[APRIL 2ND AND 3RD, 1900.]

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(No. of Lots, 822; amount realised, £2,015 6s. 6d.)

3955 Annales Littéraires des Bibliophiles Contemporains pour 1892, the etching in three states, vignettes in two states, morocco super extra, uncut, t. e. g., the wrapper in ten different tints, bound up, only a few copies issued for members of the Society, 1893, 8vo. (14) Maggs, £3 18s. [Octave Uzanne's copy, with autograph letters of Jules le Petit and Eug. Rodrigues, the original MS. of Uzanne's "En Ouverture, Rapport du President," and also that of Paul Verola, "Le Livre."-Catalogue.]

3956 Annales Littéraires des Bibliophiles Contemporains pour 1893, the illustrative cover in four states, and engravings, morocco super extra, uncut, t. e. g., Octave Uzanne's special copy, 1894, 8vo. (15) Maggs, £1 18s. 3957 Apollonius Rhodius. Argonautica, cum Scholiis, Graece, first edition, text printed in capital letters, morocco gilt, g. e., Florentiae (F. de Alopa), 1496, 4to. (308)

Leighton, £8 5s. 3958 Arabian Nights' Entertainments, translated, with Notes, by E. W. Lane, 3 vol., engravings after W. Harvey, large copy in half morocco gilt, g. e., C. Knight, 1841-40, 8vo. (18)

Shepherd, £2 9s.

3959 Arabian Nights. A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, now entituled the Book of the "Thousand Nights and a Night," with Introduction, Notes, etc., by Sir R. F. Burton, 10 vol., Kamashastra Society, Benares, 1885-Supplemental Nights, 6 vol., 188688, half morocco, t. e. g., together 16 vol., 8vo. (19)

Shepherd, £33 10s. 3960 Arabian Nights. A Plain and Literal Translation of the Book of the "Thousand Nights and a Night," translated, with Explanatory Notes, by Captain Sir R. F. Burton, reprinted from the original edition, and edited by L. C. Smithers, 12 vol., with a series of 70 original illustrations, and a portrait after A. Letchford, uncut, t. e. g., 1894-7, together 13 vol., 8vo. (20) Roche, £4 8s. 3961 Ariosto (L.) Roland Furieux, Poeme de l'Arioste, par A. Bonneau, 3 vol., one of 300 copies, vignettes, morocco extra, uncut, t. e. g., Paris, Liseux, 1879, 8vo. (60) Ridler, £1 Is. 3962 Baes (Jaen). Tours et Tourelles historiques de la France, d'après les aquarelles, coloured plates, mounted on cardboards, morocco extra, g. e., by Claessens, Bruxelles, n. d., folio (403) Maggs, £4 3963 Bateman (James). The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guate

mala, 40 large coloured plates, with descriptive text, half bound, g. e., 1843, folio (404) Rimell, £6 15s. 3964 Beaumarchais. La Folle Journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro, Comédie, the plates after St. Quentin, engraved by Malapeau, in two states, half morocco, uncut, t. e. g., 1785, 8vo. (83) Newton, £55s. 3965 Beraldi (H.) La Reliure du XIX.e Siècle, 3 vol., facsimiles of bindings by Bozérian, Simier, Thouvenin, Cuzin, etc., uncut, 1895-6, 4to. (313) Pickering, £5 15s. 3966 Beraldi (H.) Estampes et Livres [1872-1892], with more than 40 facsimiles of fine bindings by Derome, Cuzin, Lortic, Bauzonnet, etc., morocco extra, uncut, t. e. g., by Zaehnsdorf, in his best style, 1892, 4to. (314) Lewine, £2 Is. 3967 Beza (T.) Icones, id est Verae Imagines virorum doctrina simul et pietate illustrium quibus adjecta sunt Emblemata, woodcut portraits, and cuts of Emblems within elegant Cartouches, large copy in morocco super extra, with scroll work borders, and arms in centre of sides, g. e., by Capé, Genevae, 1580, 4to. (316) Ridler, £38s.

3968 Bible (La Sainte) traduite par De Saci, 12 vol., with numerous plates from designs by Marillier and Monsiau, half bound, uncut, 1789, 4to. (318) Ellis, £2 25. 3969 Bibliographie des Ouvrages relatifs à l'Amour, aux Femmes, au Mariage, 6 vol., half morocco, 1871-73, 8vo. (92) Reader, £1 135. 3970 Blake (W.) The Triumphs of Temper, a Poem by Hayley, LARGE PAPER, with new original designs by Maria Flaxman, engraved by W. Blake, calf gilt, with two views on the sides, Chichester, 1802, 8vo. (97) Maggs, £1 IOS. 3971 Bouchet (Jean). Les Genealogies, Effigies et Epitaphes des Roys de France, recentement reveues et corrigees, par l'Autheur mesme, avecq plusieurs aultres opuscules, woodcut portraits, morocco super extra, doublé with the same coloured morocco, broad inside dentelle borders, joints, g. e., by Chambolle-Duru, Poictiers, Jean Bouchet, 1545, folio (407) Quaritch, £6 15s. 3972 Brown (John). Original Memoirs of the Sovereigns of Sweden and Denmark [1766-1818], 2 vol., portraits, one of 5 copies printed on Japanese vellum paper, morocco super extra, uncut, t. e. g., 1895, 8vo. (109) Maggs, £2 2s. 3973 Brown (John). Original Memoirs of the Sovereigns of Sweden and Denmark [1766-1818], 2 vol., portraits, calf extra, uncut, t. e. g., limited issue, 1895, 8vo. (in)

Walford, £1 5s. 3974 Brunet (J. C.) Manuel du Libraire et de l'Amateur de Livres, quatrième edition, 5 vol., morocco gilt, m. e., 1842-44, 8vo. (114) Ridler, £1 18s. 3975 Brunet (J. C.) Manuel du Libraire, et de l'Amateur de Livres, fifth edition, with the Supplement, half bound, uncut, 1860-80, 8vo. (115) 3976 Buller (Sir W. L.) History of the Birds of vol., second edition, with 50 large coloured

together 8 vol., Tinkler, £7 5s. New Zealand, 2 plates, morocco

extra, g. e., by Zaehnsdorf, Published by the Author, 1888, 4to. (324) Edwards, £5 12s. 6d. 3977 Byron (Lord). Hours of Idleness, a Series of Poems, original and translated, first edition, on LARGE PAPER, original boards, uncut, enclosed in a drop case of morocco, with elaborate designs of flowers and leaves, by Morrell, Newark, 1807, 8vo. (121) Tinkler, £25 [The large paper copies, which were printed first of all, vary from those on small paper in the setting of the type. ED.] 3978 Byron (Lord). The Age of Bronze, first edition, uncut, 1823, 8vo. (123)

3979 Campan (Madame).

Ellis, £2 18s. Memoirs of the Court of Marie An

toinette, 2 vol., one of 5 copies printed on Japanese vellum paper, portraits, vellum gilt, doublé, uncut, t. e. g., 1895, 8vo. (124) Ellis, £3 6s. 3980 Campan (Madame). Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, 2 vol., portraits, tree calf extra, uncut, t. e. g., 1895, 8vo. (125) Walford, 1 9s. 3981 Campo (Antonio). Cremona, fidelissima citta e Ritratti de Duchi et Duchesse di Milano, map, original edition, plates of architecture, and portraits, etched by the Author, engraved title, with portrait of Philip II. of Austria at back, morocco gilt, g. e., Cremona, 1585, folio (408) Leighton, £3 3982 Catullus. Carmina, now first completely Englished into Verse and Prose by Capt. Sir R. F. Burton and L. C. Smithers, LARGE PAPER, with the frontispiece, in two states, morocco extra, uncut, t. e. g., For Private Subscribers only, 1894, 8vo. (137) Edwards, £2 10s. 3983 Celestina. Tragicomedia de Calisto de Melibea, gothic letter, woodcut title and several curious woodcuts, morocco super extra, tooled to a Grolier design, doublé, g. e. (Barcelona, Carlos Amoros, 1525), 4to. (327) Ellis, £13 5s.

3984 Celestina.

Celestine en laquelle est traicte des deceptions des serviteurs envers leurs maistres et des macquerelles envers les amoureux, nouvellement translata dytalien en francoys, gothic letter, curious woodcuts, morocco super extra, with centre ornaments on sides, broad inside borders, g. e., by Trautz-Bauzonnet, Lyon, par Claude Nourry, 1529, 4to. (328) Tinkler, £7 10S. 3985 Chambers (Robert). Miracles lately wrought by the Intercession of the glorious Virgin Marie, at Montaign, nere unto Siche in Brabant, morocco super extra, g. e., Antwarp, A. Conings, 1606, 8vo. (143) Cotton, £2 25. 3986 Chronique (La) des Roys de France, depuis Pharamond, jusques au Roy Henry a present, etc., old morocco, inlaid, in compartments, with an elaborate grolieresque design on sides, slightly repaired and rebacked, g. e., Rouen, 1552, 8vo. (147) Ridler, £4 3987 Cohen (H.) Guide de l'Amateur de Livres à Gravures du XVIIIe. Siècle, cinquiéme edition, revue, etc., par le Baron Roger Portalis, half russia gilt, t. e. g., 1886, 8vo. (150)

Maggs, £2 4s.

3988 Combe (W.) The Life of Napoleon, a Hudibrastic Poem, by Doctor Syntax, first edition, with 30 coloured engravings by George Cruikshank, two leaves at end damaged, and some soiled, half bound, with all faults, 1815, 8vo. (154)

3989 Constant.

Maggs, £4 16s. Memoirs of Constant, the Emperor Napoleon's Head Valet, etc., now first translated by Percy Pinkerton, 4 vol., portraits, one of 5 copies printed on Japanese vellum paper, morocco super extra, broad inside borders, watered silk linings, uncut, t. e. g., 1896, 8vo. (156) Ridler, £4 8s. [A second set sold for £2 12s.-ED.]

3990 Constant. Memoirs of Constant, the Emperor Napoleon's Head Valet, now first translated by P. Pinkerton,

4 vol., LARGE PAPER, printed on Japanese vellum, with the portraits in two states, morocco super extra, watered silk linings, uncut, t. e. g., 1896, 8vo. (158) Roche, £5 17s. 6d. 3991 Constant. Memoirs of Constant, the Emperor's Head Valet, now first translated by P. Pinkerton, 4 vol., LARGE HANDMADE PAPER, one of 50 copies, with proofs before letters of the portraits, half morocco, uncut, t. e. g., 1896, 8vo. (160) Roche, £3 12s.

[A second set sold for £1 125.-ED.] 3992 Coryats Crudities hastily gobled up in five months travels in France, Savoy, Italy, etc. newly digested in the hungry aire of Odcombe, engraved and printed title, and plates, a generally sound and clean copy, but plates inlaid and two leaves repaired, sold not subject to return, morocco extra, g. e., by Hering, 1611, 4to. (335) Leighton, £9 17s. 6d. [This edition was reprinted in 1776, 3 vol., 8vo., with copper-plates.-ED.] 3993 Costumes Civils actuels de tous les Peuples connus, 4 vol., coloured full-length figures, with Text by Sylvain Maréchal, old morocco, g. e., 1784-87, small 4to. (336) Lewine, £5 5s. [Contains 305 coloured plates, including the frontispieces. There is a second edition, but in 8vo. See next entry.-ED.] 3994 Costumes Civils actuels de tous les Peuples connus, 4 vol., full-length coloured figures, with Descriptive Letterpress by Sylvain Maréchal, half bound, n. d., 8vo. (170)

[This is the second edition.-ED.]

Lewine, £1 9s.

3995 Cruikshank (G.) Italian Tales, original impressions of the etchings by George Cruikshank, including the one at page 58, calf extra, uncut, t. e. g., by Rivière and Son, 1824, 8vo. (176) Sotheran, £1 128. 3996 Curiosité (La). Litteraire et Bibliographique, 4 vol., facsimile illustrations, morocco gilt, uncut, t. e. g., 1880, 8vo. (179) Mackay, £1 16s. 3997 Dickens (C.) Oliver Twist, new edition, revised and corrected, with 24 illustrations on steel by George Cruikshank, half morocco gilt, t. e. g., 1846, 8vo. (198) Rimell, £1 13s. 3998 Dorat (J.) Les Baisers, précédés du Mois de Mai, Poëme, with the scarce Supplement, title in red and black, frontis

piece after Eisen, engraved by Ponce, full-page engraving after Eisen, numerous vignettes and culs-de-lampe_after Eisen and Marillier, engraved by Aliamet, Baquoy, Binet, etc., large copy in old French mottled calf gilt, g. e., La Haye, 1770, 8vo. (205) J. Bumpus, £18 3999 Dorat (J.) Fables Nouvelles, 2 vol. in 1, frontispieces after Marillier, plate after the same artist, and numerous vignettes and culs-de-lampe after Marillier, by Arrivet, Baquoy, de Ghendt, etc., morocco super extra, broad dentelle and inside borders, g. e., by Thierry, La Haye, 1773, 8vo. (206) Quaritch, £10

4000 Du Barri (Madame). Memoirs, translated from the French, 4 vol., portraits, 1896, 8vo. (210) Leighton, £1195. 4001 Ducrest (Madame). Memoirs of the Empress Josephine, with Anecdotes, etc., 2 vol., portraits, one of 5 copies printed on Japanese vellum paper, morocco super extra, watered silk linings, uncut, t. e. g., 1894, 8vo. (211)

Ellis, £2 18s. 4002 Ducrest (Madame). Memoirs of the Empress Josephine, with Anecdotes, etc., 2 vol., portraits, calf extra, uncut, t. e. g., limited issue, 1894, 8vo. (213) Hill, LI 10s. 4003 Ducrest (Madame). Memoirs of the Empress Josephine, 2 vol.-Louis XVI.-Courts of Berlin and St. Cloud, 4 vol.— Madame de Montespan, 2 vol.-Courts of St. Petersburg, Europe and Sweden, 5 vol.-Margaret de Valois-Marie Antoinette, 2 vol., portraits, 1894-5, together 17 vol., 8vo. (215) Maggs, £4 8s. 4004 Ducrest (Madame). Memoirs of the Empress Josephine, 2 vol.-Louis XIV. and XV., 2 vol.-Courts of Berlin and St. Cloud, 4 vol.—Madame de Montespan, 2 vol.—Courts of Europe and Sweden, etc., 4 vol.-Marie Antoinette, 2 vol., portraits, 1894-5, together 18 vol., 8vo. (216)

Roche, £4 11s. 4005 Dufour (P.) Histoire de la Prostitution chez tous les Peuples du Monde, 8 vol., half morocco, gilt, t. e. g., 1861, 8vo. (217) J. Bumpus, £3 10s. 4006 Du Hausset (Madame). Private Memoirs of Louis XV., portrait, one of 5 copies printed on Japanese vellum paper, morocco super extra, uncut, t. e. g., 1895, 8vo. (218)

Roche, £2 4007 Dumas (Alexandre). Celebrated Crimes, translated by J. G. Burnham, 8 vol., "Imperial Japan Library Edition," with the photogravure plates in two states, uncut, 1895, 8vo. (220) Maggs, £3 10s. 4008 Dumas (Alexandre). Celebrated Crimes, translated by J. G. Burnham, 8 vol., LARGE PAPER JAPAN LIBRARY EDITION, with the photogravures after De Los Rios, Wagrez, etc., in two states, morocco extra, uncut, t. e. g., 1895, 4to. (342) Hornstein, £8 4009 Dumas (Alexandre). Celebrated Crimes, library edition, ordinary paper, morocco extra, uncut, t. e. g., 8 vol., 1895, 8vo. (225) Roche, £4 17s. 6d.