numerous small woodcuts and ornamental initials, MS. prayers in fly-leaves and notes in margins, oaken boards, leather clasps, Venet., P. Liechtensteyn et Jo. Hertzog Sumt. Nic. de Franckfordia, 1501, 8vo. (1131)

Grevel, £3 15s. 3261 Missale Romanum per optime ordinatum ac diligenti studio castigatum (cum Calendario), lit. goth., red and black, with musical notes, numerous small woodcuts, and a full-page cut of the Crucifixion before the Canon (slightly wormed), oaken boards, stamped ornamental calf (worn), (Lugd.), Jo. Moylin, 1518, 8vo. (1132) Quaritch, £2 3262 Mitford (John). Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy, third edition, 20 humorous coloured plates by C. Williams, calf gilt, Sherwood and Co., 1823, ímperial 8vo. (1133) Pickering, £2 6s. 3263 Molière (J. B. P. de). L'Estourdy, ou les Contre-temps, comédie, representée sur le Théâtre du Palais Royal, crushed morocco, plain, inside dentelles, g. e., by Lortic Fils, first edition, Paris, Gabriel Quinet, 1663 (1134)

Maggs, £12 10s. 3264 Molière (J. B. P. de). Amphitryon, Comedie (counterfeit of the original edition), new vellum, Paris, chez Jean Ribou, 1668, 8vo. (1135) Spero, £I IS. [The counterfeit is a good copy of the original in most respects. It ends, however, on page 83, whereas the genuine issue ends with page 84.-ED.]

3265 Molière (J. B. P. de). Le Mariage Forcé, Comédie, édition originale, new vellum, Paris, chez Jean Ribou, 1668, 8vo. (1136) Spero, £10 10S. 3266 Molière (J. B. P. de). Le Sicilien, ou l'Amour Peintre, Comédie, édition originale, crushed morocco, plain, inside dentelles, g. e., by Thibaron Joly, Paris, chez Jean Ribou au Palais, 1668, 8vo. (1137) Tinkler, II IIS. 3267 Molière (J. B. P. de). Le Sicilien, ou l'Amour Peintre, Comédie, édition originale (extra title of "Les Œuvres tome troisième J. Ribou, 1668" inserted), crushed morocco, plain, inside dentelles, g. e., by Lortic Fils, Paris, chez Jean Ribou au Palais, 1668, 8vo. (1138) Spero, £9 9s. 3268 Molière (J. B. P. de). Les Femmes Sçavantes, Comédie, édition originale, crushed morocco, plain, inside dentelles, g. e., by A. Cuzin, et se vend pour PAutheur à Paris au Palais et chez Pierre Fromé, 1673, 8vo. (1139) Tinkler, £13 [Le Petit, in his Bibliography of "Editions Originales," records a copy of this Play with the date 1672, which was the only one he had ever seen. In other respects the issue with the 1673 date is exactly the same, and it is quite possible that in two or three copies the last figure had been dropped in printing.—Catalogue.]

3269 Molière (J. B. P. de). Les Euvres de Monsieur de Molière, 7 vol. (vol. vii., dated 1675, has L'Ombre de Molière by Brecourt and Le Malade Imaginaire), half vellum, Paris, D. Thierry et Cl. Barbin, 1674-5, 8vo. (1140) Cornan, £8 25.

3270 Monipennie (J.) The Abridgement or Summarie of the Scots Chronicles, original gilt vellum wrapper, with the arms of James I. on the sides, fine copy, 1612, 4to. (1431)

Russell, £10 IOS. 3271 Montesquieu (C. S.) Le Temple de Gnide, LARGE THICK PAPER, frontispiece and plates by Eisen, fine copy, bright old French calf gilt, g. e., Paris, 1772, 4to. (851) Sotheran, £9 3272 Montorgueil (G.) Paris Dansant, illustrations by A. Willette, in two and three states, one set coloured, édition de luxe, limited to 200 copies, morocco extra, sides inlaid, g. e., 1898, imperial 8vo. (852) J. Bumpus, £6 3273 Monumens de la Vie privée des Douze Césars et Culte Secret des Dames Romaines, 2 vol., many plates, half morocco extra, t. e. g., uncut, 1780-84, 4to. (853)

Bickers, £6 5s. 3274 Morais (C. de). Le Véritable Fauconnier, dédié au Roy, old calf, Paris, G. Quinet, 1683, 8vo. (1145) Pickering, £2 4s. 3275 Morris (W.) The Roots of the Mountains, superior edition on Whatman paper, one of 250 copies, uncut, 1890, small 4to. (1146) Downing, LI IS. 3276 Masuccio, The Novellino of, now first translated into English by W. G. Waters, 2 vol., 210 copies printed on large Japanese vellum, illustrated by E. R. Hughes, half vellum, 1895, 4to. (855) Sherratt, £2 16s. 3277 Nash (Dr. Treadway). Collections for the History of Worcestershire, LARGE PAPER, map, views, portraits and pedigrees. The author's own copy, extra illustrated with 130 original drawings of views, portraits and maps, and engraved views and portraits, many mezzos. (including portrait of Dr. Hough, after Dyer, by Faber), many fine and rare proofs and etchings of views, monuments, antiquities, and other interesting and valuable illustrations (no appendix), 2 vol. bound in 3, with specially engraved title to vol. iii., russia gilt, uncut, with the author's ex-libris in each vol., J. Nichols, 1781-2, royal folio (883) Rimell, £68 3278 Normandie. Grand Costumier de Normandie, black letter, woodcut title and arms, old calf, Rouen, 1539, folio (1286) Dobell, I IIS. 3279 Nowell (Alex.) Reproufe of a Booke entitled A Proufe of Certayne Articles in Religion denied by M. Juell, set furth by Thos. Dorman, B.D., and printed at Antwerpe, 1564, black letter, original edition, large copy (perhaps LARGE PAPER), half calf, 1565, small 4to. (1154) Ridler, LI IS. 3280 Novarese (G. Cataneo). Most Briefe Tables to know redily how manie ranckes of footemen armed with corslettes, as unarmed, go to the making of a just battaile from an hundred unto twenty thousand. Next a very easie and approved way to arme a battaile with Harkabuzers and winges of horsemen according to the use at these daies, tourned out of Italian into English by H. G., black letter, tables (one cut into) and diagrams, large copy, T. East for J. Wight, 1588, 4to. (849) Tinkler, £1 9s.

3281 Novum Testamentum Latinum ad Antiquissima Græcorum exemplaria castigatum, clean large copy in blue morocco, gilt back and sides, inside dentelle borders, g. e., by F. Bedford, excudebat Londini, Joannes Mayler, anno dni 1540, folio (1287) Quaritch, £7

[This rare volume was edited by Walter Delaine, the personage appointed by Henry VIII. to superintend the publication of all versions of the Scriptures. He calls himself "Regiæ Majestatis Anglicana Biblioscopus," an office of which we meet with no other evidence or trace, and professes to have followed the most ancient Greek MSS. and to present a much purer text than any so far extant. He introduces the work by a long preface (pp. 40) addressed to the King. It is the earliest Latin Testament published in England by royal authority.--Catalogue.] 3282 Objets d'Art (Collection des), gravés à l'eauforte par Jacquemont, 59 etched plates of Tankards, Cups, Ewers, etc., proofs before letters, taken on vellum, only a few copies so done, unbound, Paris, n. d., folio (1288) Seeley, £2 4s. 3283 Oddities of London Life, by Paul Pry, humorous etchings by Heath, etc., 2 vol., original green cloth, uncut, R. Bentley, 1838, 8vo. (1157) Sabin, £2 25. 3284 Ogilby (John). Entertainment of King Charles II. in his Passage through the City of London to his Coronation, plates (1 mounted), half morocco, large ex-libris of Sir W. Stirling-Maxwell, T. Roycroft, 1662, folio (1291)

R. Gutchunst, £2 3285 Omar Khayyam. The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam, the Astronomer Poet of Persia, rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald, with an accompaniment of drawings by Elihu Vedder, containing 53 photo-lithographs of Vedder's designs, Boston, U.S.A., 1886, folio (1292)

E. Parsons, 1 25. [The original issue, with Vedder's designs, was published at Boston, without date, folio. A clean copy in the ornamented cloth sells for about £6 10s.-ED.]

3286 Oriental Carpets, published by the Imp. and Roy. Austrian Commercial Museum, by Order of the Imp. and Roy. Ministries of Commerce, Worship and Education, 2 vol., Japanese vellum paper, numerous large plates, mostly in two states (plain and in colours), morocco extra, silk linings completely covered with flowers, g. e., in two cases, presentation copy No. 1, Vienna, 1892, folio (1293) Sotheran, £42 3287 Ovide. Les Metamorphoses, en Latin et en François de la Traduction de M. l'Abbé Banier, avec des explications Historiques, with engravings by Le Mire, Basan, etc. from designs by Eisen, Moreau, Gravelot, Boucher, Monnet, Choffard, etc., 4 vol., morocco extra, g. e., by Rivière, Paris, 1767-71, 4to. (1242) Ridler, £10 158. [Contains 3 engraved leaves of dedication, a fleuron on each title, 30 head-pieces and I tail-piece by Choffard,

frontispiece with head of Ovid, and 140 plates after Eisen, Monnet, Boucher and others, by Basan, Legrand, Massard and others. Large paper copies are known, but they are exceedingly scarce, and are said by some authorities to belong to a later issue. Twelve copies of the ordinary issue are known to have been printed on Dutch paper. For a lengthy description of this edition see Lewine's "Bibliography of Eighteenth Century Art Books," 1898, p. 395.-ED.] 3288 Ovidius. Le Vita et Metamorfoseo d'Ovidio, figurato et abbreviato in forma d'Epigrammi da Gab. Symeoni; et Apologia Generale, contro i calumniatori de opere sue, printed within ornamental borders with woodcut on every page, the designs attributed to Le Petit Bernard, dark green morocco, plain, inside dentelles, g. on m. e., by Bauzonnet-Trautz, fine copy, Lione, G. di Tornes, 1559, 8vo. (1166) Ridler, £3 35. 3289 Ovid. Ovid's Tristia, containing five books of mournful elegies, translated into English by W. S. (W. Saltonstal), portrait by W. Marshall, few headlines shaved, fine copy, calf, gilt edges, by Riviere, 1665, 8vo. (1167) Dobell,, £1 5s. 3290 Parnasse (Le). Satyrique du dix-neuvième Siècle, Edition augmentée et completée, 3 vol., "Special Edition," half morocco gilt, uncut, t. e. g., Brux., 1881, 8vo. (1170)

Hallett, £2 3291 Penn (William). Tweede Bericht ofte Relaas van William Penn, Eygenaar en Gouverneur van de Provintie van Pennsylvania in America. Behelsende een korte Beschrijvinge van den tegenwoordige toestand en gelegentheid van die Colonie, fine uncut copy, clean as new, unbound, with folding plan of Philadelphia, Amsterdam, Jacob Claus, 1685, 4to. (142) Sabin, £2 18s.

["This second account of Pennsylvania is as rare as the other Dutch translations of the first account."-SABIN. The original English Edition, "A further Account of the Province of Pennsylvania," was issued without a separate title page, but was dated and signed by Penn, “Worminghurst Place, 12th of the 10th Month, 85." The present volume contained a copy of the very rare and early plan of Philadelphia, "Afleykeninge van de Stadt Philadelphia," which does not belong to this book, but to the "Missive van William Penn," issued by the same publisher, Claus of Amsterdam, in 1684, from the English Edition of 1683.— Catalogue.]

3292 Philobiblon Society. Bibliographical and Historical Miscellanies, vol. i. to xv., only 100 copies of each printed on laid paper for members only, uncut, 1854-84, small 4to. (1179) E. G. Allen, £6 10s.

3293 Phonograph. Hart (John). An Orthographie, conteyning the due order and reason, howe to write or paint thimage of mannes voice, most like to the life or nature, old calf, W. Seres, 1569, 8vo. (1180) Sefton, £5 5s.

[The author was Chester Herald, and his book, of which the preface is reprinted entire in Mr. Hazlitt's privately issued volume, 1874, is the earliest English work on the subject, and also the first suggestion of the phonograph.— Catalogue.] 3294 Pinkerton (John). Iconographia Scotica, 52 portraits (should be 63), fine impressions, calf gilt, E. Harding, 1797, 4to. (1251) Ridler, £1 6s. 3295 Piron (D'Alexis). Euvres Complettes publiées par M. Rigoley de Juvigny, best edition, 7 vol., fine copy, contemporary morocco extra, g. e., Paris, 1776, 8vo. (1184)

Ridler, £2 6s. 3296 Plautus. Comœdiæ XX., large copy in the original Aldine binding, gold and blind tooling on back and sides, g. e., a well preserved example, Venet., Aldus, 1522, 8vo. (1185) Westell, £2 16s. 3297 Pope (Alex.) The Rape of the Lock, embroidered with 9 drawings by Aubrey Beardsley, light morocco super extra, inside borders, joints, silk linings, uncut, t. e. g., 1896, 4to. (1254) Downing, £335. 3298 Prayer. The Booke of Common Prayer and administration of the Sacramentes and other Rytes and Ceremonies in the Churche of Englande, black letter, title in red and black, within woodcut border, ornamental initials (s iv. and s v. missing), several leaves damaged by usage, also fore margin of title, else fine large copy, old calf, Londini, in officina Richardi Jugge, n. d. (1577), 4to. (1258)

Leighton, £2 15s.

3299 Prideaux (S. T.) Historical Sketch of Bookbinding, with a Chapter on early stamped bindings by E. Gordon Duff, plates, edition on hand-made paper, 120 copies printed (No. 97), morocco extra, line frame sides, with small blind stamped square ornaments, marbled end papers, g. e., Lawrence and Bullen, 1893, 8vo. (1214). Maggs, £5 15s. 3300 Prudentius Poeta. Opera, Gr. et Lat. (part of the Aldine "Poetæ Christiani," 1501-2), oaken boards, half stamped pigskin, Venet., Aldus, 1501, 4to. (1259) Westell, £16s. 3301 Psalterium Latinum, etc., cum commentario Beati Brunonis Epi. Herbipolensis, editio princeps, lit. gotb., double columns, without marks, text in a large missal type in red and black, commentary in smaller gothic, oaken boards, half pigskin, absque nota (Herbip. typis Reyseri, c. 1475), folio (1494) Maggs, £5 12s. 6d. [Accounted the first book printed at Würzburg. The William Morris copy sold for 14 14s. in 1898. See Hain, No. 4011. -Catalogue.]

3302 Pygmalion, scène lyrique de M. J. Rousseau, mise en vers par M. Berquin, engraved title and six vignettes by Moreau, engraved by Delaunay and Ponce, morocco extra, t. e. g., uncut, Paris, 1775, 8vo. (1190) Sefton, £5 Sabbath was Ordained, G. D. Smith, £4 45.

3303 Pynchon (W.) The Time when the

calf, 1654, 4to. (144)