1787 Jacobite. A True Account of the Behaviour and Conduct of Archibald Stuart, late Lord Provost of Edinburgh, 1748A Letter to the Duke of Newcastle, on the Dangers of Popery occasioned by the seizing of certain Papers in a Popish Chapel in the Highlands of Scotland, 1747Enquiry into the Causes of the late Rebellion, 1746-Letter to an English Member of Parliament, from a Gentleman in Scotland, containing Hints for preventing Rebellion, 1746— A Dissuasive from Jacobitism, 1745 (slightly imperfect)—A Letter from HG- g, Esq., Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the Young Chevalier, 1750, together 6 tracts, all uncut, 8vo. (285) W. Brown, £2 2s. 1788 Jonson (Ben). Q. Horatius Flaccus, His Art of Poetry, Englished by Ben Jonson, with other Workes of the Author never printed before (Masque of the Gypsies, Epigrams, etc.), first edition, fine impression of the portrait by Wm. Marshall (a few margins shaved), original limp vellum, J. Okes for John Benson, 1640, 8vo. (287)

Pickering, £9 17s. 6d. 1789 Lilly (John). Euphues and his England, containing his Voyage and Adventures, black letter, calf, J. H. for James Boler, 1631, small 4to. (290) Dobell, £15s.

1790 London Gazette, from the beginning in November, 1665 (the first twenty-three numbers bore the title of Oxford Gazette) to 1703, bound in 33 vol., old calf, Oxford, 1665—London, 1703, folio (292) Ellis, £25

[An invaluable collection of records forming the official history of England and her colonies during the reigns of Charles II., James II. and William and Mary. A set like this, including the early volumes, is of the greatest rarity.— Catalogue.] 1791 Macarius Mutius Eques de Triumpho Christi, ornamental border to first page and initial letters, illuminated in gold and colours, old calf, elaborately tooled in gold, Venetiis, 1499, small 4to. (293) Tinkler, £2 18s.

1792 Matrimonial Ladder, or Such Things Are, drawn by M. E., Esq., 20 coloured humorous plates, on a folding sheet about 81⁄2 feet in length, original paper boards, rebacked, London, 1825, square 8vo. (381) W. Brown, £2 125.

1793 Meager (L.) The English Gardner, or a Sure Guide to Young Planters and Gardners, 24 plates, old calf, J. Rawlins for M. Wootton, 1688 (300) Parsons, 18s. 1794 Mercurius Publicus and Publick Intelligencer, a quantity of parts, 1658, etc., small 4to. (301) Pickering, £5 1795 Military Costume. Smith (Charles Hamilton). Costume of the Army of the British Empire, according to the last Regulations, 56 coloured plates of Regimental Costumes (should be 60), half calf, 1815, folio (304) Spencer, £20 10s. 1796 Monstrelet (Enguerrand de). Chroniques, contenans les cruelles guerres civilles entre les maisons d'Orléans et de Bourgogne l'occupation de Normandie par les Anglois, etc.,

3 vol. in 2, half' calf gilt (plain margin to two title pages edged), à Paris, chez Pierre l'Huillier, 1572, folio (308) Sotheran, £1 5s.

1797 Music.

Musæ Sioniæ oder Geistliche Concert Gesange über die fürnembste Herrn Lutheri, Durch M. Præterium, 4 parts, engraved titles and musical notation, Regenspurg, 1605-Jena, 1607, small 4to. (310) Ellis, £1 19s. 1798 Music. Specchio di Musica, composto dal Silverio Picerli, both parts, 2 vol., wrappers, In Ñapoli, 1630-31, small 4to. (311) Head, £1 55. 1799 Ovidius. Epistolæ Heroides, cum comentarii Antonii Ulsei, woodcut on title, old oaken boards, Venetiis, 1489, folio (316) Leighton, 1 15s. 1800 Ptolemy. Epytoma Joanis de Mōte regio in Almagesta ptolomei, guthie letter, with diagrams, old oaken boards covered with leather, Venet., 1496, folio (327)

Crisp, £4 10s. 1801 Rowlandson (T.) Miseries of Human Life, designed and etched by T. Rowlandson, engraved title and 36 coloured plates, original impressions, half bound, Ackermann, n. d., 4to. (369) Sabin, £3 35. 1802 Slater (J. H.) Book-Prices Current, the first 4 vol., cloth, 1887-90, 8vo. (373) Sotheran, £4 12s. 6d. 1803 Solvyns (B.) A Collection of Coloured Etchings, descriptive of the Manners, Customs and Dresses of the Hindoos, mounted throughout in 2 vol., with MS. descriptions (not subject to return), Calcutta, 1799, 8vo. (380) Hornstein, £4 [Published at £105. Complete copies contain 250 coloured etchings. Of late years the value of this work has fallen most materially.-ED.]

1804 Sporting. Portraits of Brood Mares belonging to the Royal Stud at Hampton Court, by C. W., 24 lithographs, spotted, original pictorial boards, London, Sams, 1837, folio (335) F. Edwards, £I 75.

1805 Tour of Doctor Prosody in search of the Antique and Picturesque through Scotland, the Hebrides, the Orkney and Shetland Isles, 20 humorous coloured plates in the Rowlandson style, fine copy, original boards, uncut, with the label, 1821, 8vo. (382) Hornstein, £4 7s. 6d. 1806 Udall (W.) The Historie of the Life and Death of Mary Stuart, Queene of Scotland, fine portrait and engraved title by Marshall, calf, J. Haviland, 1636, 12mo. (350)

Pickering, £2 175. 1807 Vaughan (Henry). Olar Iscanus. A collection of some Select Poems and Translations, published by a friend, first edition, frontispiece by R. Vaughan, old calf, T. W. for H. Moseley, 1651, 8vo. (351) Pickering, £5 IOS. 1808 Virgilius. Opera omnia innumeris pene locis ad veterum Petri Bembi Cardinalis et Andreæ Naugerii postrema hac Editione castigata, ornamental title and numerous woodcuts, vellum, fine copy, Venetiis apud Juntas, 1552, folio (353) Crisp, £1 10s.

[DECEMBER 11TH AND 12TH, 1899.]

SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE.

PORTIONS OF THE LIBRARIES OF DR. A. B. GROSART, Mr. D. NORTON, AND OTHER PROPERTIES.

(No. of Lots, 712; amount realised, £788 18s.)

NOTE. This was a very miscellaneous sale. A large number of books were sold in "parcels." These have not been reported.-ED.

1809 Ackermann (R.) History of the University of Cambridge, its Colleges, Halls and Public Buildings, 2 vol., coloured plates by Pugin, Mackenzie, etc., including costumes, half morocco gilt, t. e. g., 1815, 4to. (654) Tregaskis, £6 10s. 1810 Ackermann (R.) History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, etc., 2 vol., coloured plates by Pugin, Nash, etc., including costumes, half morocco gilt, t. e. g., 1815, 4to. (655) E. Parsons, £6 6s. 1811 Ackermann (R.) History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls and Public Buildings, 2 vol. in 1, coloured plates by Pugin, half calf (slightly defective), m. e., Ackermann, 1814, 4to. (94) Parsons, £35s. 1812 Apperley (C. J.) Hunting Reminiscences, by "Nimrod, first edition, illustrated by Wildrake, Henderson and Alken, some plates spotted, half calf gilt, m. e., 1843, 8vo. (524)

Nattali, £5

[This work, which was published at 16s., contains 32 uncoloured full-page plates and maps. Collation: Engraved frontispiece, engraved title, plain title, preface (iii.-iv.), contents (v.-ix.), with list of illustrations on reverse, and text pp. 1-332.-ED.]

1813 Apperley (C. J.) The Life of a Sportsman, by "Nimrod," first edition, with 36 coloured illustrations by Henry Alken, 4 cut round and mounted, as is usually the case, a few leaves slightly soiled, calf gilt, symbolically tooled on sides, g. e., R. Ackermann, 1842, 8vo. (523) Hornstein, £12 2s. 6d.

[Demy 8vo., published at 42s., with 36 highly-coloured plates by Alken. The book collates as follows: Coloured frontispiece, coloured title, plain title, preface (iii.-vi.), contents with list of illustrations on the reverse, and text pp. 1-402. Why several illustrations are invariably found cut round and mounted is a matter of conjecture. This book has doubled in value during the last six or seven years. Another edition, with all the coloured plates, was published by Routledge in 1874, and there is also an edition of 1857 with coloured frontispiece and vignette title.—ED.]

1814 Bachaumont. Mémoires Secrets pour servir à L'Histoire de

la République des Lettres en France, 36 vol. and Index, 37 vol., morocco, g. t., uncut, Londres, etc., 1784-66, 8vo. (228) J. Brown, £2 13s. 1815 Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes from 1862 to 1895, 61 vol., plates, vol. iv.-xxvii. in cloth, and xxviii.-lxiv. in parts (wanted part i., vol. xlvii.), had duplicate part viii. for Oct., 1860, 1862-95, 8vo. (269) Chinn, £8 1816 Barnes (Barnabe). Four Bookes of Offices, enabling privat Persons for the Speciall Service of all Good Princes and Policies, old calf, G. Bishop, etc., 1606, folio (471) Pickering, £7 5s. 1817 Billings (R. W.) Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland, 4 vol., morocco, g. e., 1852, 4to. (645)

A. Jackson, £5 IOS. 1818 Birch (T.) Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, portraits by Houbraken and Vertue, uncut, 1833, folio (374) Ridler, £1 10s. 1819 Book-Prices Current, a Record of the Prices at which Books have been sold at Auction, from December, 1886 to November, 1896, 10 vol., 1888-97, 8vo. (480) Edwards, £8 1820 [Braithwaite (Rich.)] A Comment upon the two tales of our ancient, renowned and ever living Poet, Sir Jeffray Chaucer, etc. The Miller's Tale, and The Wife of Bath, calf (broken), W. Godbid for R. Clavell, 1665, 8vo. (407) Maggs, £1 12s. 1821 Brayley (E. W.) History of Surrey, 5 vol., plates and maps, half russia gilt, g. e., Dorking, 1841, 4to. (69)

Rimell, £3 175. 1822 Britton (J.) Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain, 5 vol., half russia, plates (frontispiece to vol. i. torn), 1807-35, 4to. (326) J. Brown, £2 9s. 1823 Bromley-Davenport (W.) Sport. Fox Hunting, Salmon Fishing, etc., edition de luxe, 250 copies printed, illustratrations by Gen. Crealock, on India paper, 1885, 4to. (300) Craddock, £2 155.

[The later edition of 1888 was published at 6s., and is quite unimportant.-ED.] 1824 Butler (Capt. H.) South African Sketches of the Wild Life of a Hunter, coloured plates, Ackermann, 1841-Hunt (Leigh). London Journal, 2 vol. in 1, 1835, 2 vol., folio (378) Edwards, £3 10S. 1825 Campbell (Lord). Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, 7 vol., tree marbled calf gilt, m. e., 1846-7, 8vo. (176) A. Jackson, £2 IIS. 1826 Cervantes (M.) History of Don Quixote, translated by Motteux, 4 vol., portrait and etchings, half morocco gilt, g. t., uncut, Edinburgh, Paterson, 1879, 8vo. (177)

George, £1 16s. 1827 Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland, by Holinshed, Hall and Faber, 8 vol., russia, joints broken, 1807-11, 4to. (64) Cotterell, £3 3s. 1828 Daremberg et Saglio. Dictionnaire des Antiquités Grecques

et Romaines, 20 parts complete, illustrations, Paris, 1875-95, 4to. (604) Hunt, £1 14s. 1829 Drummond (J.) Ancient Scottish Weapons, with Introduction and Notes by J. Anderson, 54 coloured plates, half morocco, g. t., uncut, Edinburgh, 1881, royal folio (339)

Hill, £1 11S. 1830 Elliot (D. G.) Monograph of the Paradiseidae, or Birds of Paradise, parts 1-16, coloured plates, subscriber's copy, 1873, folio (683) Quaritch, 3 1831 England's Parnassus, edited by J. P. Collier, the 5 parts complete, original wrappers, 1867, 4to. (447) Sotheran, £1 10s. 1832 Fielding (H.) History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, 6 vol., first edition, old calf, 1749, 8vo. (245) Spencer, £110s. 1833 Fugitive Scotish Poetry (various pieces of) principally of the 17th Century, first series, part 1, and second series complete (edited by D. Laing), cut on title, 70 copies printed, 2 vol., uncut, Edinburgh, 1823-53, 8vo. (431)

Hopkins, £1 1OS.

1834 Gould (J.) Birds of Australia, parts 1-21, coloured plates, subscriber's copy, 1840-45, folio (680) Poole, £9 15s. 1835 Gould (J.) The Mammals of Australia, parts 1-12, with coloured plates, subscriber's copy, 1845-60, folio (681) Sotheran, £9 1836 Gould (J.) The Trochilidae, or Humming Birds, parts 1 to 25, coloured plates, subscriber's copy, 1849-61, folio (682) Poole, £20 10s. 1837 Grimm (M. M.) German Popular Stories, translated from the Kinder und Hans Märchen, collected from Oral Tradition, 2 vol., first edition, second issue (with the two dots over the a in "Märchen"), etchings by George Cruikshank, both volumes wanted the half titles, and a few leaves soiled, half bound, sold with all faults, 1823-26, 8vo. (520) Spencer, £7 12s. 6d.

[The first issue has the "a" in Märchen not modified. Vol. i. was issued in pictorial boards, and vol. ii. in pink boards with label on the back. These two volumes, if they belong to the earliest issues, and are clean in their original covers, are worth about £100. See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xiii., No. 4188.-ED.]

1838 Gronow (Capt.) Reminiscences and Recollections, with Anecdotes of the Camp and Court, 2 vol., portrait and plates in two states, coloured and plain, by J. Grego, g. t., uncut, 1889, royal 8vo. (189) Hitchman, 1 145. 1839 Guillim (J.) A Display of Heraldry, sixth edition, with additions, portraits and woodcut coats of arms, old calf, joints cracked, 1724, folio (363) Cotterell, £3 16s. 1840 Harrington (W.) Historie of Edward IV., slightly wormed, portrait inserted, and autograph of Saml. Daniell on title, calf rebacked, 1640–Buck (G.) History of Richard III., fine portrait by Cross, and MS. notes by Dr. Farmer inserted, old calf, 1647, together 2 vol., folio (690)

Newton, £1 18s.