911 Barnes (Barnaby). Foure Bookes of Offices: Enabling private persons for the special service of all good Princes and Policies, first edition, fine and clean copy in the original vellum, Printed at the charges of G. Bishop, T. Adams and C. Burbie, 1606, folio (548) Pickering, £11 155.

[A notice of this very rare and interesting book will be found in Sir Egerton Brydges' Restituta, vol. iv. At page 113 is a reference to Shakespeare's Tragedy of Richard III. This copy contained the preliminary poems by Thos. Campion, John Ford, and others.—Catalogue.]

912 Basilius Magnus de Poetarum Oratorum Historicorumque ac Philosophorum legendis libris per Martinum Brenningarium rubricis titulisq, interstinctus, cum prefatione L. Aretini, lit. semi-goth, 15 leaves, long lines, without marks, grotesque woodcut initials, morocco, g. e., by Hardy, Ulma, impressus (Jo. Zainer, circa 1474), 4to. (243) Leighton, £3

913 Battledore. Horn Book, alphabet, vowels, Lord's Prayer, etc., oak uncovered, the horn and brass rim missing, 16th century, (92) Maggs, £2 12s. 914 Beaumarchais (D.) La Folle Journée, ou Le Mariage de Figaro, original edition, plates after St. Quentin, by Malapeau and Roi, the last plate uncovered, French levant morocco extra, g. e., 1785, 8vo. (93) Simington, LI 15s. [The breast of Rosina in the last plate is uncovered in this edition. Some copies were issued on 'papier fort" marked with a star, and there are also series of plates by Naudet, Béginot and other artists. As to these, and also for suggestions for enhancing the interest and value of the book, see Lewine's "Bibliography of Eighteenth Century Art and Illustrated Books," 1898.-ED.]

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915 Beaumont (Fr.) Poems by Francis Beaumont, Gent., viz.: The Hermaphrodite, The Remedie of Love, Elegies, Sonnets with other Poems, first edition, old half calf, Jolley's copy, Printed by Richard Hodgkinson for W. W. and Laurence Blakelocke, and are to be sold at the signe of the SugarLoafe next Temple Bar in Fleet Street, 1640, 4to. (245) Pearson, £16

916 Beaumont (Fr.) and John Fletcher. Comedies and Tragedies, never printed before, and now published by the Authours Originall Copies, first collected edition, portrait of Fletcher by Wm. Marshall, half bound, H. Robinson and H. Moseley, 1647, folio (1537) Dobell, £15 5s. 917 Bede (Cuthbert). The Original Manuscript of "Adventures of Verdant Green," consisting of 76 leaves (small portion missing), original wood engravings inserted, designed by the author and printed on India paper, morocco, the sides tooled in gold, g. e., 4to. (247) Rogers, £28

918 Beraldi (Henri). Estampes et Livres, 1872-92, numerous facsimiles of bindings, etc., 390 copies printed, stamped ornamental calf gilt, t. e. g., inside ornamental borders, joints, uncut, Paris, L. Conquet, 1892, 4to. (250) Pickering, £4 7s. 6d.

919 Bergomensis (J. P. F.) Opus preclarum Supplementum Chronicharum vulgo appellatum, in omnimoda historia, etc., woodcuts, morocco extra, g. e., by Derome, Venetiis, per Bernardum Rijum, 1492, folio (551) Leighton, £7 17s. 6d.

920 Bernard (P. J.) Phrosine et Mélidore, Poëme en quatre chants, engravings by Eisen, LARGE PAPER, morocco extra, g. e., Paris, 1772, 8vo. (98) J. Bumpus, £8 10s. [The "Engravings by Eisen" consist of four vignettes by Baquoy and Ponce, after Eisen.-ED.]

921 Bernard (P. J.) Œuvres, 4 plates by Prudhon, engraved by Prudhon, Beisson and Copia, half morocco, gilt top, uncut, printed on "papier fort d'Angoulême," Paris, Didot l'aîné, 1797, 4to. (251) Perry, £3 10s.

[This is one of the copies usually described as being on vellum paper, with unlettered proofs and with the Opera of Castor and Pollux. Only 150 copies were so printed.—ED.] 922 Bernard (P. J.) L' Art d'Aimer et Poésies diverses, Dutch paper copy, 7 plates after Eisen and Martini, original boards, uncut, Paris, Didot Jeune, l'an troisième (1795), 8vo. (99) Zachnsdorf, £2

923 Berners (Dame Juliana). The Book of St. Albans. Hawking, Hunting, Coat Armour, Fishing, etc., as printed at Westminster by Wynkyn de Worde, 1486, with Biographical and Bibliographical Notices by J. Haslewood, 150 copies printed, numerous illustrations, calf extra, t. e. g., uncut, White and Cochrane, 1810, 4to. (1117) Sotheran, £4 15s. 924 Beroalde de Verville. Le Moyen de Parvenir, contenant la raison de tout ce qui a été, est et sera, 2 vol., old French morocco extra, full gilt backs, g. e., Nulle parte, 100070039, 8vo. (100) Simington, LI IOS.

925 Berquin (A.) Pygmalion, scène lyrique de M. J. J. Rousseau, mise en vers par M. Berquin, LARGE PAPER, original edition, engraved title and engravings by Moreau, old French marbled calf, gilt borders, g. e., Paris, 1775, 8vo. (101) J. Bumpus, £8 5s.

[M. Gennadius' ordinary copy brought in his sale £11 15s. Large paper copies, particularly when in good condition, are of rare occurrence. Bound up with this copy was the original manuscript of the work, supposed to be in the author's autograph.-Catalogue.]

926 Berquin (A.) Idylles, 2 vol., engraved title and 24 unlettered proof plates by Marillier, old morocco, full gilt backs (1775), 8vo. (102) Zaehnsdorf, £2 12s. 927 Berquin (A.) Idylles, 2 vol., LARGE PAPER, engraved title and 24 unlettered proof plates by Marillier, old mottled French calf extra, g. e. (1775), 8vo. (103) J. Bumpus, £2 8s. 928 Berquin (A.) Romances, LARGE PAPER, unlettered proof plates before the numbers, with the music at end (frequently missing), old French calf, g. e., 1776, 8vo. (104)

929 Berquin (A.)

J. Bumpus, £3 8s. Romances, frontispiece and 6 engravings after

Marillier, proofs before the numbers, fine copy on LARGE and THICK PAPER, original calf, Paris, 1776, 8vo. (105)

Spencer, 1 16s.

Zaehnsdorf, £4 930 Berquin (A.) Euvres Complètes, complete series of 204 plates by Borel, Le Barbier, Moreau, etc. original issue, papier de Hollande, before letters and some before numbers in the original state, uncut (106) J. Bumpus, £10 5s. 931 Bewick (T.) History of British Land and Water Birds, 2 vol., first edition, numerous woodcuts, half calf, Newcastle, 17971804, 8vo. (109) 932 Bible. The Byble in Englyshe of the largest and greatest volume, auctorysed and apoynted by Kynge Henrye the VIII. . . . Oversene and Perused, by . . Cuthbert, Bysshop of Duresme and Nicholas, Bysshop of Rochester, black letter, woodcut titles, woodcuts and woodcut initials, contemporary binding, oaken boards, leather, stamped with frames of floreate ornaments (re-backed), Printed by E. Whitchurch, 1541, fynyshed in November (552) Ginsburg, £40 [A perfect copy as regards number of leaves and titles of this rare edition of the Great, or Cranmer's, Bible, but a few of the preliminary leaves wormed, and the last leaf of table defective. In this impression the Arms of Cromwell were erased from the title. The Ashburnham copy sold for £63. -Catalogue.]

933 Biblia Germanico-Latina cum Prefatione M. Lutheri, uff churfürstlichen secsischen Befehl gedruckt zu Witteberg, frontispiece (mounted), woodcut title and numerous woodcuts, 10 vol., old German calf gilt, with painted portraits of Luther and Melancthon in sunk panels on the sides, initials G. M. N. ("Geo. Max. Noricus" autograph was on title) and date 1581, blue edges (cover of vol. i. broken), Wittenberg, Jo. Craft, 1574, 4to. (1118) Tregaskis, £25 934 Biblia Sacra Latina, Editio Vulgata, cum Prologis S. Hieronymi, lit. goth., double columns, 50 and 48 lines, some illuminated and painted initials and capitals up to the Proverbs, after which the remarkable large ornamental woodcut initials, some touched in red, bound in 1 thick vol., russia, g. e., fine copy, absque nota [Basil, B. Rodt et B. Richel, circa 1470-1], folio (1133) Leighton, 19 935 Bibliographical Society's Transactions, Monographs, etc., complete set in parts, numerous illustrations, a parcel, 4to. (255) Sabin, £6 17s. 6d. 936 Blake (William). Songs of Innocence, consisting of frontispiece, title, and 10 leaves containing Introduction, The Shepherd, The Little Black Boy, The Voice of the Ancient Bard, The Divine Image, A Dream, The Echoing Green, On Another's Sorrow, Infant Joy, The Lamb, Spring, The Blossom, Nurse's Song, The Chimney Sweeper, and a Cradle Song, engraved and coloured by the artist, half calf, The author and printer W. Blake, 1789, 8vo. (116) Quaritch, £13 15s. There should be title and 53 un

[An incomplete copy.

:

mumbered pages, sometimes, as in this instance, taken in 8vo., at others in 4to. Some copies have the paper watermarked 1825. They are genuine, having been prepared by Blake himself shortly before his death. The Gaisford 'Songs of Innocence," 8vo., realised £87, and the 4to. (31 pp. only) £41.-ED.]

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937 Blessebois (P. Corneille). Euvres Satiriques (containing "L'Almanac des Belles pour l'année 1676," "Filon reduit à mettre cinqs contre un," "L'Eugénie, Tragédie,” “Le Rut ou la Pudeur Eteinte"), the 3 parts, with all the separate titles, original edition, engraved frontispiece, French morocco extra, g. e., 1676, 8vo. (117) Simington, £2 6s. 938 Blin de Sainmore (M.) Heroïdes, ou Lettres en Vers, 3e édition, revue, corrigée et ornée de gravures, 4 plates and 7 vignettes after Eisen and Gravelot, morocco, g. e., by Lortic, Paris, Delalain, 1768, 8vo. (118) Zachnsdorf, £10 158. 939 Boccaccio (G.) Decameron. The Stories which have been emasculated presented in their entirety, 250 copies privately printed, uncut, 1887, 8vo. (123) Robertson, £5 10s. 940 Boethius. Consolatio Philosophica et Disciplina Scholarum cum Triplici commento (by Thomas Aquinas, Baldus and Raymundus), engraved title with printer's device coloured by a contemporary hand, numerous woodcuts, and printer's device on reverse of last leaf, calf extra, Ex calcographia Joannis de Platea solertissimi Impressoris Pridie Kaledas Maii, s. a., folio (821) Heppistal, £1 165. 941 Bohn's Extra Volumes. Complete set. Rabelais, Cervantes, Heptameron, Decameron, Hamilton and Grammont, 7 vol., 1854, etc., 8vo. (125) Zachnsdorf, £2 8s. 942 Boileau. Œuvres de Boileau Despréaux, 5 vol., 5 frontispieces by Picart and Van der Meer, engraved by Vinkelés, and 5 fleurons on titles by De Bakker and Van der Meer, 6 plates by Picart, old French morocco, gilt leaves, Paris, 1772, 8vo. (126) Maggs, £2

[A copy on LARGE PAPER. This edition contains the pamphlet, "Boileau aux Prises avec les Jésuites," which was omitted in previous editions.-Catalogue. It had hitherto been suppressed by the influence of the Jesuits.-ED.] 943 Bonaventura (S.) Meditationes Vitæ domini Christi, etc., editio princeps, lit. gotb., long lines (71 leaves), fly-leaves filled with ancient MS. theological treatises, drawing of the angel Gabriel bearing a coat of arms, with name Conradi Gab," oaken boards, modern calf, by Rivière, fine copy, Impressum in Augusta per me Gintherum Zeiner de reutlingen IIIIe Ydus Marcii anno LXo octavo [1468], folio (1134) Tregaskis, £30 10s. 944 Book-Prices Current, a Record of the Prices at which Books have been sold at auction, vol. vi., vii. and viii., 3 vol., 1892-94, 8vo. (129) Edwards, £2 10s. Lavengro, the Scholar, the Gypsy, the

945 Borrow (George).

Priest, 3 vol., first edition, portrait, original cloth, uncut, 8vo.

(131)

Sabin, £2 8s.

[In March, 1900, a new edition of "Lavengro" was published under the editorship of Professor William Knapp, author of the "Life of George Borrow." This edition is very important, as it was revised with the assistance of the original MS., and contains many portions which had hitherto been suppressed.-ED.]

946 Breydenbach (Bern. de). Die fart oder reysz über mere zü dem heyligen grab unsers herren Jhesu Cristi gen Jerusalem, etc., lit. gotb., long lines, 36 to a full page, with the 8 curious woodcuts free from colouring, numerous large ornamental woodcut capitals, two leaves remargined, large copy, original stamped binding, Augspurg durch Ant. Sorgen gedrucker, 1488 (824) Carter, £4 6s.

set.

[The Augsburg edition, issued without the folding plates found in the editions of Mainz, Lyons, etc.—Catalogue.] 947 British Poets, from Chaucer, with Translation and Lives by Dr. Johnson, Bell's edition, 106 vol. only, numerous portraits and engravings, calf, y. e., 1782, etc., 8vo. (132) Lacy, £3 [There are 109 vol., 12mo, London, 1782-93, in a complete The first 10 vol. contain, under the title of "Prefaces," the Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, by Dr. Johnson.-ED.] 948 Brontë (C. E. and A.) Poems, by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell, first edition, dark green morocco super extra, t.e. g., by Rivière and Son, with inscription on title, "A. Brontë, May 7th, 1846," a little soiled, but a large copy, Aylott and Jones, 1846, 8vo. (133) Pearson, £12

949 [Brontë (C. E. and A.)] Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey, by Ellis and Acton Bell, 3 vol., first editions, the gift of the Rev. P. Brontë to Martha and Eliza Brown, title and back of cover of vol. iii. tampered with, sold not subject to return, 1847, 8vo. (134) Maggs, £15 5s. 950 Browne (H. K.) The series of original drawings for Dombey and Son, David Copperfield and Bleak House, numbering respectively 39, 41 and 40, were sold for an aggregate sum of £1,165, being £355 for Dombey and Son, £450 for David Copperfield, and £360 for Bleak House. Many of these drawings differed very much in detail from the illustrations found in the original editions of the novels mentioned (826-828) Sabin, £1,165

951 Burlington Fine Arts Club. Catalogue of Objects of Greek Ceramic Art exhibited in 1888, Japanese paper cover, only 25 printed, plates, loose in half morocco portfolio, 1888, folio (378) Sotheran, £5 2s. 6d. 952 Burlington Fine Arts Club. Greek Ceramic Art, coloured plates, loose in portfolio, 1888, folio (379) Sotheran, £4 15s. 953 Byron. Finden's Illustrations of the Life and Works of Lord Byron, 3 vol., LARGE PAPER, numerous India proof portraits and plates, morocco extra, gilt and blind tooling on sides, g. e., 1833, royal 4to. (520) Simington, £3 6s.

954 Byron (Lord). English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, fourth