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trations of Mythology and Art in India in the First and Fourth Centuries after Christ, second edition, revised, 100 plates, half morocco, t. e. g., 1873, 4to. (224)

Sotheran, £6 6s. 6847 Fitzgerald (Edward). Agamemnon, a Tragedy taken from Æschylus, with corrections in the author's autograph, only a small number privately printed, blue wrapper, uncut, no printer's name or date, 8vo. (1008) B. F. Stevens, £18 6848 Fitzgerald (Edward). Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam, the Astronomer Poet of Persia, translated into English Verse, first edition, MS. correction of a letter on page 4 by the translator, original wrapper, uncut, B. Quaritch, 1859, small 4to. (1009) B. F. Stevens, £35 6849 Flaubert (Gustave). Madame Bovary-Moeurs de Province, first edition, 2 vol., with the original wrappers bound in cloth, uncut, with (signed) autograph inscription from the author, Paris, 1857, 8vo. (946) Sabin, £2 6850 Froissart (Sir J.) Chronicles of England, France, Spain, etc., translated by T. Johnes, bound in 3 vol., with Humphreys' facsimile illustrations, in gold and colours, added, vellum gilt, gilt gaufré edges (wanted printed title to vol. i., other printed titles had been altered), with all faults, W. Smith, 1842, 8vo. (571) Maggs, £5 17s. 6d. 6851 Gainsborough (Thomas R. A.) Engravings from his Works, 125 portraits and fancy subjects, by J. Scott, G. H. Every, G. Sanders, etc., India proofs, half morocco, H. Graves, n. d., folio (7) Parsons, £8 17s. 6d. 6852 Gay (John). The Captives, a Tragedy, first edition, calf extra, gilt leaves, by Rivière, 1724, 8vo. (160)

Hunter, 14s. 6d. 6853 Gillray. The Works of James Gillray, the Caricaturist, edited by T. Wright, numerous illustrations, further illustrated by the insertion of 53 large coloured caricature portraits and illustrations by Gillray, morocco super extra, t. e. g., by Kauffman, Chatto, n. d., 4to. (599) Edwards, £29s.

6854 Goldsmith (O.) The Vicar of Wakefield, first edition, 2 vol., original calf (one cover broken), Salisbury, B. Collins for J. Newbery, 1766, 8vo. (1179)

Sabin, £77 6855 Goldsmith (O.) The Beauties of English Poesy, selected by Oliver Goldsmith, 2 vol., first edition, old calf, 1767, 8vo. (91) Shepherd, 16s.

[With preface by Goldsmith, and introductory criticisms to each piece. The compiler himself says that of all his compilations his selection of English Poesy "showed most the art of progression."-Catalogue.]

6856 Goldsmith (O.) The Citizen of the World, or Letters from a Chinese Philosopher residing in London to his friends in the East, first edition, 2 vol., morocco extra, g. e., 1762, 8vo. (161) Hunter, £3 10S. 6857 Goldsmith (O.) Life of Richard Nash, of Bath, Esq., fine portrait, first edition, fine uncut copy, morocco extra, t. e. g., by Rivière, 1762, 8vo. (162)

Pearson, £8

6858 Goldsmith (O.) History of England in a Series of Letters from a Nobleman to his Son, first edition, 2 vol., fine copy, contemporary morocco extra, gilt leaves, with the arms on sides of the Earl of Harrington, 1764, 8vo. (163)

Hunter, £1 18s. 6859 Goldsmith (O.) She Stoops to Conquer, or The Mistakes of a Night, a Comedy, as it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden, first edition, with the very rare half title, morocco, g. e., 1773, 8vo. (164) Pearson, £12 12s. 6860 Goldsmith (O.)_An Enquiry into the Present State of Polite Learning in Europe, first edition, fine copy, original calf, 1759, 8vo. (165) Pearson, £3 6861 Goldsmith (O.) The Good Natur'd Man, a Comedy as performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden, first edition, calf extra, g. e., 1768, 8vo. (166) Hunter, 16s. 6862 Gould (John). A Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains, with the Text, 80 large coloured plates, half russia, 1831, folio (236) Sotheran, £5 125. 6863 Gould (John). Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or Family of Toucans, large coloured plates, with Descriptive Text, half morrcco, 1834, folio (237) Maggs, £3 18s. 6864 Grammont, Memoirs of, by Count A. Hamilton, with Notes and Illustrations, fine impressions of the 76 portraits, morocco extra, t. e. g., uncut, Harding, n. d., 4to. (517)

Robson, £4 6865 Gribelin (S.) Six Pictures of Paolo Veronese, J. Tintoretto, old Palma, Julio Romano and A. Schivone, engraved from the Originals at Windsor and Kensington, old morocco, entirely covered with gold tooling, g. e., from the library of Mrs. Mary Nicol, 1712, folio (546) Pearson, £9

[This copy sold in the Beckford Sale, 1882, for £13 10s. -Catalogue.]

6866 H. B. (J. Doyle). Political Sketches, etc., a Series of Political Portraits, forming an Illustrated Record of the most important and interesting Events which have taken place in this country from the year 1829 to March 19, 1851, a perfect set in 9 vol., 917 plates, half morocco, g. e.-Descriptive Key to plates 1 to 600, 8vo., 1841, folio (665) E. G. Allen, £6 5s. 6867 Henri II. Institutionum Civilium ab Justiniano Caesare Editarum Libri IIII., ad illustriss. principem Navarae reginam per Eguinarium Baronem Juriscons, ruled in red, original calf, Pictavis (Poitiers) ex officina Eng. Marnesii, 1555, 4to. (532) Pearson, £19

[This example of the library of Henri II. formed part of the library of Baron Double, who describes it in his "Cabinet d'un Curieux."-ED.]

6868 Heures à lusage de Rome, printed on vellum, with many fullpage woodcuts and elaborate woodcut borders to every page, old half calf, Imprimées a Paris le cinquiesme jour d Apvril Pan mil cinq cens et trois (1503), par Jehan Pychore et Remy de Laistre, royal 8vo. (486) Leighton, £11 [One of the rarest and most interesting of the early

French Books of Hours. Three leaves missing and two mended. Sold not subject to return.-Catalogue.] 6869 Hogarth (William.) The Whole Works, as originally published, portrait and 110 plates, including "Before" and "After" (with the 8vo. vol. of anecdotes and descriptions of the plates), half bound, Stockdale, 1806 (Text, 1803), folio (1215) Andrews, £3 35. 6870 Horæ Beatæ Marie Virginis (with many of the Prayers in French, and also French quatrains below each page of the calendar), printed on vellum, with many full-page wood engravings and elaborate pictorial borders to each page (Paris, with Almanack for 21 years, dating from 1488 to 1508), small 8vo. (487) Leighton, £5 IOS.

[A very scarce 15th century edition, which appears to be unknown to Brunet. It collates A-F in eights, G in sixes, H-L in eights, M four leaves. Possibly two leaves wanted in signature G, therefore sold not subject to return.Catalogue.]

6871 Horae in Laudem Beatissimae Virginis Mariae ad usum Romanum, old French morocco, the sides and back entirely covered with the device of the Tourteron family, whose arms are also painted on a leaf facing the title, Parisiis, 1549, 4to. (1075) Quaritch, £65

[A contemporary binding, probably by Eve. The portrait of Francis I. kneeling before the Virgin was on the reverse of F 7. Only two copies of the edition were known to Bernard. (See his "Life of Geoffroy Tory," page 306).— Catalogue.] 6872 Hunt (Leigh). Autobiography, with Reminiscences of Friends and Contemporaries, 3 vol., 1850, 8vo. (987)

Sabin, £6 175. 6d. [Unique, being the author's own proof copy (without the portraits), with alterations or corrections on almost every page in his handwriting.--Catalogue.]

6873 Ibis (The). A Magazine of General Ornithology, edited by P. L. Sclater, A. Newton and others, First Series, 6 vol., 1859-64-Second Series, 6 vol., 1865-70—Third Series, 6 vol., 1871-76—Fourth Series, 6 vol., 1877-82-Fifth Series, 6 vol., 1883-88-Sixth Series, 1889-94-Seventh Series, vol. i. to v., 1895-99-General Indexes (First to the Sixth Series), in 2 vol., 1859-94, numerous coloured plates, the first four series and General Index to the first to third series bound in morocco, t. e. g., the remainder (with the exception of the last 2 vol.) in cloth, as issued, together 41 vol. and 8 parts, 1859-99, 8vo. (1014) J. Bumpus, £63 10s. 6874 Inquisitiones post Mortem, Index to the, from the reign of Henry VII. to Charles I., cura Dni. Thomæ Phillipps, Bti., 8 vol., Medio-Montanis (Middle Hill Press), 8vo. (706)

Dickson, £2 6875 Jesse (J. H.) London, its Celebrated Characters and Remarkable Places, 3 vol., first edition, extended to 6 vol. by the insertion of about 253 scarce portraits and views, most

inlaid, calf extra, g. e., by Tout (specially printed titles inserted in each vol.), 1871, 8vo. (579) Maggs, £10 15s. 6876 Jesse (J. H.) Memoirs of the Court of England during the Reign of the Stuarts, 4 vol., plates (spotted), calf gilt, 1840, 8vo. (825) J. Bumpus, £2 55. 6877 Johnson (Dr.) An Account of the Life of Richard Savage, Son of the Earl Rivers, first edition, calf extra, g. e., by Rivière, 1744, 8vo. (168)

Sharp, £2 [The only complete edition, as nearly a third of the biography was suppressed in all subsequent ones.—Catalogue.] 6878 Johnson (Dr.) Political Tracts, containing the False Alarm, Falkland Islands, The Patriot, and Taxation no Tyranny, first edition, calf extra, t. e. g., uncut, by Rivière, 1776, 8vo. (169) Stokes, £115. 6879 Johnson (Dr.) An Account of the Life of John Philip Barretier, who was Master of Five Languages at the age of nine years, compiled from his Father's Letters, etc., first edition, uncut, 1744, 8vo. (170) Pearson, £14s. 6880 Johnson (Dr.) The False Alarm, first edition, uncut, 1770, 8vo. (171) Pearson, £2 6881 Johnson (Dr.) Thoughts on the late Transactions respecting Falkland Islands, first edition, uncut, 1771, 8vo. (172)

6882 Johnson (Dr.) Irene, a Tragedy, as it is Royal in Drury Lane, first edition, calf,

Ashworth, £3 35. acted at the Theatre 1749, 8vo. (173) Sharp, £1 Is.

6883 Johnson (Dr.) Taxation no Tyranny, an Answer to the Resolutions and Address of the American Congress, first edition, uncut, 1775, 8vo. (167) Ashworth, £3 6884 Johnson (Dr.) The Vanity of Human Wishes, the Tenth Satire of Juvenal imitated by Samuel Johnson, first edition, original blue wrapper, uncut, perhaps unique in this condition, 1749, 4to. (1074) Denham, £16 5s.

Quaritch, £13

6885 Johnson (Dr.) Dictionary, first edition, 2 vol., original binding, uncut, 1755, folio (1255) 6886 Johnson (Dr.) Life of, by James Boswell, edited by J. Wilson Croker, with about 400 portraits and views inserted, 5 vol., levant morocco super extra, uncut, t. e. g., 1831, 8vo. (927) Sotheran, £13 5s.

6887 Jonson, Fletcher and Middleton. The Widdow, a Comedie, as it was acted at the Private House in Black-fryers by his late Majesties Servants, written by Ben. Jonson, John Fletcher, Tho. Middleton, Gent., printed by the original copy, first edition (published by A. Gough), unbound, H. Moseley, 1652, 4to. (1204) Pickering, £5 5s.

6888 Keats (John). Poems, first edition, fine copy, morocco extra, g.e., 1817, 8vo. (174) Dobell, £9 7s. 6d. 6889 Killigrew (Thomas). Comedies and Tragedies, written by Thomas Killigrew, the Page of Honour to King Charles the First and Groom of the Bed-Chamber to King Charles the Second, with brilliant impression of the portrait of Thomas

Killigrew with his Dog, by William Faithorne, after a painting by W. Sheppard, first edition, morocco extra, g. e., by Bedford, 1664, folio (256) Farmer, £9 15s. 6890 Kipling (Rudyard). Departmental Ditties and other Verses, the very rare first edition, Printed at the Civil and Military Gazette Press, Lahore, in the original wrapper, with the front flap (complete), (No. 1 of 1886), 8vo. (421)

Denham, £4 6891 Kipling (Rudyard). Schoolboy Lyrics (printed for private circulation only), no wrapper, Lahore, printed at the Civil and Military Gazette Press, 1881, 8vo. (422) Denham, £8 6892 Kipling (Rudyard). Writings in Prose and Verse, "Edition de Luxe," etched portrait, complete in 19 vol. (but without the Departmental Ditties published by Thacker and Co. in 1898), cloth gilt, uncut, Macmillan, 1897-1900, 8vo. (1037) Todd, £13 5s. 6893 Kipling (Rudyard). The Week's News, published at Allahabad, a complete set from No. 1, January 7, to No. 36, September 15, 1888, with the exception of Nos. 6, 18, 22 and 28, each number with a complete story by Rudyard Kipling, including some which have never been reprinted, in all 32 numbers, as issued, in fine condition, Allahabad, 1888, folio (1242) B. F. Stevens, £6 15s. 6894 La Fontaine (J. de). Contes et Nouvelles en Vers (édition exécutée aux frais des Fermiers Généraux, avec une Notice par Diderot), 2 vol., portraits of Lafontaine and Eisen, by Fiquet, of the 55 vignettes by Choffard, and the 80 plates by Eisen, French morocco extra, g. e., Amst. (Paris, Barbou), 1762, 8vo. (136) Pearson, £26

[This copy, in addition to the 80 plates by Eisen, contained 19 suppressed or extra plates, also by Eisen. The portrait of Choffard was in the earliest state, "avant les tailles." The extra or suppressed plates are as follows: Vol. i. Le Cocu Batu et Content, before the engraver's name-Le Savetier, La Servante Justifiée, La Gageuse des Trois Commenes, with the artists' and engravers' namesLe Calendrier des Veillards-A Femme Avare, with the artists' and engravers' names-On ne s'avise jamais de tout -La Coupe Enchantée, Le Faucon (avant le braclet), Le Petit Chien, engraved by Prevost-La Clochette, Soeur Jeanne. Vol. ii.: Les Oies de Frère Philippe, L'Oraison de Saint Julien, Les Rémois-Le Cas de Conscience, découverte, Le Tableau, Le Contrat, Le Rossignol, before the engraver's name.-Catalogue.]

6895 Lamb (C.) John Woodvil, a Tragedy, to which are added Fragments of Burton, first edition, original boards, uncut, 1802, 8vo. (175) Pickering, £7 6896 Lapidario del Rey D. Alfonso X., Codice Original, facsimile of the best Spanish manuscript of the XIIIth century, with all the curious coloured engravings, from the original drawings; at the beginning of the volume is an account of the Royal Academy of History, Madrid, which states that

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