diagrams, engraving inserted as frontispiece, T. Orwin for Thomas Man and Toby Cooke, 1589, in 1 vol., morocco extra, full gilt floreate back, line sides, g. e., by W. Pratt, cut of a besieged fortification, and 2 engraved titles from old English works on fortification, in covers, small 4to. (84) Edwards, £6 15s.

5905 Bernardus (Abbas). Incipit Speculum bti Bernhardi abbatis de honestate Vite (8 leaves)-Incipiunt Aurea Verba Sancti Ægidii Ordinis fratrum minorum (24 leaves), lit. semi-gotb., long lines, 26 to a full page, without marks [Hain, 2901 and 105], rubricated, calf, g. e., engravings pasted in covers, absque ulla nota [Mogunt., P. Schoeffer] (86)

Tinkler, £6 6s. [Both these pieces are printed with the same types and in the same form, and are separated in Hain and others. Schoeffer's Shields in red are pasted on the last leaf of Ægidius. Catalogue.]

5906 Biblia Pauperum, et Cantica Canticorum, Ancient Block Books reproduced in facsimile, with historical and bibliographical introductions, by J. Ph. Berjeau, 56 facsimiles, taken on one side only, in I vol., calf extra, with antique stamped blind ornaments, g. e., by W. Pratt, facsimile of a coloured leaf of a 1470 German Block-Book, facsimile of the unique woodcut of S. Bernhardinus, 1454, by N. Hill (25 impressions taken), and 2 modern woodcuts pasted in covers, J. R. Smith und Trübner, 1859-60, small folio (88) Ridler, £3 18s. 5907 Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica, a Descriptive Catalogue of a Rare and Rich Collection of Early English Poetry, by A. J. Griffiths, LARGE PAPER, 50 copies, coloured frontispiece, interleaved throughout, and containing many MS. Additions and Annotations, by J. B. Inglis, bound in 2 vol., russia gilt, uncut, heads and printed matter pasted in covers, 1815, imp. 8vo. (89) Bell, £7 10s. 5908 Bidpay. Directorium Humane Vite alias Parabole Antiquorum Sapientum (traductum ex lingua Hebræa in Latinam per Joannem de Capua), lit. goth., long lines, with signatures (Hain, 4411), rubricated, 119 woodcuts (some repeated), woodcut pasted on title, calf, with blind stamped ornaments, sine ulla nota [Argent., J. Pruss, circa 1484-5], small folio (90) Pickering, £19 10S.

[The first edition of this interesting book, remarkable for its woodcuts. Roman numerals at the head of the pages in MS. William Morris's copy sold for £18 10s. See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xi., No. 4592; vol. xiii., No. 1511.]

5909 Boccaccio (Giov.) De Casibus Virorum Illustrium, et de Præclaris Mulieribus, both works printed in the same bold semi-gothic letter, long lines, 35 lines to a full page, without marks (Hain, 3338 and 3327), modern morocco, gilt ornamental back, sides tooled, doublé, g. on m. e., by J.

Faulkner, woodcuts pasted in covers, absque ulla nota [Argent., G. Hüssner, circa 1473?], small folio (93)

Sotheran, £10

[The "De Casibus Virorum" in this volume is the first edition, and consists of 155 leaves. The "De Præclaris Mulieribus" is perhaps the first edition, and contains 83 leaves. Catalogue.]

5910 Boccaccio (Giov.) Le Cameron (sic) autrement dit les Cent Nouvelles, composées en langue Latine par Jehan Bocace et mises en Francoys par Laurens de Premier Faict, lettres bâtardes, title in red and black, ornamental woodcut initials (title mended, some leaves wormed), morocco, line tooled back, frame sides, g. e., engravings pasted in cover, Imprime nouvellement a Paris lan mil v.c. xxxiiii. (1534) le xxviii. jour daoust, s. nom d'imprimeur, small 8vo. (94) Leighton, £5 5911 Boccaccio (Giov.) The Decameron, containing a Hundred Pleasant Novels, the last five days, fine woodcut title in oval compartments, and cuts in the text, Printed by Isaac Jaggard, 1620-The Modell of Wit, Mirth, Eloquence and Conversation, framed in ten dayes now translated into English, woodcut title (backed, and outside margins mended), and oval woodcuts in the text, portrait of Boccaccio inserted, I. Jaggard for M. Lowndes, 1625, 2 vol., morocco gilt, line tooled and blind stamped ornaments, engravings pasted in covers, 1620-25, small folio (95) Bell, £18 10s. [The first English translation of the Decameron, complete in the two volumes. Both in good state, apart from the title of the 1625 volume. Very rarely found together.— Catalogue.]

5912 Boemus Aubanus (Joannes). The Manners, Lawes and Customes of all Nations, collected out of the best Writers, with many other things of the same Argument, the like out of the History of America or Brasill, by John Lerins, etc., now newly translated from the Latin by Ed. Aston, woodcut initials, half russia gilt, G. Eld, 1611, small 4to. (96)

Pickering, £4 5913 Boethius (A. M. S.) Duo Libri de Arithmetica, lit. goth., double columns, with signatures, ornamental initials and diagrams (stained), boards, Augustae per E. Ratdolt nuper Venetiis, 1488, Maii xx., small 4to. (97) Ellis, £6 5s. 5914 Boissard (J. J.) Emblematum Liber. Ipsa Emblemata ab Auctore delineata, a Theodoro de Bry, sculpta, et nunc recens in lucem edita, engraved title, portrait of Boissard, and 51 copperplates of emblems, original impressions, half morocco, m. e., Francof. a. M., 1593, small 4to. (98) Tregaskis, £18s. 5915 Bonaventura (Card. Jo.) Libellus qui appellatur Regimine Conscientiae, vel parvum bonum, editus a fratre bonaventure Cardinale (19 leaves)--Epistola Sancti Methodii Epi Parasensis de regnis gentium et novissimis temporibus certa demonstratio Cristiana (17 leaves)--Tractatus de

Preparacõe ad Missum dñi seraphici Johannis bonaventure (11 leaves), facsimile leaf of ancient block-book inserted, the three pieces printed in the same bold semi gothic letter, long lines, 26-27 to a full page, without marks, fine copies, in I vol., morocco extra, inside dentelles, g. e., by W. Pratt, 2 engravings pasted in covers, absque ulla nota [Colon., Ulricus Zel?], small 4to. (101) Ridler, £7 5916 Bonaventura (S.) Tractatus de Modo se preparandi ad celebrandum Missam, lit. goth. (10 leaves), long lines, signatures a and b, large ornamental woodcut initial at beginning of end, rubricated, calf extra, line tooled, inside dentelles, g. e., by W. Pratt, old engraving pasted in cover, absque ulla nota, small 4to. (102) Quaritch, £3 15s. 5917 Bonaventura (S.) Biblia Pauperum a domino Bonaventura edita omnibus Xpristi fidelibus perutilis, lit. gotb.. long lines, 30 to a full page, signatures a-i 4 in 6's (52 leaves), text numbered in roman figures i.-xlviii. at the foot of the page, rubricated, cut on title, 2 facsimile leaves of an ancient block-book inserted, bright calf extra, g. e., by W. Pratt, 2 engravings pasted in covers, fine copy, absque ulla nota [Antw., M. Goes], small 4to. (103) Philip, £5.5s. 5918 Bonaventura (S.) In Soliloquium seu anime et hominis interioris dyalogus, lit. goth., long lines, 33 to a full page (46 leaves), signatures -f 6 in 8's (aj a blank? wanted), (not in Hain), rubricated, old Dutch cut with date 1500, and others in covers, absque ulla nota [Antw., G. Leeuw], small 4to. (104) Leighton, £6 5919 Bonaventura (S.) Stimulus divini Amoris devotissimus, post eiusdem varias impressiones incorrectus ultimate emendatus per Magistrum Jo. Quentin Canonicum Parisiensem, lit. goth., long lines, with signatures, some capitals painted in red (Hain, 3479), morocco antique, stamped blind ornaments, g. e., by W. Pratt, cuts pasted in cover, Parisius impressus Impensisq. Georgii Mittelhus, A.D. 1490, Mensis Oct. xxiii., 12m0. (105) Quaritch, £5

5920 Brandt (Sebastian). Stultifera Navis, Narragoniae perfectionis nunquam satis laudata Navis

per Jacobum

Locher in latinum traducta et per S. Brant denuo revisa et emendata, numerous woodcuts, partly coloured in yellow, rubricated, several leaves waterstained, top margins of last 3 leaves mended, morocco, gilt ornamental frame sides, g. e., by J. Faulkner, Basil, Jo. Bergman de Olpe, 1497, Kl. Augusti, small 4to. (110) Ridler, £10 5921 Brandt (Sebastian). Expositiones sive declarationes omnium titulorum juris tam Civilis quam Canonici, woodcut device on title, contemporary leather binding with blind stamped ornaments, with flap, metal rim and hook catches, an uncommon specimen, woodcut heads pasted in covers, Basil., Gregorius Bartholomeus de nova Angermundis, 1514, 8vo. (111) Tregaskis, £3 105. 5922 Brathwait (Richard). A Solemn Joviall Disputation, Theoreticke and Practicke, briefly Shadowing the Law of

Drinking, together with the Solemnities and Controversies occurring, etc., Enozpsthopolis at the Signe of Red Eyes, 1617-The Smoaking Age, or the Man in the Mist, with the life and death of Tobacco, etc., ib., at the Signe of the Teare-Nose, 1617, 2 engraved frontispieces by William Marshall, in 1 vol., calf extra, g. e., by W. Pratt, woodcuts pasted in covers, fine copy, 12mo. (113) Stevens, £41

[Original edition, and one of the rarest books by Brathwait. The frontispieces are considered some of the earliest engravings of Marshall.-Catalogue.]

5923 [Breton (Nicholas).] Wits Private Wealth, Stored with Choise of Commodities to Content the Minde (third edition), "fiat nova Editio juxta hoc Exemplar, Sa. Baker, April 10, 1639" (see imprimatur on back of title), dedication to the Right Worshipfull John Crooke, signed "N. Britton," calf gilt, r. e., by W. Pratt, cuts pasted in cover, B, Alsop and T. Fawcett for G. Hurlock, 1639, small 4to. (115)

Pickering, £18 5s. 5924 Breydenbach (Bernard de). Sanctarum Peregrinationem in Montem Syon ad Venerandum Christi Sepulchrum in Jerusalem, atque in Montem Synai ad divam Virginem et martirem Katherinam opusculum, editio prima latina, lit. goth., long lines, without marks, large full-page woodcut of the armorial bearings of Philippus de Birken, Miles, on reverse of first leaf, the recto being blank, 7 large folding woodcut views and cuts in the text, half morocco, Impressum in Civitate Moguntina, per Erhardum Reüwich, anno Salutis, 1486, xi. Feb., small folio (116) Bain, £53

[A perfect copy of this first Latin edition, with all the original plates intact (except some folds repaired and margins guarded), with rough fore edges. Sold with all faults, as copies differ in collation.-Catalogue.]

5925 Breydenbach (Bernard de). Der Fart uber mer zu de heiligen Grab unsers herren Jhesu Christi gen Jerusalem, etc., first edition in German, lit. goth., full-page woodcuts, with Birken arms on reverse of first leaf, 7 original folding woodcut views of cities and cuts in the text, all coloured by hand, and some folds mended, contemporary German binding, oaken boards, leather, stamped compartments of Biblical subjects and Arabesque ornaments (rebacked), numerous painted devices in the first cover, sold, as usual, with all faults, Meyntz, durch Erhart Reüwich getrucket, 1486, folio (117) Tregaskis, £19 5926 Breydenbach (Bernard de). Le Saint Voiage et Pelerinage de la Cite Saincte de Hierusalem (translate de latin en francois, par Frere Jehan de Hersin), lit. goth. (lettres bâtardes), title as above with the full-page cut on reverse, and the 7 original large folding woodcut views (mended in the folds), and cuts in the text (wormed, sold with all faults), morocco extra, by W. Pratt, LARGE COPY (Lyon), imprimes le xviii. jour de frevier (sic), l'an 1489, small folio (118) Leighton, £26 5927 Brigitta (Sancta). Opusculum Vite et Passionis Cristi, eiusq.

genitricis Marie ex revelationibus beate Birgitte cōpilatum cum cōpendiosa legenda eiusdem, lit. goth. parva, long lines (21 to a full page), signatures a k 3 in 8's, woodcut on h j, old MS. notes in margins (32 leaves of a contemporary MS. index bound at end, morocco extra, full gilt floreate back, line sides with corner fleurons, inside dentelles, g. e., cut pasted in cover, Impressus Antwerpiae per me Gerardum Leeu anno 1489, 3 die mensis Marcii, 16mo. (119) Tregaskis, £8 5928 Brunet (J. Ch.) Manuel du Libraire et de l'Amateur de Livres, cinquième édition entièrement réfondue, etc., interleaved throughout with many valuable M.S. Annotations and Additions of Books unknown to Brunet, etc., and numerous engravings of printers' devices, titles, colophons, etc. inserted by J. B. Inglis, bound in 12 vol., russia extra, g. e., by W. Pratt, Paris, 1860-65, imperial 8vo. (124)

Kirsteller, £12 155. 5929 Büch der Kunst. "Hye nach volget ein büch der Kunnst, dardurch weltlich mensch mag geistlich werde und der schlecht unverstendig mensch durch geleichnusz zu klarer, etc., gepracht durch einem hochgelertem doctor und lerer mit hochstem Fleysz von latein zü teutsch," lit. gotb., long lines, without marks (Hain, 4037), 102 woodcuts and woodcut initials (wanted the first leaf, margins of three leaves mended, 16 leaves in facsimile, sold with all faults), morocco extra, g. e., by W. Pratt, old woodcuts pasted in covers, "Das loblich und nutzlich büchlin hat getruckt und volenndet Johanes Bämler zü Augspurg in dem_lxxviii. jar" (1478), small 4to. (126) Leighton, £30 10s. 5930 Bunbury (H.) An Academy for Grown Horsemen and the Annals of Horsemanship, 29 coloured plates by H. Bunbury, half calf, Vernon and Hood, 1809, 8vo. (129) Hornstein, £4 5931 Bunyan (John). Dirt Wipt Off, or a manifest discovery of the Gross Ignorance, Erroneousness and most unchristian and wicked spirit of one John Bunyan, lay-preacher in Bedford, which he hath shewed in a vile pamphlet publisht by him against "The Design of Christianity" (by E. Fowler, Bp. of Gloucester), original edition, unbound, For R. Royston, 1672, small 4to. (130) Sabin, £4 18s.

5932 Burton (Richard). The Anatomy of Melancholy, what it is, with all the Kindes, Causes, Symptomes, Prognostickes, and severall Cures of it, etc., philosophically, medicinally, historically opened and cut by Democritus junior, with a Satyricall Preface, etc., first edition, some top and bottom margins slightly stained, otherwise a good copy in the original rough calf, r. e., at Oxford, printed by John Lichfield and James Short for Henry Cripps, 1621, small 4to. (131) Dobell, £31 10S. 5933 Butler (Rev. Alban). Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and other Principal Saints, second edition, portrait, extra illustrated with 958 old engravings and woodcuts, consisting of portraits, tortures, martyrdoms, miracles, costumes of various