Physical Discourse of the Vulgar Herbs of this Nation, portrait inserted (mounted), russia, g. e., Printed for the benefit of the Commonwealth of England, 1652, 12mo. (197) Quaritch, £2 25. 5959 De Bry (Theodor). Emblemata Nobilitati et vulgo scitu digna, singulis historiis symbola adscripta et elegantes versus historiam explicantes, etc., omnia recens collecta, etc. a Th. de Bry, lit. goth. et. rom., engraved title in compartments (backed), and 54 plates of arms and emblems, mostly within ornamental borders, and taken on one side of the page only, 2 plates joined together and I soiled, sold with all faults, morocco extra, g. e., by W. Pratt, Frankf. a. M., D. Debry, 1593, small 4to. (205) Quaritch, L8 5960 Dialogues of Creatures Moralized, edited by Jos. Haslewood, title within borders, facsimile woodcuts, vignettes, ornamental initials, etc., 98 copies printed (some of which were destroyed by fire), morocco extra, antique style, g. e., by J. Wright, engravings pasted in covers, Triphook, 1816, 4to. (215) Maggs, £3 16s. 5961 Digby (Everard). De Arte Natandi libri duo, quorum prior regulas ipsius artis, posterior verò praxin demonstrationemque continet, first edition, woodcuts (margins cut into, title backed), portrait of Kenelm Digby inserted, morocco extra, g. e., by W. Pratt, Excudebat Thomas Dawson, 1587, small 4to. (220) Sotheran, £6 6s.

[Contains 44 full-page woodcuts. This work, the second exclusively devoted to swimming published in this country, is written in Latin Dialogues. See Slater's "Illustrated Sporting Books,” 1899, p. 13.—ED.]

5962 Diogenes Laertius. Vitae et Sententiae Philosophorum (e Graeco in Latinum translatae a fratre Ambrosio, ex recens. Bened. Brognoli), printed in roman letter, long lines, without marks, capitals painted in blue and red, oaken boards, half leather, Venet., Nic. Jenson, 1475, small folio (221) Tregaskis, £8 5963 Dionysius Alexandrinus. De Situ Orbis habitabilis ex versione Ant. Bechariae Veronensis, editio princeps of this version, lit. rom., long lines, with signatures, woodcut ornamental scroll border to first page, and ornamental initials, large and clean copy, paper covers, in slip case, Venet., per B. Pictorem et Er. Ratdolt, etc., 1477, small 4to. (222) Ellis, £13 5s. 5964 Direction (A) for the English Traveller, by which he shal be inabled to Coast about all England and Wales, folding maps, calf gilt, T. Jenner, 1643, 16mo. (224)

Mrs Inglis, £5 5965 Donatus. Incipit Donatus minor cum remigio ad usum Pusillorum anglicanarum Scolarium, lit. goth. (12 leaves, A 8, B 4), large woodcut of a Master and Pupils on title (2 or 3 lower margins have the signature cut off), morocco gilt, frame sides with acorn ornaments, by J. Faulkner, cuts, type specimens, etc. inserted, without date or place of

printer, but with Wynkyn de Worde's Caxton device on reverse of last leaf, small 4to. (227) Tregaskis, £17 5966 Dreux du Radier. L'Europe Illustre, contenant l'Histoire abregée des Souverains, des Princes, des Artistes, et des Dames célèbres de l'Europe, dans le XV.e Siècle compris jusqu'à présent (papier carré), original impressions of the frontispiece and numerous portraits, 6 vol., old French calf gilt, m. e., Paris, Odieuvre et Le Breton, 1755-65, 4to. (230) Quaritch, LIO 5967 Du Bartas (W. Sallust). The First Day of the Worldes Creation, or the First Weeke of that most Christian Poet, first edition, title within ornamental border, J. Jackson for Gu. Seaton, 1595-Bartas, his Divine Weekes and Workes, translated by Joshua Sylvester, with the History of Judith, engraved title, woodcut portrait, etc., Humfrey Lowndes, 1608, 3 plates inserted, bound in 2 vol., morocco, gilt line and acorn ornaments, by W. Pratt, old cuts pasted in covers, small 4to. (232) B. F. Stevens, £30 5968 Dubravius (Janus). A New Booke of Good Husbandry, very pleasaunt, and of great profite both for Gentlemen and Yomen, conteining the order and maner of making of FishPondes, with the breeding, preserving and multiplying of the Carpe, Tench, Pike and Troute, etc., translated into English at the special request of George Churchey, fellow of Lion's Inn, the 9. of Februarie, 1599, black and roman letter, woodcut initials, morocco, line tooled, corner ornaments, joints, g. e., engraving of an Angler inserted, and cuts of fish pasted in covers, Imprinted by William White dwelling in Cow Lane, 1599, small 4to. (233)

B. F. Stevens, £36 5969 Durer (Albert). Apocalypsis cum Figuris, 16 large and fine woodcuts, including title by Albert Durer, with Latin text in gothic letter, double columns, on reverse of each cut (the third issue according to Brunet), outer margins of two or three plates shaved, vellum, Impressa denuo Nurnbergae per Albertum Durer pictorem, anno Christiano, 1511, folio (236) Quaritch, £26 5970 Elyot (Sir Thomas). Of the Knowledeg (sic) whiche maketh a Wise Man, first edition, black letter, In aedibus Thomae Bertheleti, 1533-The Defence of Good Women, first edition, black letter, title within woodcut border dated 1534, coat of arms at end, ib., 1545, in 1 vol., old calf, 12mo. (244) B. F. Stevens, £8 15s. 5971 Elyot (Sir Thomas). The Boke named the Governour, black letter, title within woodcut border, ornamental woodcut initials, engraved portrait inserted, russia gilt, g. e., In aed. Th. Bertheleti, 1544, 12mo. (245), B. F. Stevens, £4 5s. Bellum Erasmi, translated into Englishe, black letter, first edition (last leaf mended), woodcut portrait and plate inserted, old engraving pasted in cover, old calf gilt, contemporary signature of Ricardus Kelton on title, In aedibus Tho. Bertheleti, 1533 (at end 1534), 12mo. (253) Quaritch, £3 17s. 6d.

5972 Erasmus.

5973 Erasmus. A Book called in latyn Enchiridion Militis Christiani, and in englysshe the manuell of the Christen Knyght, to the wyche is added a newe and mervaylous profytable preface (translated by Wm. Tyndale?), first edition, black letter, title within woodcut border (margins mended), old cut of a Christian Knight inserted in front, head of Erasmus and another engraving pasted in covers, morocco, with gilt lines and blind ornaments, g. e., Imprinted at London by Wynkyn de Worde for Johan Byddell, otherwise Salisbury, Nov. 15, 1533, 12mo. (254) Ellis, £24 1OS. 5974 Euclides. Opus Elementorum in Geometriam Artem cum Comment. Campani, lit. gotb., woodcut diagrams, first page of text with a fine 34 woodcut border, and numerous ornamental woodcut initials, vellum, Venet., Erhardus Ratdolt, 1482, folio (257) B. F. Stevens, £26 5975 Fabyan (Robert). The Chronicle of Fabian, which he nameth the Concordaunce of histories newly perused and continued to thende of Queene Mary (with the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth), black letter, woodcut titles and initials, 2 vol. in 1, contemporary signature of Mathewe Johnson on first title, old calf, plate from Monstrelet and view of the Monument inserted, old engravings pasted in covers, Jhon Kyngston, 1559, small folio (261) Bell, £6 6s. 5976 Farley (Robert). Kalendarium Humanae Vitae, the Kalendar of Human Life, Latin and English, engraved title by J. Glover, and woodcuts, W. Hope, 1638-Lychnocausia, sive Moralia Facum Emblemata. Light's Morall Emblems, Authore Roberto Farlaeo, Scoto-Britanno, engraved frontispiece and woodcuts (margin of last three leaves mended), in 1 vol., morocco, gilt and blind stamped ornaments, g. e., 12mo. (265) Dobell, £55s. 5977 Fasciculus Temporum (Auctore Wernero Rolewinck), printed in a small neat gothic letter, the table and introduction in a different type, small woodcuts of cities, etc., with 4 leaves of a contemporary MS. table, contemporary Netherlands binding, oaken boards, leather, stamped with floreate ornaments in small compartments, with clasp (well preserved), leaves of a Theological MS. in uncial letters of the 13th century, as fly-leaves, Lovanii, Jo. Veldener (with device), 1476, small folio (266) Sotheran, £6 6s. 5978 Faustus Andrelinus (Publius). Elegiarum libri (with a dedicatory epistle, "Ad literatissimum Thomam Custodiam Serenissimi Anglici regis Oratorem bene merentem"), lit. goth. (2 types), device of Guido Marchand on title below the words "Elegie Fausti," a guidone Mercatoris In Campo Gaillardo Parisiis Impressae anno 1494, tertio nonas Apriles -De Fuga Balbi ex Urbe Parisia (6 leaves), lit. goth. (lettres bâtardes), device of Felix Baligault on title, ex aedibus nostris Parisiacis, 1494-Invectiva in faustum Balbi Calumniatorem, lettres bâtardes (8 leaves, 1 blank), absque nota (Paris) Francisci Arretini in Phalaridis tyranni agrigentini Epistolas Prohemium (24 leaves, no title), Impressum

5981 [Flemming (Robertus).]

Parisiis per Guidonem Mercatoris, 1493 (with device)— Cato Moralissimus cum elegantissimo commento per fratrem Robertum de Euremodio, lit. goth. (2 types), contemporary MS. notes in margins, Parisiis, W. Hopylius (with his large device on title), in 1 vol., morocco, gilt ornamental frame sides, g. e., small 4to. (267) Quaritch, LII 5S. 5979 Fenton (Edw.) Certaine Secrete Wonders of Nature, containing a description of Sundry Strange things, seeming monstrous in our eyes and judgment, gathered out of divers learned authors as well Greeke as Latine, sacred as profane, black letter, title within ornamental woodcut border, and singular woodcuts in the text, contemporary signature of "Arundel," old calf, H. Bynneman, 1569, small 4to. (271) Cotton, £15 5980 Festyvall (The). [At end] "Here endeth the Festyvall. Enprynted at London in fletestrete, at the sygne of the Sonne, by Wynkyn de Worde, in the Yere of our lorde god mcccccxi.," black letter, numerous woodcuts, title and folios clxxxiv. and clxxxv. and perhaps other leaves in facsimile, some leaves washed and repaired, and some supplied from other copies, old engraving of the baptism of Christ in the Jordan, and a drawing of Herodias dancing inserted, morocco, antique style, g. e., by J. Wright, early impression of Dürer's Virgin and Child, 1520, pasted in end cover, 1511, small 4to. (272) Sotheran, II IIS. Lucubraciuncularum tiburtinarum Protonotarii Angliae de Sanctissimo ac Beatissimo in Christo patre et domino nostro Sixto quarto, divina providencia summo Maximoq. Pontifice, editio prima, lit. rom., long lines, 25 to a page (38 leaves), without marks (Hain, 7130), covers of an ancient parchment MS., exactus quidem completusq. Rome anno 1477, pontificatus ipsius domini anno septimo, small 4to. (275) Quaritch, £15 5s. 5982 Florius (Franciscus). De Amore Camilli et Emilie Aretinorum, lit. gotb., long lines, 34 to a full page, without marks (25 leaves), large Italian woodcut initial of Samson and the lion, with an angel above, at beginning of text (not in Hain), morocco gilt, g. e., absqua nota, [ad fin.] “liber expletus est Turonis editus in domo domini Guillermi Archiepiscopi turonensis, anno dni, mcccclxvii.," small 4to. (278) Quaritch, LII IOS. 5983 Formula pure Confessionis (compilatus est Colonie lucubratione diligentiaqz. accuratissima per religiosum et devotum quentam Patrem Ord. Praed. ibidem Conventualem, anno gratie mcccclxxxvii.), lit. semi-goth., long lines, with signs. a-b in 8's, title a full-page woodcut of penitents confessing (not in Hain), rubricated (wormed), calf gilt, r. e., absque ulla nota, 12mo. (279) Quaritch, £75s. 5984 Freeman (Strickland). The Art of Horsemanship altered and abbreviated, according to the Principles of the late Sir Sidney Meadows, silhouette equestrian figure of Sir S. Meadows, 14 plates after H. B. Chalon, and plate of

diagrams, russia extra, g. e., original water-colour drawing, "Carrying a horse to be shod," by P. C. Berjeau, and an old woodcut pasted in covers, fine copy, Printed for the author by W. Bulmer, 1806, 4to. (283) Hatchards, £2 2s. 5985 Fulbertus Carnotensis. 'Incipit Visio lamentabilis devoti cuiusdam heremite ifrascripti super lugubri disceptatione anime contra corpus," lit. goth., long lines (10 leaves), without marks, 13 woodcuts in the text, rubricated, painted ornamental capitals, half calf, cut pasted in covers, absque ulla nota, small 4to. (286) Ellis, £100.

[This Xylographic Tract appears to be unknown to bibliographers, except for a cursory mention of it by Panzer from Sartori. The Vision appears to have been translated into English from a Manuscript dated 1238, published in 1813. The Seer's name appears in the first two lines of the poem "Vir quidam extiter dudum Heremita Fulbertus francigenacivis dulcis Vita."-Catalogue.]

5986 G. (H.) The Mirrour of Majestie, or the Badges of Honour, conceitedly emblazoned, with Emblems Annexed poetically unfolded, 32 coats of arms (painted by hand), and 32 woodcuts of emblems, 27 portraits of the persons enumerated in the Book, by Simon Passe, F. Delaram, R. Elstracke, W. Marshall, D. Moncornet, etc., chiefly original impressions, inserted, head of the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, after Van Dyck (cut down), inserted in frontispiece, Printed by Wm. Jones, dwelling in Redcrosse Streete, 1618— L'Hospital (Mich.) In Francisci illustriss. Franciæ Delphini et Mariæ sereniss. Scotorum Reginæ Nuptias ampliss. viri M. H. [Mich. Hospitalii] Carmen, first edition, portraits of Queen Mary and Darnley inserted, Paris, F. Morellus, 1560, in 1 vol., morocco extra, g. e., by W. Pratt, small 4to. (287) Hazlitt, £45 [Probably not more than three copies of "The Mirrour of Majestie" are known. Only one copy is mentioned in Lowndes, resold several times, and at last in Halliwell's sale, 1857, for £20 10s. He gives the date, however, as 1619, and the copy had a reprinted title. Corser's copy sold in 1869 for £36. It consists of title, dedication to the King (4 lines of verse), "A Catalogue of those Names unto whom this Worke is appropriated," and 63 numbered pages of text, in all 35 leaves.—Catalogue.]

5987 Gallensis (Joannes). Communiloquium sive Summa Collationum, editio prima, lit. semi-goth., long lines, 27 to a full page (262 leaves), without marks (Hain, 7440), capitals painted in red, contemporary MS. notes in margins, morocco, stamped blind ornaments, g. e., by J. Faulkner, "Suma collationu ad one genus hõim Explicit feliciter," absque ulla nota [Colon., U. Zel], small 4to. (288) Phillip, £6 15s. 5988 Gallensis (Joannes). Communiloquium sive Summa Collationum, lit. semi-goth., long lines, without marks (Hain, 7442), large ornamental woodcut initials, russia extra, stamped