end of vol. ii. an autograph of William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, who was taken prisoner by Joan of Arc, and several manuscripts in the autograph of Voltaire.-Catalogue.] 5625 Walton (Isaac). The Compleat Angler, or Contemplative Man's Recreation. . . the third edition much enlarged, Printed for R. Marriot, 1664-Venables (Colonel Robert). The Experienced Angler, or Angling Improved, first edition, engravings of fish, etc., 2 vol. in 1, large copies in old calf binding, R. Marriot, 1662-64, 8vo. (860)

Pickering, £31

[The third edition of Walton is very scarce, as, like the third folio Shakespeare, a great many copies were destroyed in the Fire of London. There were two issues of this edition, 1661 and 1664; the latter being the rarer.— Catalogue.] 5626 Watson (William). Shelley's Centenary (August 4th, 1892), portrait, one of 25 copies printed on thick vellum paper, morocco super extra, scroll work ornamentation on sides, broad inside borders, joints, watered silk linings, t. e. g., by Tout, Printed for private distribution, 1892, 8vo. (863) Sotheran, 2 16s. 5627 Watson (William). Lachrymæ Musarum (October 5th, 1892), one of 100 copies, frontispiece and portrait, printed on thick paper for private distribution only, unbound, 1892, 8vo. (864) Webb, £1 11S. 5628 Waller (Edmund). Poems upon the Death of his late Highnesse Oliver, Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland, written by E. Waller, J. Dryden and Mr. Sprat, of Oxford, first edition, large copy, unbound, 1659, 4to. (924) B. F. Stevens, £9 5629 [Westmacott (C. M.)] The English Spy... Portraits of the Illustrious, Eminent, Eccentric and Notorious, drawn from the Life by Bernard Blackmantle, 2 vol., first edition, coloured plates and woodcuts by Robert Cruikshank, original cloth, uncut, 1825-26, 8vo. (867) Sabin, £19 5s. 5630 Whole Duty of Man (The). Works of the Learned and Pious Author, frontispiece and engraving on title, old leather label of Mary Dorrill and ex-libris of Alexander Montgomery inside cover, contemporary English morocco, the sides covered with a blaze of gilt tooling to a cottage roof design, the centre inlaid in black, covered with gilt, and surrounded with tulips, roses, etc., inlaid in yellow and blue, on gilt sprays, the corners inlaid in yellow and covered with gilt tooling, the roof and sides surrounded with inlaid roses, tulips, etc. in blue, yellow and green, gilt and inlaid back, stamped, g. e., Oxford, 1704, folio (938) Tregaskis, £42

[A most elaborate specimen of English bibliopegy of the period, binding evidently the work of Charles Mearne or one of his house, as the little leather bookplate is unquestionably the work of a binder and is of the same period. It is one of the finest specimens of English binding which has been offered for sale for many years.-Catalogue.]

5631 Zacharie. Les Quatre Parties du Jour par M. Zacharie, frontispiece, 4 plates and 4 vignettes by Eisen, engraved by Baquoy, LARGE PAPER, morocco super extra, g. e., by Chambolle-Duru, Paris, 1769, 8vo. (874) Isaacs, £4 17s. 6d. 5632 Zola (Émile). La Fortune des Rougon, original wrapper, uncut, Paris, 1871, 8vo. (875) Pickering, £2 [First edition. Presentation copy, with inscription in the author's autograph, "A Auguste Vacquerie son devoué confrère Émile Zola."-Catalogue.]

5633 Zola (Émile). L'Assommoir, original wrapper, uncut, Paris, 1877, 8vo. (876) Maggs, £4 8s. [First edition. Presentation copy to Edmond de Goncourt, with an inscription in the author's autograph on the half-title.-Catalogue.]

5634 Zola (Émile). Une Page d'Amour, original wrapper as issued, uncut, Paris, 1878, 8vo. (877) Pickering, £3 12s.

[First edition. Presentation copy, with inscription in the author's autograph, "A Edmond de Goncourt son ami, Émile Zola."-Catalogue.]

5635 Zola (Émile). Nana, wrappers, uncut, Paris, 1880, 8vo. (878) Pickering, £4 14s.

[First edition. Presentation copy to Edmond de Goncourt, with a signed inscription in the author's autograph on the half-title.-Catalogue.]

5636 Zola (Émile). La Joie de Vivre, in the original wrapper as issued, uncut, Paris, 1884, 8vo. (879) Dobell, £3158.

[First edition. Presentation copy to Edmond de Goncourt, with a signed inscription in the author's autograph. -Catalogue.]

5637 Zoological Society. Proceedings from the commencement in 1830 to 1889, 59 vol.-Indexes from 1830 to 1880, 4 vol., together 63 vol., coloured plates, all in the original cloth, 1830-1889, 8vo. (880) Potter, £41

[MAY 25TH AND 26TH, 1900.]

SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE.

A SELECTION FROM A NOBLEMAN'S LIBRARY.
(No. of Lots, 296; amount realised, £1,940 12s.)

[NOTE. The "Ellis arms" frequently referred to are those of the Right Hon. George Agar Ellis, and the "Dover Arms" those of Lord Dover. De Thou or Thuanus, President of the Paris Parliament in the reign of Henri IV., bound his books in morocco or gilded calf in a style which varied with the different periods of his life. His bachelor's library was embellished with his arms in silver, between two branches of laurel, with his name below. After his

marriage, in 1587, his wife's escutcheon is found alongside his own, with the initials J. A. M. below. During his life as a widower, a wreath of twining stems, tipped with red berries and his own and dead wife's initials interlaced, take the place of other ornaments. After his second marriage, in 1603, his new wife's escutcheon appears in conjunction with his own, but the initials are changed to J. A. G. De Thou's library was sold en bloc to the Marquis de Ménars in 1677, and in 1718 to Cardinal de Rohan. In 1789 it was dispersed.-Ed.] ·

5638 Æsop. Fables, with Life of the Author, embellished with 112 plates by W. Blake, Bromley, Landseer and others, 2 vol. in 1, old calf, y. e., clean copy, Stockdale, 1793, imperial 8vo. (2) Maggs, £2 6s. 5639 Aleman (Mateo). Life of Guzman d'Alfarache, or the Spanish Rogue, to which is added the Celebrated Tragi-Comedy Celestina, done into English by Several Hands, plates by Gaspar Bouttats, 2 vol., calf gilt, m. e., R. Bonwick, etc., 1708, 8vo. (1) Ellis, £2

5640 Amadis de Gaule.

The Ancient Famous and Honourable History of Amadis de Gaule, written in French by the Lord of Essars, Nicholas de Herberay (Books i.-iv.) [translated by Anthony Munday], first edition, books iii.-iv. have separate titles dated 1618, woodcut of a ship on first title, which was stained, old calf, y. e., N. Okes, 1619, folio (99) Pickering, £9

5641 Bandello (Matteo). La Prima Parte (La Seconda e la Terza Parte) de le Novelle del Bandello, 3 vol., engraved titles and figured initials, small 4to., Lucca per il Busdrago, 1554-La Quarta Parte de le Novelle del Bandello, nuovamente composte, ne' per l'adietro date in luce, woodcut initials, small 8vo., Lione, Aless. Marsilii, 1573, together 4 vol., all first editions, uniformly bound in old French morocco, emblematic devices on backs, doublé with red watered silk, g. e., with Ellis arms, by Derome le Jeune, with his ticket in each vol., the 8vo. vol., enclosed in a small 4to. case, uniform with the other 3 vol., 1554-73, 8vo. and 4to. (58) Allatine, £31 5642 Bartsch (Adam). Le Peintre-Graveur, numerous marks of painters and engravers, 21 vol. in 17 (wanted vol. xx.), calf gilt, m. e. (Ellis arms), Vienne, 1803-21, 8vo. (5)

Quaritch, £5 2s. 6d. 5643 Bartolozzi. Eighty-two and Seventy-three Prints, engraved by F. Bartolozzi, etc. from the Original Pictures and Drawings of Guercino, Michael Angelo, Domenichino, the Carracci, P. da Cortona, Carlo Maratti, etc., 155 tinted plates, fine impressions, pigskin gilt, inside borders, joints, g. e., by Hering (Ellis arms), Boydell, n. d., super imperial folio (104) Ridler, £13 10S. 5644 Bauhinus (Caspar). Theatrum Anatomicum, novis figuris illustratum et in lucem emissum, opera Th. de Bry, engraved title, portrait, arms and anatomical plates by de

Bry, old French morocco, line tooled, J. A. De Thou's copy, with his arms and his second wife's on sides, and monogram on back, Francof., a M. M. Becker, 1608, 8vo. (7)

Ellis, £6 155. 5645 Beaumont and Fletcher. Works, revised and corrected, with some account of the authors, portrait and plates, 7 vol., calf gilt, m. e., J. Tonson, 1711, 8vo. (8) Ridler, £1 18s. 5646 Belon (Pierre). Histoire de la Nature des Oyseaux avec leurs descriptions, et naifs Portraicts retirez au naturel, première édition, numerous woodcuts, old morocco, plain, J. A. De Thou's copy, with his arms and his first wife's on sides and monogram on back, Paris, G. Cavellat, 1555, folio (106) Quaritch, £8 5s. 5647 Berquin. Les Idylles, Premier et Second Recueil, first edition, papier fin, frontispiece and 24 plates after Marillier, before the numbers, 2 vol. in 1, old French morocco, full gilt ornamental back and ornamental borders, g. e. (Boyet), Paris (Ruault), imprimerie de Quillau, 1775, 8vo. (9) Bell, £4 15s. 5648 Bibliander (Theod.) De Fatis Monarchiae Romanae Somnium Vaticinum Esdrae Prophetae, et Oratio ejusdem de restituenda Pace in Germanico Imperio, in 1 vol., old French morocco, line tooled, J. A. De Thou's copy, with his first arms on sides and monogram on back, Basil., Oporinus, 1553, small 4to. (63) Ridler, £3 35. 5649 Blore (Edw.) Monumental Remains of Noble and Eminent Persons, with Historical and Biographical Illustrations, 30 plates, russia extra, line tooled, g. e. (Ellis arms), Harding and Lepard, 1826, 4to. (64) Ridler, £1 12s. 5650 Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery. A Collection of Prints from Pictures painted for the purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare by the Artists of Great Britain, 100 fine plates, including portraits of King George III. and Queen Charlotte, portrait of Shakespeare from the Stratford bust by Ward, after Philipps, inserted in vol. i., another by Virtue in vol. ii., and a large print of Garrick and Shakespeare, after Pine, by Caroline Watson, at end of vol. ii., 2 vol., half russia, 1803, imperial atlas folio (113)

Sabin, £27 10S. 5651 Bryan (Michael). Biographical Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, portrait and plates of Marks, 2 vol., calf gilt, g. e. (Ellis arms), Carpenter, 1816, 4to. (66) Ridler, £26s. 5652 Butler (Samuel). Hudibras, three parts, first genuine edition of parts .-., second edition of part iii., part ii. wanted L'Estrange's imprimatur, in 1 vol., old calf, J. G. for Richard Marriot, 1663; T. R. for John Martyn, 1664; printed for Robert Horne, 1679, 8vo. (10) Pickering, £9 10s. 5653 Butler (Samuel). Hudibras, in three parts, corrected and amended, with large annotations and a preface by Dr. Z. Grey, portrait and plates, 2 vol., Cambridge, 1744-Genuine Remains in Prose and Verse, with Notes by R. Thyer,

2 vol., Tonson, 1759, together 4 vol., uniform russia gilt, g. e. (Ellis arms), 8vo. (11) Young, 1 14s. 5654 Butler (Samuel). Hudibras, in English and French (by John Towneley), portrait and plates after Hogarth (without letters), 200 copies printed, morocco, doublé, line tooled, joints, g. e. (Ellis arms), Lond. (Paris), 1757, 8vo. (12)

Ellis, £3 6s. 5655 Byron (Lord). English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, a Satire, genuine first edition, “D.D. G. A. Ellis" (in Byron's hand) on top of title, russia gilt, g. e., Printed by T. Collins for Jas. Cawthorn, n. d. (1809), 8vo. (13) Dobell, £2

5656 Byron (Lord). Hours of Idleness, a Series of Poems, Original and Translated, first edition, old calf gilt, Newark, S. and J. Ridge, 1807, 8vo. (14) Sotheran, £3 35. 5657 Cabinet Choiseul. Recueil d'Estampes gravées d'après les Tableaux du Cabinet du Duc de Choiseul, pas le soins du Sr. Basan, engraved throughout, frontispiece and 128 plates, brilliant proofs, the Choiseul arms below each plate (some of the plates had the sale price of the pictures marked in MS.), morocco extra, line tooled, g. e. (Ellis arms), fine copy, Paris, chez l'Auteur, 1771, 4to. (68)

J. Bumpus, £20 5s. 5658 Cabinet Poullain. Collection de 120 Estampes gravées d'après les Tableaux et Dessins qui composoient le Cabinet de M. Poullain, etc. par le Sr. Moitte, mis au jour par Fr. Basan, 120 plates, including two engraved titles, proof impressions, before letters, straight-grained morocco extra, full gilt floreate back, line sides with corner ornaments, g. e. (Ellis arms), Paris, chez Basan et Poignant, 1781, 4to. (69) J. Bumpus, £20 10s.

[There is a reprint of this work. It can be told by the quality of the plates, which are weak and pale.-ED.] 5659 Cicero. Orationes, printed in roman letter, long lines, 37 to a full page, without marks, painted ornamental capitals in red, contemporary MS. index at end in red, old French morocco, full gilt ornamental back, line sides, g. on m. e. (Derome), Count Hoym's copy, with his arms on sides, s. l., “. . . Ambergau natus ahenis; Impressit formis. Ecce Magister Adam,” 1472, folio (122) B. F. Stevens, £21 5660 Cicero. De Oratore ad Quintum Fratrem, Dialogi tres, Jac. Lod. Strebaei Rhemensis copiosis et nunquam antea excusis Commentariis illustrati, ruled in red, title within fine woodcut border, large ornamental initials, old French morocco, line tooled, doublé, with broad and rich ornamental borders, joints, g. on m. e (Padeloup), his ticket pasted on title, Count Hoym's copy, with his arms on sides and eagle of Poland on back, Paris, M. Vascosanus, 1540, folio (123) B. F. Stevens, £61

5661 Congreve (William). Works, Baskerville's edition, portrait and plates after Hayman (an early unwashed copy), 3 vol., old calf gilt, y. e., Birmingham, for Tonson, 1761, royal 8vo. (19) Sotheran, £2 14S.