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two parts, acted at the Theatre Royal, first edition, half morocco, g. e., 1672, 4to. (679) Quaritch, £15 108. 6850 Dryden (J.) The Tempest, or the Enchanted Island, a Comedy (from Shakespeare's Plot), as it is now acted at his Highness the Duke of York's Theatre, first edition, half morocco, g. e., 1670, 4to. (680) Pickering, £2 128. 6851 [Dryden (J.)] The Censure of the Rota, on Mr. Driden's Conquest of Granada, title backed, half morocco, g.e., Oxford, 1673, 4to. (681) Perry, £2 6852 Dryden (J.) The Hind and the Panther, a Poem in three parts, first edition, with leaf of Licence facing title, half morocco, g. e., J. Tonson, 1687, 4to. (682)

Pickering, £1 145. 6853 Milton (J.) Lycidas. Justa Edovardo King naufrago, ab Amicis moerentibus, Amoris et μυείας χάειν. Verses in Greek and Latin, followed by another title, "Obsequies to the Memorie of Mr. Edward King, Anno Dom. 1638," morocco extra, g. e., by Rivière, Cantab., T. Buck and R. Daniel, 1638, 4to. (683) Quaritch, £199

6854 Milton (J.) Of Prelatical Episcopacy, first edition, half morocco, g. e., 1641, 4to. (684) Pickering, £7 7s. 6855 Milton (J.) Paradise Lost, a Poem in Ten Books, first edition (seventh title), seven preliminary leaves, portrait by Faithorne added, and another pasted inside the cover, morocco extra, g. e., by Rivière, S. Simmons, 1669, 4to. (688)

Leighton, £13 6856 Niccolls (R.) London's Artillery (in verse, 114pp.), briefly containing The Noble Practise of that worthie Societie, by R. N. Oxon., old limp vellum, panelled and gilt sides, Í. Creed and B. Allsopp for W. Welby, 1616, 4to. (689)

Pickering, £12 6857 W. (H.) Clasmata, H. W., 24 leaves printed on one side of the paper only, without signatures or catch-words, in verse, on the 23rd leaf occurs "Etatis suæ 76, 1636" as a footnote, old limp vellum, panelled and gilt sides, g. e., no name, place or date (1636), 4to. (690) Quaritch, £29

[Believed to be unique. Lowndes refers to only one copy in a bookseller's catalogue in 1819. Mr. Hazlitt notes that there is a copy at Britwell (probably the same), and gives the collation as 19 leaves, while this copy has 24, and he says on the 19th occurs "H. W." in addition to the quotation above, which is not the case in this copy.-Catalogue.] 6858 Whitney (Geffrey). A Choice of Emblemes, in Verse, with upwards of 230 wood engravings within borders, some leaves water-stained, calf, Leyden, 1586, 4to. (691)

Denham, £32 6859 Cowley (A.) Poems of Mr. Cowley and others composed into Songs and Ayres with a Thorough Basse to the Theorbo, Harpsecon, or Base-violl, by William King, Organist of New College, Oxon., with music, portrait of Cowley by Faithorne inserted, morocco extra, uncut, by Rivière, Oxford, 1668, folio (692) Denham, £23

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roman letter, long lines, device on title, lettres fleuries on a criblée ground, and 30 large woodcuts of ancient ships, costume and vases, all by Geoffrey Tory, several with his mark of the Lorraine cross, large copy, in old calf, Parisiis, R. Stephani, 1536 (720) Quaritch, £4

[The first appearance of these woodcuts. They were reprinted in Estienne's edition of 1549, and copied for Froben's editions of 1537 and 1541.-Čatalogue.]

6870 Missale Secundum Usum Ecclesiæ Sarum Anglicana (cum Calendario), lit. goth. magna, printed in red and black, with square musical notation, double columns of 37 lines, contains title (in red, with device in red beneath), Calendar and Tabula, 8 leaves; "Benedictio Aquæ," leaf; 3-2 and A-K 7 in 10's, and C having 8 leaves only; there are 21 large ornamenta! woodcut initials in red, some plain corners stained and a few somewhat damaged by damp, a large plain piece of title torn off, and the names of the Popes and Thomas à Becket in the Calendar erased, original binding of oaken boards, leather stamped with roses, fleurs-de-lis, phoenixes, etc. (the clasps are gone), measures 16 by 10 inches, 1494, folio (732) Quaritch, £380

[Only one other perfect copy is believed to be known of this September issue of the Salisbury Missal by Hertzog.Catalogue.]

6871 Reynolds (Sir Joshua). Engravings from his Works, 3 vol., 300 engravings of portraits, historical and fancy subjects, etc., engraved by S. W. Reynolds, half morocco, g.e., Published by Hodgson and Graves, n. d. (746)

Parsons, £25 105. 6872 Estampes en Couleurs, du XVIIIe Siècle. Debucourt, Lavreince, Fragonard, Janinet, Huet, Taunay, Descourtis, Regnault, Saint-Aubin, etc., Texte par Ernest Chesneau, numerous illustrations, which are in two states, bistre and in colours, complete in 23 large portfolios, 1885-88 (747

Quaritch, £40

[Only 100 copies of this work have been issued.-Catalogue.]

6873 Siebold (Ph. Fr. von). Archiv. zur Beschreibung von Japan, the Atlas of large plates, in 2 vol., no titles, half morocco, atlas folio (748) Quaritch, L10 6874 Froissart. Chronicles of Englande, Fraunce, Spayne, etc., translated by Johan Bouchier knyght lorde Berners, 2 vol. in 1, black letter. vol. i., A i margined, and last leaf in facsimile; vol. ii., title mended in lower margins, sold not subject to return, calf (binding broken), W. Myddylton and R. Pinson, 1525, folio (752) Peach, £10 6875 Shakespeare. Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histores and Tragedies, published according to the true Originall Copies, the second impression, the title, with portrait by Droeshout, in facsimile, verses opposite in facsimile, portion of two leaves missing, and last leaf a reprint, there are also

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