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morocco, with rich gilt ornamental back and borders, t. e. g., the rest in the original parts as issued, enclosed in specially made half morocco portfolio, Sotheran, 1888-98, imperial atlas folio (272) J. Bumpus, £29 4703 Sinclair (George). Hortus Gramineus Woburnensis: Results of Experiments on the Produce and Nutritive Qualities of different Grasses, etc., illustrated by dried specimens of the plants, Privately printed at the expense of the Duke of Bedford, half morocco gilt, g. e., 1816, royal folio (273) Bain, £5

4704 Smith (J. E.) Exotic Botany, or Coloured Figures and Scientific Descriptions of New, Beautiful and Rare Plants, 120 coloured plates by James Sowerby, 2 vol., uncut, 1804-5, 4to. (208) Quaritch, £1 128. 4705 Smith (Rev. William). British Diatomaceae, 68 plates by Tuffan West, 2 vol., uncut, Van Voorst, 1853-6, imperial 8vo. (115) Dulau, £2 4s. 4706 Sowerby (James). Coloured Figures of English Fungi, or Mushrooms, with Supplement, complete, 440 coloured plates, 4 vol., half morocco gilt, 1797-1809, folio (274)

Bain, 10 4707 Sowerby (James). English Botany, or Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Remarks by J. E. Smith-and Supplement by W. J. Hooker, vol. i.-iv., 2,960_coloured plates, 40 vol., uniform, half calf gilt, m. e., 1790-1849, royal 8vo. (118) Bain, £36

[This was one of the complete, original sets which, as is well known, are more accurately coloured than the later issues. Published at £55 6s. 6d., Supplement extra.-ED.] 4708 Sowerby (James). English Botany, with Remarks by J. E. Smith, 2,592 coloured plates, 36 vol., half morocco gilt, m. e., 1790-1814, royal 8vo. (119)

Bain, £15

4709 Sowerby (J. E.) Grasses of Great Britain described by Charles Johnson, 144 coloured plates, R. Hardwicke, n. d., royal 8vo. (120) Quaritch, £1 4s. 4710 Stephens (J. F.) Illustrations of British Entomology, a Synopsis of Indigenous Insects, with Supplement, many hundred coloured figures, 12 vol., half morocco gilt, uncut, 1828-46, imperial 8vo. (124) Young, £4 12s.

[Published in 86 parts, usually found bound up in 12 vol., as in this instance. The work gives, in systematic form, descriptions of all the insects hitherto detected in Great Britain and Ireland, arranged in the two great classes of Haustellata and Mandibulata. The coloured plates are 100 in number, comprising numerous figures. The published price was £21.-ED.]

4711 Strickland (Agnes). Lives of the edition, with Corrections and frontispieces, 12 vol., original 1844-8, 8vo. (126)

4712 Tanner (Bishop Thomas).

Queens of England, new Additions, portraits and cloth, uncut, H. Colburn, Sotheran, £1 145. Notitia Monastica, an Account of

Abbies, Priories, etc. in England and Wales, published by
John Tanner, portrait, old calf, 1744, folio (277)

Walford, £2 2s. 4713 Teall (J. J. Harris). British Petrography, 47 coloured plates, uncut, t. e. g., Printed for subscribers, Dulau, 1888, super imperial 8vo. (210) Sotheran, £2 4s. 4714 Thornton (R. J.) The Temple of Flora, 31 large coloured plates (with descriptive Catalogue in 8vo. inserted), morocco gilt, 1812, atlas folio (278) W. Paul, £1 6s. 4715 Wallich (N.) Plantae Asiaticæ Rariores, 300 coloured plates, 3 vol., russia gilt, t. e. g., other edges imperial folio (282)

[Another copy in boards realised II. this work were issued for subscribers.-ED.]

uncut, 1830-32, Bain, £13

Only 254 sets of

4716 Watson (H. C.) Cybele Britannica, or British Plants and their Geographical Relations, 5 vol. (and the privately printed Supplement of 1860), calf gilt, m. e., Longman, 1847-60, 8vo. (132) Wesley, £2 8s. 4717 Watts (Henry). Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of other Sciences, with the three Supplements, many hundred woodcuts, 8 vol. in 9, Longmans, 1868-81, 8vo. (134) Grant, £1 Is. 4718 Wilson (Owen S.) The Larvae of the British Lepidoptera and their Food Plants, 40 plates containing life-size figures drawn and coloured from nature by Eleanora Wilson, cloth gilt, uncut, L. Reeve, 1880, imperial 8vo. (137)

J. Bumpus, £2 8s. 4719 Wood (W.) Index Entomologicus, new and revised edition, with Supplement by J. O. Westwood, many hundred coloured figures, half morocco gilt, t. e. g., G. Willis, 1854, royal 8vo. (139) J. Bumpus, £2 6s. 4720 Wooster (David). Alpine Plants, Figures and Descriptions, 108 coloured plates, 2 vol., cloth, uncut, Bell, 1872-4, imperial 8vo. (140) Wesley, £1 13s. 4721 Wooster (David). Alpine Plants, both series (second edition of Series 1), 108 coloured plates, cloth gilt, uncut, Bell, 1874, imperial 8vo. (141) Dulau, £1 4s. 4722 Wight (Robert). Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis (with Cleghorn's General Index), 2, 101 plates, uncoloured, 7 vol., half calf, Madras, 1838-56, 4to. (215) Quaritch, £7 15s. [Published at £27 10s.-ED.]

4723 Wight (Robert). Illustrations to Indian Botany, 205 coloured plates, 2 vol., half calf, Madras, 1840-50, 4to. (216) Wesley, £7 15s.

[APRIL 26TH AND 27TH, 1900.]

PUTTICK &

SIMPSON.

A PORTION OF THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE MR. R. E. CHESTER WATERS AND OTHER PROPERTIES.

(No. of Lots, 664; amount realised, £535 15s. od.)

4724 Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp, done into English from the recently discovered Arabic Text by John Payne, parchment gilt, uncut, Villon Society, 1889, 8vo. (545)

Tregaskis, £1 4s. 4725 Aldam (W. H.) A Quaint Treatise on Flees and the Art of Artyfichall Flee Making," chromographs and specimens of artificial flies, 1876, 4to. (228) Sotheran, £3 4s. 4726 Arabian Nights. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, first completely done into English by John Payne, 9 vol., parchment gilt, uncut, Villon Society, 1882, 8vo. (544) F. Edwards, £7 12s. 6d. 4727 Arabian Nights. The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night. The Supplemental Nights, translated by Sir R. Burton, 6 vol., cloth, 1886, 8vo. (546) Sotheran, £7 75. 4728 Athenian Society. Alciphron, literally and completely translated from the Greek, with Notes (250 copies printed), 1896, 8vo. (182) Zaehnsdorf, £I

4729 Athenian Society. Longus, translated from the Greek (250 copies printed), 1896, 8vo. (183) Zaehnsdorf, £1 3s. 4730 Barham (R. H.) Ingoldsby Legends, plates by G. Cruikshank, cloth, 3 vol., uncut, 1855, 8vo. (116) Parry, £1 4s. 4731 Beaumont and Fletcher. Works, with Notes by Henry Weber, 14 vol., portraits, calf, Edinburgh, 1812, 8vo. (562) Maggs, £1 19s. 4732 Blaydes' Genealogia Bedfordiensis. The Landed Gentry of Bedfordshire, 1538-1700, half vellum (100 copies printed), 1890, royal 8vo. (367) Walford, £1 4733 Block Book. Ars Moriendi, fine impressions, 8 leaves only (sold not subject to return), Lipsiæ, Conrad Kachelofen, n. d., 4to. (189) Tinkler, £5 10S. [This volume is from the celebrated Weigel collection, and brought £7 at the sale at Leipzig in 1872.—Catalogue.] 4734 Boccaccio (G.) Contes et Nouvelles de Bocace, 2 vol., plates by Romain de Hooge, half morocco gilt, à Cologne, 1732, 8vo. (448) Hill, £1 4735 Boccaccio (G.) The Decameron, translated by Payne, 2 vol., plates by Louis Chalon, 1893, imperial 8vo. (175) Freund, £2 16s. 4736 Burton (R.) Anatomy of Melancholy, large copy in the original calf, second edition, Oxford, 1624, folio (271) Pearson, £3 4737 Cambridge Mathematical Journal, first 4 vol. in 2, half calf,

1839-45- Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology, vol. 1-3, half calf, 1854-7, together 5 vol., 8vo. (152)

Quaritch, LI IOS. 4738 Cockayne (G. E.) Complete Peerage Extant, Extinct or Dormant, A to T, 7 vol., 1887-96, 8vo. (380)

Hatchards, £12 5s. 4739 Cruikshank (G.) Scott's Demonology and Witchcraft, with the 12 plates by Cruikshank in wrappers separately, 1830L'Art de Connaitre les Hommes, coloured caricature plates, Paris, 1813, 8vo. (162) Maggs, 1 10S.

4740 Cussans (T. E.) Hertfordshire, 16 parts in 9, plates, etc., 1870-81 (294) Walford, £1 135. 4741 D'Eisenberg (Baron). L'Art de Monter à Cheval, ou Description du Manège Moderne, plates, calf, à la Haye, 1737, oblong 4to. (235) Parsons, £1 4s.

[Contains 60 plates by Bernard Picart or produced under his direction. The work originally appeared under the title of "Description du Manège Moderne," and was reprinted in 1733, 1737 and 1740, with the title "L'Art de Monter à Cheval" ut supra.--ED.]

4742 Dickens (C.) A Gossip about his Life, Works and Character, by F. Barnard, numerous illustrations, 6 parts, Cassell, imperial folio (662) Sabin, £2 25. 4743 Dodgson (C. L.) Through the Looking-Glass, by "Lewis Carroll," first edition, illustrations by Tenniel, original cloth, 1872, 8vo. (431) Kent, £1 8s. 4744 Doran (Dr.) "Their Majesties' Servants," Annals of the English Stage, 2 vol., half morocco, presentation copy from the author, with inscription, 1864, 8vo. (168)

Pickering, £1 18s. 4745 Dugdale (W.) Baronage of England, 3 vol. in 1, calf, 1675-6, folio (649) Tregaskis, £2 4746 D'Urfey (T.) Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy, 6 vol., portrait and music, half calf extra, uncut, 1719 (reprint), 8vo. (550) Jackson, L1 11s. 4747 Ellis (Sir H.) Introduction to Domesday Book, 2 vol., half morocco, t. e. g., 1833, 8vo. (369) Maggs, £3 4748 Franklin (Sir John). First and Second Journey to the Polar Sea, maps and plates, 2 vol., calf gilt, 1823-8, 4to. (208)

Brown, £1 4749 Gosse (P. H.) Birds of Jamaica, 2 vol., 52 coloured plates, morocco and half morocco, g. e., 1847-9, 8vo. (363)

Sotheran, £8

4750 Hakluyt (R.) The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, edited by E. Goldsmid, 16 vol., in the original parts, parchment wrappers, 1885-1890, 4to. (625) Sotheran, £8 17, 19, 23 to 26cloth, 1873-1887, Sheel, £3 12s. in the Life of

4751 Harleian Society Publications, vol. 8, 10, 15, and Registers, vol. 3, together 10 vol., royal 8vo. (364)

4752 Head (R.) The English Rogue, described

XIV.

27

Meriton Latroon, 4 vol., portrait and plates, half calf, 1665 (reprint), 8vo. (549) Essex, LI IS. 4753 Holtzapffel (C.) Turning and Mechanical Manipulation, numerous woodcuts, 4 vol., cloth, 1847-83, 8vo. (97) G. H. Brown, £I IIS. 4754 Horatii Opera, aeneis tabulis incidit J. Pine, 2 vol., plates and vignettes, calf, 1733-37, 8vo. (25) Roche, LI IS.

[The inscription on the medal at p. 108, vol. ii., read "Čæsar tribum potest."-ED.]

4755 Keats (John). Lamia-Isabella-The Eve of St. Agnesand other Poems, first edition, original boards, uncut, fine copy, Taylor and Hessey, 1820, 8vo. (440) Tinkler, £19 15s. 4756 Liber Variorum. A Selection of Prints of English Scenery from the Drawings and Sketches of Celebrated British Artists, plates in imitation of water-colour and crayon drawings, boards, 1820, folio (300) Maggs, £14s. 4757 Maclean (Sir J.) Historical and Genealogical Memoirs of the Family of Poyntz, plates and pedigrees, both parts uncut, 75 copies privately printed, Exeter, 1886, 4to. (629) Maggs, 1 14s. 4758 Meadows (Kenny). Heads of the People, 2 vol., illustrations, calf extra, by Rivière (original covers bound up), 1840-41, 8vo. (435) Maggs, £ 10s. 4759 Merlin's Life, Prophecies and Predictions, frontispiece containing portrait, russia, g. e., Mitford's copy, with his autograph, 1641, 4to. (190) Sotheran, £2 4760 Morris (B. R.) British Game Birds and Wild Fowl, original edition, 60 coloured plates, half morocco, g. e., 1855, 4to. (206) Parry, £1 4761 Morris (F. O.) Nests and Eggs of British Birds, original edition, 232 coloured plates, 3 vol., half bound, 1853-6, royal 8vo. (102) Maggs, £1 11s. 4762 Morris (F. O.) History of British Birds, original edition, 357 coloured plates, 6 vol., half bound, 1851-7, royal 8vo. (101) Maggs, £3 4763 Penn (W.) No Cross, no Crown, or several reasons against that Honour, Titular-Respects, Apparel and Recreations of the Times, first edition, Printed in the year 1669, 4to. (196) A. C. Smith, £3 4764 Portraits. Effigies Innocentii XI. et Rr., D.D. Cardd., numerous portraits of Cardinals, 3 vol., calf, s. d., folio (291) Pearson, 4765 Portraits. One Hundred Portraits of Distinguished Characters, LARGEST PAPER, 25 copies issued, proof plates, 10 parts, uncut, 1824, folio (295) Parsons, £4 17s. 6d.

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4766 Rees (R.) Essay on the Welsh Saints, cloth, 1836, 8vo. (99) Quaritch, £1 16s. 4767 Rees (W. J.) Lives of the Cambro-British Saints, frontispiece, cloth, uncut, Welsh MS. Society, 1853, royal 8vo. (100) Quaritch, £1 6s. 4768 St. Bartholomew's Hospital Reports, complete from the commencement in 1865 to 1898 inclusive, with General Index

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