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5662 Constable (John). Various Subjects of Landscape characteristic of English Scenery, from Pictures painted by John Constable, R.A., engraved by David Lucas, 22 plates, proofs on India paper, with an autograph letter of the artist to Lord Dover asking his patronage of the work, the price of which, he says, is ten guineas, calf gilt, g. e. (Dover arms), Published by Mr. Constable, 1830, 4to. (79)

Dunthorne, £32 5663 Corneille (Pierre). Le Théâtre du, reveu et corrigée par l'Autheur, portrait and frontispieces, 4 vol., old French morocco, full gilt floreate backs, line sides, g. e., Paris, G. de Luynes, 1682, 8vo. (20) Quaritch, £1 15s. 5664 Cosmo III. Travels through England of Cosmo III., Duke of Tuscany, in 1669, with Memoir, portrait and 39 tinted views, calf extra, m. e. (Ellis arms), J. Mawman, 1821, 4to. (80) J. Taylor, £2 5665 Costumes. A Collection of Engraved Costumes of France in the time of Louis XIV., comprising full-length Figures of the King and Court, Courtiers and Gentlemen, Musicians, Operatic Characters, Cries, Pantomimic Dresses, Eastern Costumes, Emblematic Figures, Male and Female, Religious Habits, Seasons and Ages, the Muses, Beatitudes, etc., mostly engraved by H. Bonnart, N. Arnoult, etc., 307 engraved figures, with written title, "A Collection of Dresses of the Court of France," etc. (no text), in I vol., morocco gilt, g. e., Paris, chez H. Bonnart, etc., 1682, etc., folio (126) Quaritch, £36 10s. 5666 Cromwelliana. A Chronological Detail of Events in which Cromwell was engaged, 1642-58, with a Continuation of other Transactions to the Restoration, 5 plates and facsimile, extra illustrated with 70 portraits and views from Woodburn's, Smeeton's and other reprints of rare originals, morocco extra, inside ornamental borders, joints, g. e. (corner rubbed), (Ellis arms), Westminster, M. Stace, 1810, folio (128) H. Clarke, £10 105.

5667 D'Avenant (Sir William). Works, now published out of the Authors Originall Copies, first collected edition, portrait by Faithorne, old calf, T. N. for H. Herringman, 1673, folio (130) Ellis, £2 145. 5668 Decker (Paulus). Fürstlicher Baumeister, oder Architectura Civilis; Lusthäusern, Gärten, Grotten, Orangerien, etc., 93 plates, 2 vol. in 1, half russia, Augspurg, 1711 (131) Rimell, £3 18s. 5669 Dibdin (Dr. T. F.) Bibliotheca Spenceriana, with Ædes Althorpianæ and the Cassano Catalogue, LARGE PAPER, 50 copies printed, portrait of Lord Spencer, numerous views, facsimiles of woodcuts and type, etc., 7 vol., russia extra, line tooled, m. e. (Aedes g. e.), (Ellis arms), Longman, etc., 1814-22-23, 4to. (85) Ellis, £19 10s.

5670 Dibdin (Dr. T. F.) Bibliographical Decameron, or Ten Days' Pleasant Discourse upon Illuminated Manuscripts, etc., LARGE PAPER, numerous illustrations, 3 vol., straight

grained morocco extra, line tooled, g. e. (Ellis arms), 1817, super imperial 8vo. (22) Bain, £21 5671 Dibdin (Dr. T. F.) Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, numerous illustrations, some on India paper, 3 vol., russia extra, g. e. (Ellis arms), 1821, royal 8vo. (23) Bain, £8 5672 Dionysius Areopagitica. Opera quae extant; in eadem Maximi Scholia, Georgii Pachymerae Paraphrasis, Mich. Syngeli Encomium, Gr. Latine omnia mox edenda, old French morocco, line tooled, g. e., J. A. de Thou's copy, with his first arms on sides and monogram on back, Paris, G. Morelius, 1562, 8vo. (25) Ridler, £3 18s. 5673 Dreux du Radier. L'Europe Illustré, contenant l'Histoire Abrégée des Souverains, des Princes, des Artistes, des Dames Célèbres, etc. dans le XVe Siècle, compris, jusqu'à présent, ouvrage enrichi de portraits gravés par les soins du Sieur Odieuvre, brilliant impressions, 6 vol., old French morocco, devices on backs, line sides, g. e., fine copy, Paris, Nyon l'ainé, 1777, royal 8vo. (26) Parsons, £12 5s. 5674 Du Clos (Sieur). Observations sur les Eaux Minérales de plusieurs Provinces de France, faites en l'Académie Royale des Sciences en l'année, 1670-71, ruled in red, old French morocco, gilt floreate back, line sides, g. e., J. B. Colbert's copy, with his arms on sides (Paris), de l'Imprim. Royale, 1675 (27) Stanford, £2 2s. 5675 Edmondson (Jos.) Baronagium Genealogicum, or Pedigrees of the English Peers, engraved throughout, with numerous large coats of arms, etc., 6 vol., old calf gilt, Engraved and printed for the author (1764-84), folio (137)

C. and E. Brown, £5 10s. 5676 Edmondson (Jos.) Complete Body of Heraldry, portrait, and plates of arms and orders, 2 vol., old English morocco, full gilt backs and ornamental borders, g. e., Printed for the author, 1780, folio (138) C. and E. Brown, £5 10s. 5677 Fail (Noel de). Les Contes et Discours d'Eutrapel, par le feu Seigneur de la Herissaye, gentil-homme Breton, old French morocco, Janseniste, g. on m. e. (Boyet), Count Hoym's copy, with his arms on sides and Eagle of Poland on back, à Rennes pour Noël Glamet de Quinpercorentin, 1587, 8vo. (31) B. F. Stevens, £12 10s. 5678 Fénelon. Les Aventures de Télémaque, Bodoni's edition, 2 vol., morocco extra, full gilt backs, ornamental frame sides, inside ornamental borders, g. e., by Hering, with his ticket (Ellis arms), Parme, 1812, folio (139) Bain, £4 15s. 5679 Fitzgerald (Edward). Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, and the Salámán and Absál of Jâmí (fourth edition), frontispiece, tree calf extra, g. e., by Rivière, B. Quaritch, 1879, square 8vo. (32) Bain, £3 5s. 5680 Gainsborough (Thomas). Studies of Figures by Gainsborough, executed in exact imitation of the originals by Richard Lane, vignette head on title and 24 tinted litho

graphic plates, the last on India paper, russia extra, g. e. (Ellis arms), Dickenson, 1825, royal 4to. (86) Bain, £5 5s. 5681 Galérie Lucien Bonaparte. Choix de Gravures à l'Eau Forte, d'après les Peintures originales et les Marbres de la Galérie de Lucien Bonaparte, 142 plates, calf gilt, g. e. (Ellis arms), W. Miller, 1812, imperial 4to. (140) Ridler, £2 5682 Garcilaso de la Vega (El Inca). Royal Commentaries of Peru, in two parts, rendered into English by Sir P. Rycaut, portrait and plates, old French morocco, full gilt back, line sides, g. on m. e., fine copy, ex-Bibl. Lamoniana, J. Tonson, 1688, folio (141) Pickering, £3 35. 5683 Goldicutt (John). Specimens of Ancient Decorations from Pompeii, 21 coloured plates, including title, morocco extra, full gilt ornamental back, line and ornamental sides, g. e. (Ellis arms), Rodwell and Martin, 1825, 4to. (88)

Young, £2 12s. 5684 Grillion's Club. Portraits of the Members of Grillion's Club, 64 India proof portraits, chiefly engraved by Lewis, the Hon. George Agar Ellis's copy, with 2 vignette titles and 3 ornamental borders, containing lists of members (presented to the Club by Mr. Ellis), printed lists of members and rules, and two autograph letters of Sir R. Harry Inglis, morocco, full gilt ornamental back, broad and rich ornamental borders, inside dentelles, g. e. (J. Clarke), slightly rubbed, arms of Lord Dover, Printed for the members of the Club only, 1829, royal folio (142) Bain, £19

5685 Grose (Fr.) Antiquities of Ireland, original edition, LARGE PAPER, plates, 2 vol., russia extra, full gilt backs, ornamental borders, m. e., by Hering, with ticket (Ellis arms), Hooper, 1791, 4to. (89) Young, £3 175. 5686 Guillim (John). Display of Heraldry, fifth edition, much enlarged, with a Treatise of Honour by Captain John Logan, etc., 18 portraits (mostly mounted) and numerous coats of arms, Ralph Thoresby's autograph on title, calf gilt, g. e. (Dover arms), S. Roycroft for R. Blome, 1679, folio (143) W. Brown, £4 IOS. 5687 Guillim (John). Display of Heraldry, sixth edition, with large additions, numerous plates of arms, full-length portraits, etc., old calf (rebacked), Bonwicke, etc., 1724, folio (144) Bain, £5 10s. 5688 Hamilton (Sir William). Collection of Etruscan, Greek and Roman Antiquities, 520 plates, mostly finely coloured, with text in English and French, 4 vol., old French morocco, full gilt ornamental backs and side borders, g. e. (Ellis arms), (Derome), first issue, Naples, 1766-7, royal folio (145) Leighton, £10 IOS. 5689 Heures du Chrestien (Les), divisées en trois Journées, par le Sr. Magnon, frontispiece and 8 copperplate engravings, coloured and illuminated by hand, old French morocco, back and sides covered with elaborate tooling in compartments of dotted scrolls and pellets, edges gilt, gauffred and

painted in ornaments (Le Gascon), Paris, S. Martin, 1654, 8vo. (42) Ellis, £36 5690 Heures d'Anne de Bretagne (Livre d'). Réproduction en Chromo-lithographie (wanted explanatory text), only 800 copies taken, morocco, with devices, inside borders, joints, g. e. [Paris, Curmer, 1859], 4to. (90) Lewine, £7 5691 Hirschfeld (C. C. L.) Théorie de l'Art des Jardins, traduit de l'Allemand (par F. de Castillon), illustrations, 5 vol., morocco extra, full gilt floreate backs, line frame sides with corner fleurons, Leipzic and Amst., 1779-85, 4to. (91)

Quaritch, £15 10S.

5692 Homer. The whole Works of Homer, prince of Poets, in his Iliads and Odysses, translated according to the Greeke by George Chapman, first edition, engraved title, with portrait of Chapman on reverse by W. Hole (lower margin mended) and dedication plate to Henry Prince of Wales, wanted leaf of "faultes escaped," had printed title to the "Odyssey's" "printed for N. Butter," n. d., which seldom occurs, half russia gilt, N. Butter, n. d., folio (148)

Pickering, £9 5693 Homerus. Les dix Premiers Livres de l'Iliade d'Homere, traduictz en Vers Français par Hugues Salel, première édition des x. livres, ruled in red, fine Italian woodcuts, some within arabesque borders, and large ornamental initials, J. A. De Thou's copy, with his signature, "Jac. Aug. Thuani," on title and last leaf, contemporary limp vellum, gilt wreath in centre, and motto ac Verdo Olvido," g. e., Paris, Jehan Loys pour N. Sertenas, 1545, folio (243) Quaritch, £40 5694 Homiliae quaedam Sacrae, Basilii M., Gregorii Nysseni, Greg. Nazianzeni, Joan. Chrysostomi, Cyri Germani; in praecipuas anni ferias, cum Fragmento Cyrilli Alex. Graecè, studio et opera D. Hoeschelii, partim nunc primum edita, etc., old French morocco, line tooled back and sides, g. e., J. A. De Thou's copy, with his and his first wife's arms on sides and monogram on back, Augustae, typis M. Maugeri, 1587, 8vo. (43) Ridler, £4 4s. 5695 Horsfield (Rev. T. W.) History and Antiquities of Lewes and its Vicinity, maps and numerous lithographic views and woodcuts, 2 vol., calf gilt, m. e. (Ellis arms), Lewes, J. Baxter, 1824, 4to. (94) Quaritch, £1 175.

5696 Houbraken and Vertue. Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, with their Lives and Characters, by T. Birch, first edition, LARGE PAPER (200 copies so printed), 108 portraits, 2 vol. in 1, morocco extra, line tooled, broad inside line and ornamental borders, joints, g. e. (Lewis), slightly rubbed (Ellis arms), Knapton, 1743-51, imperial folio (244) Leighton, 14 IOS. 5697 Humboldt (Alex. de). Researches concerning the Institutions and Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America, and Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent, translated by H. M.

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Williams, plates and maps, 8 vol., russia gilt, m. e. (Ellis arms), Longman, 1814, 8vo. (44) Maggs, £2 10s. 5698 Johnson (Captain Charles). General History of the Lives and Adventures of the most famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street Robbers, etc., 26 large plates, morocco, line tooled, broad inside borders, joints, g. e., by Fairbairn and Armstrong (Ellis arms), Olive Payne, 1734, folio (246)

Bain, £22 5699 Jones (Inigo). Designs of Inigo Jones and others, published by I. Watt, engraved title and 53 plates, calf gilt, g. e., n. d., super imperial 8vo. (96) Bain, £2 18s. 5700 Kaempfer (Eng.) History of Japan, translated from the original MS. in High Dutch by J. G. Scheuchzer, with Life of the Author, etc., LARGE PAPER, maps and plates, 2 vol. in 1, old calf, T. Woodward, 1738, folio (247) Edwards, £3 5s. 5701 Kip (John). Nouveau Théâtre de la Grande Bretagne. Ou Description Exacte des Palais du Roy, et des Maisons les plus considerables des Seigneurs et des Gentilhommes du dit Royaume, avec le Supplement, et l'Atlas Anglais, 385 large views, chiefly by John Kip, early impressions, and 36 maps (wanted Genealogical Table of the Sovereigns, eight sheets in vol. iii.), 5 vol., old calf gilt, Jos. Smith, etc., 1724-28, imperial folio (248) Bain, £43

[The first edition was published in 4 vol., folio, 1708-13. See ante No. 1450.—ED.]

5702 Kit-Cat Club (The), done from the Original Paintings of Sir Godfrey Kneller, by Mr. Faber, original edition (issued without letterpress), mezzo title, engraved leaf of dedication, and 47 mezzo portraits by J. Faber, including Sir G. Kneller (wanted portrait of the Duke of Kingston), russia extra, g. e. (Ellis arms), (1735), folio (249) Roche, £35 10s. 5703 Kit-Cat Club. Memoirs of the Celebrated Persons composing the Kit-Cat Club, with an Account of the Association, 48 fine portraits from the originals by Sir G. Kneller, morocco extra, line tooled back, ornamental panel sides, g.e., Hurst and Robinson, 1821, 4to. (98) Leighton, £5.5s. 5704 La Fontaine (Jean de). Contes et Nouvelles en Vers, Édition des Fermiers-Généraux, portraits of La Fontaine and Eisen and plates and vignettes by Eisen and Choffard, the "Cas de Conscience" and the "Diable de Papefiguière" découvertes, 2 vol., old French morocco, full gilt ornamental back, line sides, g. on m. e. (Boyet), fine copy, Count Hoym's, with the Polish eagle on backs (but no arms on sides), Amst. (Paris, Barbou), 1762, 8vo. (48) Quaritch, £37 10S. 5705 Marot (Clement). Les Euvres, plus amples et en meilleur ordre que paravant avec cinquante deux Pseaumes de David en rithme francoyse, old French morocco, full gilt floreate back, line frame sides, with corner fleurons, crest of crowned unicorn's head in centres, g, e., fine copy, Paris, G. le Bret, 1547, et Jehan Ruelle, 1548, 8vo. (153)

Ellis, £10 10s.

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