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5003 Gray (Thomas). An Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard, second edition, half green morocco, g. e., 1751, 4to. (284) Maggs, £2 4s.

5004 Hell upon Earth, or the Town in an Uproar, calf, g. e., 1729, 8vo. (178) B. F. Stevens, £I IS.

[A bitterly satirical and very curious picture of London life in the early eighteenth century.-Catalogue.] 5005 Henry VIII. A Necessary Doctrine and erudicion for any chrysten man, set furth by the kynges maiestye of Englande, black letter, top leaves slightly stained, otherwise a good copy, Imprinted at London in Fletestrete by Thomas Berthelet the xxix. daye of Maye, the yere of our lorde mdxliii., 8vo. (179) Thomas, £3 15s. 5006 Henry VIII. Assertio Septem Sacramentorum adversus Martinum Lutherum, ædita ab invictissimo Angliæ et Franciæ rege, et Hyberniæ Henrico eius nominis octavo, first edition, title within fine woodcut border, by Holbein, with initials H. H. and ornamental initials, morocco extra, g. e., Lond. in ædibus Pynsonianis, 1521, 4to. (513)

Tregaskis, £29

[This is the copy that produced £21 5s. last year. See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xiii., No. 747.--ED.] 5007 Hervey (John, Lord). Memoirs of the Reign of George the Second, edited by J. W. Croker, 2 vol., portraits and facsimiles, original cloth, 1848, 8vo. (181) Ellis, £175. 5008 Hogarth (William). A Catalogue of the Pictures, Sculptures, Prints, etc. exhibited by the Society of Artists of Great Britain, in Spring Garden, Charing Cross, 2 engravings, brilliant impressions, half morocco, 4to. (517)

B. F. Stevens, £5 5s.

5009 Horn Book, black letter, oak covered in leather, with St. George and the Dragon in silver on back, in box of half morocco, cloth sides, temp. James I. (?), (185). Jonas, £30

[A good specimen of an early Horn Book. The small alphabet had no j, but two r's. The large one had no v. The woodcut initial is a crowned rose. Fully described and illustrated in Tuer's "History of the Horn-Book," vol. ii., p. 139.- Catalogue.]

5010 Howitt (William). The Northern Heights of London, numerous illustrations, original cloth, uncut, 1869, 8vo. (186)

Ellis, £1 6s. 5011 Hudleston (Richard, O.S.B.) A Short and Plain Way to the Faith and Church, with King Charles the Second his Papers found in his Closet and a Brief Account of what occurred on his Death-Bed, old English morocco, gilt and tooled, a good specimen of late Jacobite binding, Permissu superiorum, 1688, 8vo. (187) B. F. Stevens, £4 125. 5012 Huth (Henry). Inedited Poetical Miscellanies, 1584-1700, selected from MSS. in private hands, with a few explanatory and illustrative Notes, 50 copies privately printed, 1870, 8vo. (189)

5013 Johnson (Samuel).

Maggs, £2 6s.

Miscellaneous Observations on the

Tragedy of Macbeth, with Remarks on Sir T. H.'s Edition of Shakespear, and Proposals for a New Edition, first edition, half calf, 1745, 8vo. (196) B. F. Stevens, £1 Is. 5014 Johnson (Samuel). An Account of the Life of Mr. Richard Savage, Son of the Earle Rivers, first edition, half calf, 1744--Another copy, second edition, calf, 1748, 2 vol., 8vo. (197) Robson, £2 25. 5015 Johnson (Samuel). Irene, a Tragedy, first edition, tree calf extra, 1749, 8vo. (198) Thomas, £1 16s. 5016 Johnson (Samuel). Irene, a Tragedy, first edition, fine uncut copy, rare in this state, morocco extra, 1749, 8vo. (199) B. F. Stevens, £10 5017 Johnson (Samuel). The Prince of Abissinia, a Tale, first edition, fine copy, 2 vol. in 1, tree calf, g. e., 1759, 8vo. (200) Quaritch, £3 5018 Johnsoniana. A Letter to Dr. Samuel Johnson on his Journey to the Western Isles, by Andrew Henderson, n. d.-Remarks on a Voyage to the Hebrides, in a Letter to Samuel Johnson, 1775, two scarce pamphlets, calf extra, bound by Leighton, 8vo. (205) B. F. Stevens, £2 185. 5019 Johnsoniana. A Catalogue of the valuable Collection of Books of the late learned Samuel Johnson, which will be sold by Auction by Mr. Christie, on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 1785, and three following days, half morocco, 1785, 8vo. (207) Pearson, £25 10S. 5020 Johnsoniana. Dialogue between Dr. Johnson and Mrs. Knowles, portrait of Mrs. Knowles inserted, 1799—Johnson and Garrick [not published], 1816, two very rare pamphlets, calf extra, 8vo. (212) B. F. Stevens, £2 4s. 5021 Johnsoniana. The Principal Corrections and Additions to the First Edition of Mr. Boswell's Life of Dr. Johnson, half morocco, g. t., uncut, 1793, 4to. (244) Pearson, £3 7s. [Inserted was "A Postscript to Dr. Goldsmith's Retaliation," an Epitaph on Dr. Johnson, read at Pembroke College, Oxford, June, 1896, by Austin Dobson, privately printed, 4to. Catalogue.]

5022 Jonson (Ben). The Alchemist, title mounted, first edition, bound by Zaehnsdorf in morocco extra, g. e., 1612, 4to. (526) B. F. Stevens, £22 5023 Killigrew (Anne). Poems, mezzotint portrait of the authoress, engraved by J. Smith, after Beckett, original calf, 1686, 4to. (529) B. F. Stevens, £17 105.

[The still rarer engraving by A. Blooteling from the same picture was inserted.-ED.]

5024 Lacrymæ Musarum. The Tears of the Muses, Exprest in Elegies upon the death of the most hopefull Henry Lord Hastings, curious frontispiece, mottled calf extra, g. e., 1650, 8vo. (306) B. F. Stevens, £25 10s.

[Contains Dryden's earliest verses, written while he was still at Westminster School.-Catalogue.]

5025 [Lamb (Charles).] Elia, Essays which have appeared under

that signature in the London Magazine, first edition, original boards, uncut, 1823, 8vo. (308) Pearson, £8 15s. 5026 Lang (Andrew). The Library, illustrations, LARGE PAPER, cloth, uncut, presentation copy from Austin Dobson to Colonel Grant, with autograph inscription, 1883, 8vo. (309) Tregaskis, £3 3s.

5027 Latimer (Hugh, Bishop of Worcester). The Sermon made to the clergie, in the Convocation, the 28 yere of Henry the VIII., nowe translated out of latyne into englyshe, black letter, T. Berthelet, 1537-A notable Sermon preached in ye Shroude at paules church in London xviii. day of January, 1548, woodcut title within borders, with emblematic reverse, black letter, John Day and William Seres, n. d.—The fyrste Sermon preached before the Kynge's Maiestie - The second, with 5 others, black letter, J. Day and W. Seres, n. d. -A Sermon preached at Stamford, black letter, John Day [1550]-A moste faithfull Sermon preacht before the Kynges most excellent Maiestie, black letter, John Day, n. d., in I vol., calf antique, red edges, blind tooling, 8vo. (311) Tregaskis, £10 10s.

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[A curious collection, the first pamphlet being very rare. A similar collection, without the first-named Sermon, realised £25 in the Ashburnham sale.-Catalogue. BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xii., No. 388.-ED.] 5028 Law (Ernest). The History of Hampton Court Palace [vol. i., second edition], numerous illustrations, 3 vol., 1888-91, 8vo. (313) Roche, £135. 5029 Locker (F.)

Lyra Elegantiarum, edited by Frederick Locker, first edition, morocco extra, uncut, 1867, 8vo. (316) Pickering, £57s. 6d. 5030 Locker (F.) Lyra Elegantiarum, Revised Edition, portrait, 1891, 8vo. (320) Maggs, £2 6s. [A presentation copy to Colonel Grant, with an autograph inscription.-Catalogue.]

5031 Locker (F.) Poems (not published), coloured frontispiece by Cruikshank, with his autograph signature underneath, morocco extra, t. e. g., 1868, 8vo. (317) Tregaskis, £13

[Of this book one hundred and twenty copies were printed. The present contained not only the coloured frontispiece mentioned above, but another plate, "Building Castles in the Air," which also had Cruikshank's autograph, a portrait of the author, a long note by him relating to the bibliography of the book, and one of his bookplates.—Catalogue. See Slater's "Early Editions," 1894, p. 183.-ED.]

5032 Locker (F.) Patchwork, first edition, LARGE PAPER, original cloth, uncut, a presentation copy, with autograph inscription, 1879, 8vo. (318) Tregaskis, £7 15s. 5033 Locker-Lampson. Catalogue of the Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Drawings and Pictures collected by Frederick Locker-Lampson, frontispiece by G. Cruikshank, one of 50 copies printed for presentation, half morocco, uncut, with an autograph inscription and a letter

from Mr. Locker-Lampson to Colonel Grant inserted, 1886, 8vo. (319) Tregaskis, £6 12s. 6d. 5034 Mason (W.) Elfrida, a Dramatic Poem, calf, 1759, 8vo. (323) Maggs, £4 10S.

[With the following inscription: "James Boswell, Inner Temple, London, 1769. A present from my worthy friend, Temple."-Catalogue.]

5035 Meredith (George). The Shaving of Shagpat, first edition, original cloth, uncut, 1856, 8vo. (325) Maggs, £1 16s. 5036 Merry (J.) The Witticisms, Anecdotes, Jests and Sayings of Dr. Samuel Johnson, curious portrait of Dr. Johnson at the tea-table, uncut edges, mottled calf extra, g. t., 1797, 8vo. (211) B. F. Stevens, £1 10s. 5037 Mist's Journal. A Collection of Miscellany Letters selected out of Mist's Weekly Journal, ex-libris of James Marquess of Carnarvon, 4 vol., 1722-7—Another copy, ex-libris of Sir John Lister Kaye, vol. i. and ii. only, 2 vol., 1722, 8vo. (326) E. G. Allen, £2

[Defoe contributed to the first and second volumes. So scarce are they that Mr. Thoms's copy was the only one Colonel Grant had then seen complete. The British Museum bought vols. iii. and iv. at Mr. Thoms's sale, and Colonel Grant secured the first two.-Catalogue.]

5038 Morley (Thomas). Madrigalls To Fovre Voyces Newly Published, The First Booke, Altus, vellum, Thomas Est, 1594, 4to. (528) Maggs, £8 5s. 5039 Notes and Queries, General Index to First Series, 1856— and Fourth Series, 1874, 2 vol., cloth, 8vo. (328)

Edwards, LI IS. 5040 Pacquet (A) From Will's, or a New Collection of Original Letters on Several Subjects, calf extra, 1701, 8vo. (330) Welarick, I IIS. 5041 Paine (Thomas). The Age of Reason, first edition, fine copy, uncut edges, half calf, Paris, 1791, 8vo. (331)

B. F. Stevens, £3 18s. [Inserted at the end of the volume was a broadside giving an account of the first two days of the trial of Mr. R. Carlile for publishing the work.--Catalogue.]

5042 Papal Bull. Bvlla Confirmationis et Nova Concessionis Privilegiorum omnium ordinum Mendicantium cum certis Declarationibus. Decretis et Inhibitionibus S.D. N.D. Pij Papæ V. Motu proprio, woodcut on title and on the reverse, printed on vellum, half morocco, Romæ, 1567, 8vo. (332) Tregaskis, £1 4s.

5043 Pater (Walter). Marius the Epicurean, first edition, 2 vol., original cloth, 1885, 8vo. (334) B. F. Stevens, £3 10s. 5044 Pater (Walter). Essays from the "Guardian," Privately printed, boards, uncut, 100 printed, 1896, 8vo. (335) B. F. Stevens, £5 15s. 5045 P[epys] (S[amuel]). The Portugal History, a Relation of the Troubles in the Court of Portugal in the Years 1667 and 1668, first edition, calf, g.t., 1677, 8vo. (336) Pinto, £5 2s. 6d.

5046 Pepys (Samuel). Memoires Relating to the State of the Royal Navy of England, portrait, calf, fine copy, with an excellent impression of the engraved portrait of Pepys by R. White, 1690, 8vo. (337) B. F. Stevens, £10 IOS. 5047 [Pepys (Samuel).] Memoires relating to the State of the Royal Navy, fine portrait by White, calf extra, 1690, 8vo. (338) Quaritch, £6 5048 Pepys (Samuel). Diary, edited with Lord Braybrooke's Notes, by H. B. Wheatley, portraits, illustrations and facsimiles, 9 vol., 1893-9-Pepysiana, 1899, cloth, together 10 vol., 8vo. (339) Dobell, £3 11S. 5049 Philobiblon Society. Ancient Ballads and Broadsides published in England in the Sixteenth Century, reprinted from the copies preserved in the Library of Henry Huth, 50 copies privately printed, 1867, 8vo. (342) Maggs, £3 12s. 5050 Piozzi (Hesther Lynch). Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, first edition, calf extra, g. e., 1786, 8vo. (346) Sabin, £2 [With the autograph on the title-page of the Countess of Cork and Orrery, who was a favourite of Dr. Johnson, and is often mentioned in Boswell's Life.—Catalogue.] 5051 Pope (A.) Windsor Forest, first edition, unbound, large copy, 1713, folio (574) Pickering, £20 5052 Pope (A.) Miscellaneous Poems by Several Hands, frontispiece, calf, 1712, 8vo. (349)

Maggs, £8 [This contains Pope's "Rape of the Lock" as it was originally written in two cantos; also several early poems which were first published in this volume.-Catalogue.] 5053 Pope (A.) Miscellanea (never before published), viz., Familiar Letters written to Henry Cromwell, Esq., by Mr. Pope -Occasional Poems by Mr. Pope, Mr. Cromwell, Dean Swift, etc., portraits of Pope and Swift, 2 vol., calf, 1727, 8vo. (350) B. F. Stevens, £7 10s. 5054 Pope (A.) Works, edited by Whitwell Elwin and W. J. Courthope, 10 vol., portraits and facsimiles, cloth, John Murray, 1871-89, 8vo. (351) Essex, £1 125. 5055 Pope (A.) The Rape of the Lock, plates, first edition, in five cantos, half calf, 1714, 8vo. (352) Denham, £57s. 6d. 5056 Pope (A.) The Dunciad, an Heroic Poem, first edition, fine uncut copy, morocco extra, Dublin printed; London, reprinted for A. Dodd, 1728 (353) B. F. Stevens, £75 [This copy, which had the autograph of Jonathan Richardson, 1777, on the title, contained numerous additions and alterations in MS., which are said to be taken from the author's own copy.-Catalogue.]

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5057 Pope (A.) The Dunciad, an Heroic Poem, in three books, owl frontispiece, uncut, morocco extra, g. t., 1728, 8vo. (354) B. F. Stevens,

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[This is the second issue of the first edition, containing the advertisement on page 48. It is almost as rare as the first issue. Catalogue.]

5058 Pope (A.) The Dunciad, first edition, first issue, frontispiece wanted, 1728-A Key to the Lock, 1715-[Hill (Aaron).]

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