original cloth (part 4 wanted portrait, also half title), 1829-42, 8vo. (954) E. Parsons, £34 10S. 374 Sowerby (G. B.) Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or Figures and Descriptions of Shells, 14 parts, coloured plates, 1842-53, 8vo. (867) Terry & Co., £2 8s. 375 Spenser (E.) The Faerie Queene, edited by T. J. Wise, complete in 10 parts, with full-page and other illustrations by Walter Crane, uncut, 1894-97, 4to (921) Maggs, £4 5s. 376 Statutes. The Abregement of the Statutes made in the Parlyament holden in the XXIII. and XXV. (XXVIII.) yere of the reygne of Kyng Henry the VIII., black letter, 2 vol. in 1, vellum, R. Redman, n. d., 8vo. (248) Quaritch, £8 377 Stirling (W.) Annals of the Artists of Spain, 3 vol., illustrations, 1848, 8vo. (844) Sotheran, £3 378 Strutt (J. G.) Sylva Britannica, or Portraits of Forest Trees, etc., 62 plates, on India paper, tree-calf extra, g. e., 1822, folio (123) Quaritch, £1 5s. 379 Sue (E.) Les Mystères de Paris, 4 vol., first illustrated edition, numerous male and female portraits and illustrations, in the original white pictorial boards, 1843, imperial 8vo. (595) Rogers, 1 Is. 380 [Swift (J.) Gulliver's Travels into several remote Nations of the World, portrait and maps, 2 vol., first edition, old calf, 1726-Gulliver's Travels into several remote Nations of the World, compendiously methodized, frontispiece, old calf, 1726, together 3 vol., 8vo. (33) Maggs, £2 18s. [The portrait of Gulliver is by Sturt and Sheppard. Large paper (royal 8vo.) copies with the portrait in the earliest state, the inscription being underneath instead of round it, are very scarce. The Ashburnham copy on large paper sold for £61. See Book-Prices CurRENT, vol. xii., No. 5121.-ED.] 381 Swinburne (A. Č.) William Blake: a Critical Essay, facsimile illustrations, second edition, original cloth, 1868, 8vo. (23) Thorp, £1 5s. [The first edition was also published in 1868. The book, which is of crown 8vo. size, in bright blue cloth, contains illustrations from Blake's designs (some coloured) and pp. viii., 304.-ED.] 382 Symonds (J. A). The Life of Michael Angelo Buonarroti, 2 vol., etched portrait and 50 reproductions, uncut, t. e. g., 1893, 8vo. (1146) J. Brown, £1 IIS. 383 Tap (John). Arithmetick, or The Pathway to Knowledge of the Ground of Arts, etc., black letter. (no title, but the other two titles indicate the date), original edition, in the original old calf, m. e., 1621, 8vo. (486) Knatford, £2 18s. [The dedication is to "Sir Thomas Smith Knight, Gouvernour of the Company of Merchants of London, Trading to the East Indies, and the Moscovie company, as also the Company of Discoverers for the North West Passage, and Treasurer for the Plantation in Virginia.” This is the earliest book of the kind in English; un known to Lowndes or any other bibliographer. The British Museum possesses only a copy of the second edition, dated 1658. Catalogue.] 384 Tassie (J.) Catalogue Raisonné d'une Collection générale de Pierres Gravées Antiques et Modernes tant en Creuxe que Camées, le texte par R. E. Raspe, text in English and French, 2 vol., 57 plates, uncut, 1791, 4to. (321) Quaritch, LI 15s. 385 Tegg's Prime Jest Book, 5 titles with coloured vignettes on each, and 2 plates by Rowlandson, n. d., 8vo. (454) Lorrimer, £2 155. [The rarest of all Rowlandson's illustrations, as no record is to be found of them, and they were hitherto utterly unknown to collectors and experts.-Catalogue.] 386 Thackeray (W. M.) Vanity Fair, first edition, plates by the author, original cloth, uncut, 1848, 8vo. (494 Sabin, £1 185. 387 Thomas (J.) Dictionary of Biography and Mythology, new edition, revised and corrected, 4 vol., portraits, Virtue, n. d., 8vo. (1131) G. Brown, £1 3s. 388 Thorpe (J.) Registrum Roffense; or a Collection of Ancient Records, Charters, etc., relating to the Cathedral Church of Rochester, 1769-Custumale Roffense, 1788, together 2 vol., plates, russia uniform, backs broken, with ex-libris of the Duke of Buckingham in each vol., 1769-88, folio (326) Maggs, £2 389 Tuer (A. W.) London Cries, with Six Charming Children, proofs, and about 40 other illustrations, 250 copies only printed (two copies), n. d., 4to. (1324) Hatchards, 1 6s. 390 Turner (J. M. W.) Facsimiles of Etchings for the Liber Studiorum, 33 plates, portraits inserted, in portfolio, 1878, folio (153) R. Ward, 1 6s. 391 Turner (J. M. W.) The Harbours of England, 12 plates engraved by T. Lupton, with illustrative text by J. Ruskin, first edition, original cloth, g. e., Gambart, 1856-Liber Studiorum, reproduced in autotype, 48 plates, 2 vol. only, 1872-6, folio (133) Thorp, £2 Is. 392 Turner (T. Hudson). Domestic Architecture of England, Middle Ages and XIVth Century, 2 vol., illustrations, original cloth, t. e. g., 1851-53, 8vo (873) Leighton, £1 5s. 393 Uzanne (O.) Le Miroir du Monde, LARGE JAPANESE PAPER, only 100 copies printed, numerous illustrations in various colours by Paul Avril, in the original coloured wrappers and morocco case, uncut, 1888, roy. 4to. (610) Barrington, £2 25. 394 Van Dyck (Sir Anthony). His Life and Work, by Jules Guiffrey, numerous etchings and other illustrations, uncut, limited issue, 1896, folio (1371) Quaritch, £1 175. 395 Venegas (M.) Natural and Civil History of California, containing a Description of the Country, Soil, Mountains, etc., including the famous Pearl Fishery, also the Customs of the Inhabitants, translated from the Spanish, map and plates, 2 vol., old calf, 1759, 8vo (851) Maggs, £1 3s. [This was a sound copy which, under more favourable circumstances, would have probably sold for as much again. ED.] 396 Westwood (J. O.) Arcana Entomologica, or Illustrations of New, Rare, and Interesting Insects, 95 coloured plates, 2 vol., original cloth, 1845, 8vo (3) Wesley, £2 397 Wheatley (H. B.) Remarkable Bindings in the British Museum, selected for their Beauty or Historic Interest, one of 150 copies, with the 62 facsimile plates printed in monotint, parchment, uncut, 1889, 4to. (1274) Gutekunst, £1 25. 398 White's Club. The History of White's, with the Betting Book from 1743 to 1878, and a List of Members from 1736 to 1892, published by the Hon. Algernon Bourke, 2 vol., numerous portraits and illustrations, limited issue, uncut (1892), 4to. (1299) Hitchman, £1 135. 399 Wilde (Oscar). The Picture of Dorian Gray, half parchment, uncut (6 copies), n. d., 8vo (1170) Hatchard, 1 9s. [NOVEMBER 6th AND 7th, 1899.] SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE. THE TIXALL LIBRARY, LATE THE PROPERTY OF SIR F. A. T. C. CONSTABLE, BART. (No. of Lots, 739; amount realised, £2748 9s. 6d.) [NOTE. This Library was a very old one, having been formed originally by the first Lord Aston, Ambassador to Spain in the reign of James I.-ED.] 400 Abbot (John). Natural History of the Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia, by J. E. Smith, 104 coloured plates, 2 vol., half bound (cover of vol. ii. missing), 1797, imp. 4to. (1) Wesley, £3 10S. 401 Anacréon, Sapho, Bion et Moschus, traduction nouvelle en prose, suivie de la Veillée des Fêtes de Vénus, etc., par M. M. C. (Moutonnet de Clairfond), LARGE PAPER, plates and vignettes after Eisen, old French calf gilt, g. e., Paphos, etc. J. F. Bastien, 1780, roy. 8vo. (15) Dobell, £135. [A reprint, the first edition under De Clairfond's editorship having appeared in 1773. The illustrations comprise frontispiece, 12 vignettes and 13 tailpieces all by Massard, after Eisen. The original drawings by Eisen belonged to the late Duc d'Aumale, and are now the property of the nation.-ED.] 402 Annual Register (The). Vol. i. to li., and General Index from 1758 to 1780, 1758-1809, 8vo. (17) Ridler, £I IS. 403 Anstis (John). Heraldry Anecdotes: Various Papers, chiefly in Anstis's hand, relating to the Pedigrees of Peers, Summoning of Barons by Writ, Disputed Pedigrees; Autograph Letters of Edw. Southwell to Anstis, etc., and other MSS. in various hands; in I vol., half bound, 17-, small folio (19) LI 18s. 404 Ariosto (L.) Orlando Furioso, in English Heroical Verse by Sir John Harington, now thirdly revised with the Author's Epigrams, engraved title containing portrait of Harington, and copperplate engravings, old calf (broken), G. Miller for J. Parker, 1634, small folio (23) Quaritch, £2 12s. 405 Ariosto (L.) Orlando Furioso, in English Heroical Verse by Sir John Harington, now thirdly revised and amended with the Author's Epigrams, engraved title containing the author's portrait and copperplate engravings, half bound, G. Miller for J. Parker, 1634, small folio (24) Hazlitt, £2 5s. 406 Arthur. The most Ancient and Famous History of the Renowned Prince Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, newly refined and published, the three parts complete, black letter, woodcut frontispiece to each part, old calf, W. Stansby for J. Bloome, 1634, sm. 4to. (45) Pickering, £12 IOS. 407 Aston State Papers. State Letters and Diplomatic Correspondence, and Familiar Correspondence of Walter Aston, Baron Aston of Forfar, Ambassador of James I. to Spain, 1620-1625; comprising numerous Original Letters from and to Lord Aston, Earl of Carlisle, Sir John Eyre, Sir Edw. Conway, Earl of Holland, Sir Francis Nethersole, Spanish Ministers and Ambassadors, Conde de Gondomar and others; Letters and Papers from Sir Robert Mansell, Admiral of the Fleet in the Mediterranean; Letters and Papers respecting the Business of the Palatinate, and many familiar Letters from his Friends and Acquaintances; altogether a mass of papers of a most interesting and valuable character, most of which are unpublished, chiefly originals, with some fair copies, sufficient to form 12 volumes, 1620-25, small folio (48) Quaritch, £113 408 Aurelius (Marcus). The Golden Booke (Berners' translation), black letter, old calf, Thos. East, 1586, small 8vo. (51) Quaritch, £5 409 Bewick (Thos.) General History of Quadrupeds, first edition, LARGE PAPER, woodcuts, original boards, uncut, Newcastleupon-Tyne, 1790, royal 8vo. (70) Quaritch, £51 410 Bible (Holy), translated according to the Ebrew and Greecke, with most profitable annotations and two tables, Genevan or Breeches' Version, black letter, unusually large and sound copy, but a few leaves wormed, old calf, R. Barker, 1602, folio (71) Ridler, £I IS. 411 Blackwell (Eliz.) A Curious Herbal, 500 plates, coloured, 2 vol., half calf, J. Nourse, 1739, folio (75) Wakerley, £2 8s. 412 Blundell (Henry). Engravings and Etchings of the Principal Statues, Busts, Bas-reliefs, Sepulchral Monuments, etc. at Nice, 158 plates (some stained), 2 vol., morocco (damaged), Privately printed, 1809, imperial folio (80) Quaritch, £1 5s. 413 Borlase (Dr. Wm.) Antiquities, Historical and Monumental, of the County of Cornwall, second edition, map and plates, [The first edition was published at Oxford in 2 vol., folio, 1754-58.-ED.] 414 Boydell (John). A Collection of Views in England and Wales, with some miscellaneous Subjects after various Masters, Birds, Animals, Gems, etc., all engraved by John Boydell, 152 subjects on 108 plates, old morocco gilt, joints, g. e., Boydell, 1790, atlas folio (91) Dobell, £14 10s. [There is another collection of "One Hundred Views in England and Wales," by John Boydell. It was published in 1770, folio, and is worth from £6 to £7. John Boydell was a pupil of Thoms, the engraver inter alia of a view of Hawarden Castle. His first work is known as the "Bridge Book," a set of six etchings, each of which contains the figure of a Bridge. These are rarely met with. Boydell is better known as a publisher than as an engraver, but he did some good work in the latter capacity.-ED.] 415 Boyle (Hon. R.) Occasional Reflexions (with a Discourse on Angling), 1665-Experiments touching Cold, 1665-The Aerial Noctiluca, 1680-History of Mineral Waters, 1684— Essays of Effluviums, 1673-of Experimental Natural Philosophy, 1664, and others by the same, small 4to. and 8vo. (92) Pickering, £2 25. 416 Britannia Sancta : Lives of the most eminent British, English, Scottish, and Irish Saints, 2 vol., calf, T. Meighan, 1745, 4to. (96) Ridler, £1 417 Brome (Rich.) Five New Playes, first edition, portrait by T. Cross, original calf, fine copy, H. Moseley, &c., 1653, 8vo. (98) B. F. Stevens, LIO IOS. 418 Brooke (Fulke, Lord). Certaine Learned and Elegant Workes (commenced after the title with p. 23 as usual), old calf, E. P. for H. Seyle, 1633-Tasso, Godfrey of Boulogne, or the Recovery of Jerusalem, in English Heroical Verse by E. Fairefax, second edition, old calf, J. Bill, 1624, small folio (99) Maggs, £1 14s. 419 Bunbury (H.) Annals of Horsemanship, 17 humorous plates, uncut, 1791, 4to. (103) B. F. Stevens, £1 12s. 420 Burney (Dr. Chas.) General History of Music, portrait and plates, 4 vol., old calf gilt, m. e., 1776-89, 4to. (105) Edwards, £3 421 Burton (R.) Anatomy of Melancholy, sixth edition, frontispiece in compartments, old calf, H. Cripps and L. Lloyd, 1652, small folio (107) B. F. Stevens, £2 422 Camden (Wm.) Various Papers and Autograph Letters in Latin and English on Antiquities, Arms, Inscriptions, etc., all in Camden's hand and many signed by him, between 1609 and 1619, 63 documents pasted in a vol., half bound, folio (114) Quaritch, £29 IOS. Holland, maps and 423 Camden (Wm.) Britain, translated by Ph. plates, old calf, 1637-Baker (Sir R.) Kings, frontispiece, 1660, folio (115) Chronicle of the |