait ar: many other illustrations, and a Bibliography by Temo't Scott (limited to 220 copies), buckram, uncut, Chisuis Press, 1897, folio (600)

£10 6587 Whitman (A.) Masters of Mezzotint, 60 illustrations, Lari

PAPER (only 50 copies so printed), half vellum, gilt oor uncut, 1898, 4to. (599)

[JULY 16TH, 1902.]

PUTTICKE SIMPSON.

A MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION, INCLUDING SOME PRESENTA

TION COPIES OF LAMB'S WORKS SOLD BY DIRECTION OF IHI
TRUSTEES OF THE NORTHAMPTON PUBLIC LIBRARY.

(No. of Lots, 343 ; amount realised, £930 is. 6d.)

6588 America. Les Nouvelles et Antiques merueilles, plus :

traicté des douze Cesars, half calf (some leaves wormet. Paris, 1554, 12mo. (3)

Stephen, 10 ["Le Livre des Nouvelles Isles” is on the discoveres no Columbus, and the preface contains a reference to “Amers

Vespuce."-Catalogue.] 6589 America. Narrative of the Transactions of the Fleet unde

the command of Lord Howe, Sir Henry Clinton, Ear Cornwallis, calf, with ex-libris of Adam Smith, 1783. 2012 (4)

Edwards, £2 175. a 6590 Aristoteles. De Animalibus lib. ix. interprete Theod. Gal.

printed capitals, editio princeps, russia (some leales wormed), İmpress Venet. per Johannem de Colonia, 11* folio (226)

Quaritik, 6591 Arnold (M.) The Strayed Reveller and other Poems in

edition, cloth, 1849, 12mo. (6) 6592 Blagrave (John, of Reading). The Mathematical Jewel, shew

original calf binding (back repaired), in the writing of Handel's pupil and amanuensis, J. Christopher Smith (17121795). These volumes are one of the four full scores known to have been written by him. One of the copies is in the Hamburg Public Library (formerly in Mr. Schoelcher's possession), another belonged to the late Mr. H. B. Leonard, and another, the “Dublin score, is at St. Michael's College, Tenbury, formerly the property of Sir F. Gore Ouseley, 1712-1795, folio (343) Goldschmidt, 250

[This copy is believed to have been used by Handel at various performances, as is shown by the pencil-notes in the fly-leaf of each volume ; and, judging by the autograph signatures inside the covers, it appears that it was at one time in the possession of Dr. William Hayes (1707-1777).

Catalogue.) 6607 Haywood (Eliza). Works, consisting of Novels, Poems and Plays, 4 vol., calf, 1724, 8vo. (54)

Dobell, £2 18s. 6608 Herbarius (Germanice), printed in bold gothic type. with many

woodcuts (coloured by hand), old oak boards (some leaves in MS., sold not subject to return), Augspurg, 1485, folio (274)

Quaritch, £19 6609 Hissey (J. J.). Drive through England, illustrated by the

author, cloth, 1885, 8vo. (58) F. Edwards, £3 25. 6d. 6610 Johnson (C.) Chrysal, or Adventures of a Guinea, 12 coloured plates, 3 vol., boards, uncut, 1822, 12mo. (65)

Maggs, £2 8s. 6611 Jonson (Ben). Workes, portrait by Vaughan and engraved title, old calf, 1640, folio (280)

Dobell, £4 75. 6d. 6612 Keats (John). Poems, first edition, half calf, C. and J. Ollier, 1817, 12mo. (68)

Robson, £25 (With autograph inscription on the fly-leaf, "John Clare,

Helpstone, 1820."--Catalogue.) 6613 Keats (John). Endymion, a Poetic Romance, first edition,

half calf, Taylor and Hessey, 1818, 8vo. (69) Sotheran, £14

(With autograph inscription on the half-title, “John Clare,

Helpstone, 1821."--Catalogue.] 6614 Keats (John). Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes and

other Poems, first edition, half calf, Taylor and Hessey, 1820, 12mo. (70)

Dobell, £13 5s. [With autograph inscription on the fly-leaf, “John Clare,

Helpstone, 1820.”—Catalogue.] 6615 Lamb (Charles). Prince Dorus, or Flattery put out of

Countenance, a Poetical Version of an Ancient Tale, illustrated with a series of 9 coloured engravings, first edition,

original covers, M. !. Godwin, 1811, 12mo. (75) Sabin, £62 6616 Lamb (Charles). Works, 2 vol., first edition, original boards,

uncut, C. and J. Ollier, 1818, 8vo. (76) Dobell, £.69

(With inscription on the half title of vol. 1 in the author's handwriting, “ For Mr. Clare, with C. Lamb's kindest

remembrance.”—Catalogue.] 6617 Lamb (Charles). Elia. Essays which have appeared under

that signature in the London Magazine, first edition, original boards, uncut, Taylor and Hessey, 1823 (77)

6619 Parkinson (John).

Stevens & Brown, £88 [On the fly-leaf, "Mr. John Clare with Elia's regards," in the author's autograph.-Catalogue.] 6618 Lang (A.) Ballads in Blue China, presentation copy, cloth, 1883, 8vo. (81) Sotheran, £2 105. Paradisi in Sole. A Garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers which our English ayre will permitt to be noursed up, woodcuts of plants, old calf (last leaf damaged), 1629, folio (297) J. Russell, £45 6620 Pole (Cardinal). Reginali Foli Cardinalis Britanni, ad Henricu Octavum Britanniæ Regem, pro Ecclesiasticæ Unitatis defensione, libri quatuor, morocco extra, g. e., Romæ, apud Antonium Bladum (circa 1536), folio (299) Cogswell, £4 6621 Pope (A.) Works, 2 vol., portrait by Vertue (torn), calf, 1717-35, folio (300) Maxstead, £2 IOS. 6622 Shakespeare (W.) Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, old calf, rebacked, Printed by J. Darby, 1723, 4to. (322)

Sotheran, £4 15s.

[The edition referred to by H. H. Furness in his Variorum Edition of " Hamlet," the existence of which he doubted. It is presumably the edition of the "accurate Mr. John Hughes" noted by Theobald in his "Shakespeare Restored," the text conforming to those mentioned therein.- Catalogue.]

6623 [Tennyson.] Poems by Two Brothers, first edition, original boards, uncut, Simpkin and Marshall; and J. J. Jackson, Louth, 1827, 8vo. (130) Stevens & Brown, £39 6624 Voragine (Jacob de). Legenda Aurea Sanctorum, gothic letter, with painted capitals, morocco extra, g. e. (MS. notes by Sir G. Ormerod respecting this edition), Coloniæ (U. Zell), 1483, folio (317) Quaritch, £8 IOS. 6625 Waller (Edmund). Poems, etc., written by Mr. Edmund Waller, of Beckonsfield, Esquire, first edition, morocco extra, g.e., by Rivière and Son, Printed by T. W. for Humphrey Mosley at the Princes Armes in Pauls Churchyard, 1645, 8vo. (137) Young, £14 15s.

6626 Walpole (Horace). A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors, 2 vol., frontispiece and vignettes on titles, old morocco extra in style of Roger Payne, g. e., with David Garrick's bookplate in both volumes, 300 copies issued, Printed at Strawberry Hill, 1758, 8vo. (139) Maggs, £8 6627 Yorkshire. The Costumes of Yorkshire, descriptions in English and French, 41 coloured plates, including the 4 military which are generally wanting, half morocco, Printed by T. Bensley, 1814, 4to. (217) Bain, £4 15s.

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