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i.-ii., and plates by Fittler, 4 vol., morocco, line tooled, g. e. (Roger Payne), Vernor and Hood, 1803, royal 8vo. (193) Ellis, £11 10s.

5748 Virgilius. Works, translated, with Annotations by John Ogilby, portrait and plates by Lombart and Hollar, etc., calf, g. e., T. Warren, 1654, folio (289) Pickering, £3 5749 Virgilius. Opera, Bodoni's edition, 2 vol., russia extra, inside borders, joints, g. e., Parma, 1793, folio (290)

Ridler, £2 12s. 5750 Virgilius. L'Eneide, recata in versi Italiani da Annibal Caro, portrait of Caro, portrait of Elizabeth (Hervey), Duchess of Devonshire, after Sir T. Lawrence, 52 views after designs by the Duchess, Sir W. Gell and others, and fine vignettes, 2 vol., morocco extra, inside line borders, g. e. (C. Lewis), (Ellis arms), Roma, Stamperia de Romanis, 1819, folio (291) Ridler, £3 15s. 5751 Whitaker (T. D.) History of Richmondshire, co. York, LARGE PAPER, numerous plates, the 32 views by J. M. W. Turner, proofs on India paper, 2 vol., russia gilt, joints, g. e. (Ellis arms), Longman, 1823, imperial folio (292)

Edwards, £11 5752 Wiedeman (Elias). Comitium Gloriæ centum qua Sanguine qua Virtute Illustrium Heroum Iconibus instructum, engraved title, frontispiece and 300 portraits, proof impressions, 3 vol., old French morocco, gilt floreate backs, line sides with corner fleurons, g. e. (Ellis arms), Viennae (Aust.), 1646-52, 4to. (241) Quaritch, £8 5753 Wood (Ant. a). Athenae Oxoniensis, to which are added the Fasti or Annals of the University, new edition, with additions and continuation by Ph. Bliss, 4 vol., calf extra, line tooled, m. e. (Ellis arms), Rivington, etc., 1813-20, 4to. (242) Edwards, £4 18s.

5754 Wren (Sir Christopher).

Parentalia, or Memoirs of the Family of the Wrens, viz., Mathew, Bishop of Ely, Christopher, Dean of Windsor, but chiefly of Sir Christopher Wren, compiled by his son Christopher, now published by his grandson Stephen, 14 portraits, morocco extra, full gilt ornamental back and broad side borders, inside gilt borders, g. on m. e. (Ellis arms), T. Osborn, 1750, folio (294) Leighton, £7 5755 Wycherley (William). Miscellany Poems, as Satrys, Epistles, Love-Verses, Songs, Sonnets, etc., first edition, mezzoportrait after Lely by Smith, old calf, C. Brome, etc., 1704, folio (295) Leighton, £9

[The portrait is often missing. In this case the volume will often fall to Ios. or 12s.-ED.]

5756 Yorke (James, of Lincoln, Blacksmith). The Union of Honour, engraved title, containing portrait and numerous coats of arms, some emblazoned, morocco gilt, g. e. (Dover arms), E. Griffin, 1641, folio (296) Bain, £4

[MAY 31ST, 1900.]

SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE.

A PORTION OF THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE MR. WILLIAM R. HUGHES, TREASURER OF THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM.

(No. of Lots, 483; amount realised, £610 os. 6d.)

[NOTE. This portion of Mr. Hughes's library contained a number of good and standard works which, for the most part, have already appeared on several occasions in this volume of BookPRICES CURRENT. The following are, however, works of exceptional interest.-ED.]

5757 Ray Society Publications, complete, from the commencement in 1844 to June, 1898, plates, 51 vol. 8vo., and 25 vol. imperial 4to., cloth and boards as issued, 1844-1900, 8vo. (199) Walford, £30 5758 Tennyson (A.) The Princess, a Medley, first edition, original cloth, uncut, 1847, 8vo. (242) Shepherd, 1 IIS. 5759 Tennyson (A.) Life and Works (édition de luxe), portraits and plates, 12 vol., uncut, Macmillan, 1898-9, 8vo. (247)

Edwards, £4 4s.

(a) A Selection from the Dickens Collection.

5760 Actors by Gaslight, or "Boz" in the Boxes, illustrations, No. 1 to 38 as published, 1838-Actors by Daylight and Pencillings in the Pit, illustrations, No. 1 to 47 as published, 1838 -Plays founded on the Works of Charles Dickens, various (296) Maggs, £1 125. 5761 Collins (W.) and Charles Dickens. The Frozen Deep, a Drama, in three acts, numerous manuscript corrections and interpolations, original wrappers, not published, 1866, 8vo. (310) Walford, £3 5s. [Included with this copy were some letters connected with the play, manuscript directions for the costumes, and stage plans. Catalogue.]

5762 Cornman (F.) Some Old London Houses, Localities and Portraits alluded to by C. Dickens, plates, half morocco gilt, 100 copies printed, 1897, 4to. (311) Caddick, £1 18s. 5763 Dickens (C.) The Village Coquettes, a Comic Opera in two Acts, first edition, 1836—also the facsimile reprint (1878), in I vol., morocco extra, gold tooled sides, back and inside joints, g. e., enclosed in a transparent case, by Zaehnsdorf, 1836-1878, 8vo. (316) Walford, £2 4s.

5764 Dickens (C.) Sunday under Three Heads: as it is; as Sabbath Bills (sic) would make it; as it might be made, by Timothy Sparks, illustrations, original wrappers, 1836, 8vo. (318) Hornstein, £5 2s. 6d.

5765 Dickens (C.) Sketches by "Boz," illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People, illustrations by G. Cruikshank, both series, first editions, 3 vol., original cloth, uncut, 1836-7, 8vo. (319) Maggs, £21 5766 Dickens (C.) Sketches by "Boz," illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People, illustrations by G. Cruikshank, first octavo edition, original cloth, uncut, 1839, 8vo. (321) Hornstein, £2 195. 5767 Dickens (C.) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, illustrations by R. Seymour and "Phiz," first edition, original cloth, uncut, 1837, 8vo. (323) Leighton, £2 10S. 5768 Dickens (C.) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, illustrations by Seymour and "Phiz," first edition, complete in the original parts, with the wrappers and advertisements, 1837, 8vo. (290) Sotheran, £8 5769 Dickens (C.) Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi, edited by "Boz,” portrait, and illustrations by G. Cruikshank, first edition, 2 vol., original cloth, uncut, 1838, 8vo. (328) Essex, £3 35. 5770 Dickens (C.) Oliver Twist, or the Parish Boy's Progress, third edition, with an Introduction by the author, plates by G. Cruikshank, 3 vol., original cloth, uncut, 1841, 8vo. (333) Sabin, £15 15s.

[Presentation copy, with inscription on title page of vol. i. "Mr. Serjeant Talfourd. From his friend Charles Dickens. Twenty Fourth December, 1841."-Catalogue.] 5771 Dickens (C.) The Adventures of Oliver Twist, or the Parish Boy's Progress, plates by G. Cruikshank, original cloth, uncut, 1846, 8vo. (334) Leighton, £2 6s. 5772 Dickens (C.) The Pic-Nic Papers, by Various Hands, edited by Charles Dickens, illustrations by G. Cruikshank, “Phiz,” etc., 3 vol., first edition, original cloth, uncut, 1841, 8vo. (338) Maggs, £3 5773 Dickens (C.) A Christmas Carol, in Prose, 1843-The Chimes, a Goblin Story, 1845-The Cricket on the Hearth, 1846-The Battle of Life, a Love Story, 1846-The Haunted Man, 1848, illustrations by Leech, Tenniel, Stanfield, etc., first editions, original cloth, g. e., together 5 vol., 12mo. (340) Hornstein, £2 175. 5774 Dickens (C.) Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, illustrations by "Phiz," first edition, original cloth, uncut, 1844, 8vo. (343) Hornstein, £3 IS. 5775 Dickens (C.) Dombey and Son, illustrations by H. K. Browne, first edition, original cloth, uncut, 1848, 8vo. (346) Maggs, £1 IOS. 5776 Dickens (C.) The Personal History of David Copperfield, illustrations by H. K. Browne, first edition, original cloth, uncut, 1850, 8vo. (347) Maggs, £1 15s. 5777 Dickens (C.) Bleak House, illustrations by H. K. Browne, 1853-Little Dorrit, illustrations by H. K. Browne, 1857, first editions, original cloth, uncut, 8vo. (348) Maggs, £1 10s. 5778 Dickens (C.) Speech delivered at the Meeting of the Administrative Reform Association at Drury Lane Theatre

on Wednesday, June 27th, 1855, corrected proof, with numerous corrections and additions in the author's autograph, morocco, gold tooled sides, back and inside borders, g. e., enclosed in a transparent case, by Zaehnsdorf, 1855, 8vo. (351) Bell, 15 5779 Dickens (C.) A Tale of Two Cities, illustrations by H. K. Browne, first edition, original cloth, uncut, 1859, 8vo. (352) Hornstein, £3 35. 5780 Dickens (C.) The Uncommercial Traveller, original cloth, uncut, from Charles Dickens's library, with his bookplate, 1861, 8vo. (355) Maggs, £1 16s. 5781 Dickens (C.) The Lamplighter, a Farce, revise proof with corrections, and MS. title, 1879-Drooping Buds, from "Household Words," original wrappers, 1860--Between the Cradle and the Grave, idem, 1862, 8vo. (360)

Spencer, £2 4s. 5782 Dickens (C.) Works (original library edition), numerous illustrations, 15 vol., original cloth, n. d., 8vo. (366)

Maggs, £4 10S. 5783 Dickens (C.) Works (édition de luxe), portrait and illustrations on India paper, by Cruikshank, "Phiz," Leech, etc., 30 vol., uncut, 1881-2, imperial 8vo. (369) Roche, £10 17s. 6d. 5784 Dickens (C.) Works (Gadshill edition), with Introduction, General Essay and Notes by Andrew Lang, illustrations, 34 vol., uncut, 1897-9, 8vo. (371) Hill, £5 5785 Holmes (O. W.) Poems, original boards, Boston, 1849-The Guardian Angel, original cloth, ib., 1867 (397)

Maggs, £5 12s. 6d. [Both from Charles Dickens's library, with his bookplate. -Catalogue.]

5786 Holmes (Ö. W.)

The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, original cloth, g. e., Boston, 1859, 8vo. (398) Sabin, £6 10s. [Presentation copy, with inscription on fly-leaf: "Charles Dickens, Esq., with the compliments of O. W. Holmes." From Charles Dickens's library, with his bookplate.Catalogue.]

5787 Hullah (J.) The History of Modern Music, uncut, presentation copy from the author to Charles Dickens, with inscription on the title-page, 1862-Dialogues from Dickens, arranged by W. E. Fette, morocco, g. e., presentation copy from the author to C. D., with inscription, 1870, both from C. D.'s library, with his bookplate, 8vo. (400)

Hornstein, £3 15s. 5788 Kitton (F. G.) Charles Dickens by Pen and Pencil, including Anecdotes and Reminiscences collected from his friends and contemporaries, with Supplement, numerous portraits, illustrations, woodcuts, etc., in portfolio, 1889-90, 8vo. (407) Edwards, £1 9s.

5789 More Hints on Etiquette for the use of Society at Large and Young Gentlemen in Particular, with cuts by G. Cruikshank, original cloth, g. e., Tilt, 1838, 12mo. (419)

Hornstein, £I IIS.

5790 Pailthorpe (F. W.) plates, proofs on 1882, 8vo. (427)

Illustrations to the Pickwick Club, 24 India paper, in wrappers as published, Maggs, £145. 5791 Pailthorpe (F. W.) Illustrations to Oliver Twist, 21 plates coloured by the artist, 1885, 8vo. (428) Maggs, 1 8s. 5792 Pailthorpe (F. W.) Illustrations to Great Expectations, title and 20 plates, coloured by the artist, 1885, 8vo. (429)

5793 Pailthorpe (F. W.) and 20 plates, on folio, 1885 (430) 5794 Pailthorpe (F. W.)

Maggs, £1 6s. Illustrations to Great Expectations, title Japanese paper, one of 50 sets, in portHornstein, £1 18s. Illustrations to Oliver Twist, 21 plates, proofs on India paper, one of 50 sets, in portfolio, 1886 (431) Hornstein, £1 18s. 5795 Sibson (T.) Illustrations to Master Humphrey's Clock, 70 plates, unbound, Tyas, 1842, 8vo. (448) Sotheran, £6 10s. 5796 Smith (A.) and A. B. Reach. The Man in the Moon, numerous illustrations by "Phiz," Kenny Meadows, Hines, etc., 5 vol., original cloth, n. d., 8vo. (450) Roche, £3 55.

[MAY 31ST, 1900.]

CHRISTIE, MANSON & WOODS.

A SERIES OF FIRST EDITIONS OF DICKENS'S WORKS, MOSTLY IN PARTS.

(No. of Lots, 24; amount realised, £320.)

[A full description of each of the following will be found in Slater's "Early Editions," 1894.-ED.]

5797 Dickens. The Village Coquettes, a Comic Opera, in Two Acts, the Music by J. Hullah, first edition, unbound, 1836, 8vo. (289) Booth, £5 5798 Dickens. Sketches by "Boz," illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People, illustrations by G. Cruikshank, in the original parts, with all the wrappers and advertisements, as fresh as when first issued, in half morocco case, with Dickens's crest on the back, by Rivière, 1837-39, 8vo. (290) Sabin, £56

[Contained the original Nickleby Proclamation by "Boz" in part 5, with facsimile of his pseudonym "Boz," which was not issued in the volume when published in cloth.Catalogue.]

5799 Dickens.

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, illustrations by Seymour and "Phiz," including the plates by "Buss," first edition, in the original parts, with all the

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