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Readers" (3 leaves), portrait with verses beneath, cut down and mounted, margins of the other preliminaries cut close, wanted Rj, pages 1-32 of the Spurious Plays after "Locrine" transposed, and 2 leaves in Lord Cromwell defective, otherwise a very good copy (sold not subject to return), calf, Printed for P. C., 1664, folio (1211) Tregaskis, £20 10s. 6934 Shakespeare (William). Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, third edition, with seven Playes never printed before in folio-Another copy (wanted portrait, title, dedication and the second leaf of "On Worthy Mr. Shakespeare," one leaf of the Tempest, and end after page 54 of the spurious plays, margins of preliminary leaves and of last leaf mended, otherwise a good copy, sold not subject to return), half bound (cover broken) [Printed for P. C., 1664], folio (1212) Tregaskis, £20

6935 Shakespeare (William). Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, published according to the true Original Copies, unto which is added Seven Plays never before printed in folio, the fourth edition, portrait by Droeshout, with the verses, original calf (rebacked), 1685, folio (1246) Pickering, £48 10s. 6936 Shakespeare (William). Loves Labours Lost, a Wittie and Pleasant Comedie, as it was acted by his Maiesties Servants at the Blacke-friers and the Globe, written by William Shakespeare, the second edition in quarto, A 4 defective, somewhat stained, otherwise a good copy, unbound, W. S. for John Smethwicke, 1631, 4to. (1205) Pickering, £41 6937 Shakespeare (William). The Late, and much admired Play, called Pericles, Prince of Tyre, With the true Relation of the Whole History, adventures and fortunes of the said Prince, written by W. Shakespeare, the last edition in quarto, unbound, Printed by T. Cotes, 1635, 4to. (1206) Pickering, £21 IOS. 6938 Shakespeare (William). The most excellent and Lamentable Tragedie of Romeo and Juliet, as it hath been sundry times publikely Acted by the Kings Majesties Servants at the Globe, written by W. Shakespeare, newly corrected, augmented and amended, the last edition in quarto (some margins frayed), unbound, R. Young for J. Smethwicke, 1637, 4to. (1207) Jones, £30 6939 Shakespeare (William). The Historie of Henry the Fourth, with the Battell at Shrewsbury, etc., with the humorous conceits of Sir John Falstaffe, newly Corrected by William Shake-speare (wanted E 2), old MS. emendations, unbound, Printed by John Norton and are to be sold by Hugh Perry, 1639, 4to. (1208) Pickering, £20 10s. 6940 Shakespeare (William). The Tragedy of Othello, the Moore of Venice, as it hath beene divers times acted at the Globe and at the Black-friers, by his Majiesties Servants, written by William Shakespeare, the fourth edition, a few headlines shaved, unbound, Printed for William Leah, 1655, 4to.

(1209)

Jones, £25

601-606, containing Sonnets to Lady Carew and all the Ladies, afterwards cancelled, tall copy (water-stained), original calf, For William Ponsonbie, 1590, small 4to. (247) Robson, £50

[Subsequent issues contain four unpaged leaves, with signature Qq in place of the last three leaves of this earliest issue. On the blank page 590 was a sonnet, "A sa mistresse," written in a contemporary hand, and on the title-page, "Mr. john borlace gave mee this booke, 1630."-Catalogue.] 6951 Stevenson (R. L.) The Body Snatcher, original autograph manuscript on 17 folio pages, 1884, folio (1006)

Sabin, £44 10S. [The story appeared in the Christmas number for 1884 of the Pall Mall Gazette.-ED.]

6952 Stevenson (R. L.) The Laureate Stevenson to the Thomson Class (in verse), two leaves, very rare, n. d., 8vo. (981) Denham, £55s. 6953 Stevenson (R. L.) To the Thomson Class Club, "from Their Stammering Laureate” (in verse), two leaves, with initials R. L. S., For Christmas, 1883, at end, 8vo. (982)

Denham, £8 8s. 6954 Stradanus (J.) Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium, Pugnae Bestiariorum et mutae Bestiarum, Carmine illustratae a C. Kiliano, etc., numerous large and highly finished engravings, vellum, n. d., oblong folio (1270) Quaritch, £3 10S. 6955 Surtees (R. S.) Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities, second edition, with 15 coloured illustrations by Henry Alken, half calf, m. e., R. Ackermann, 1843, 8vo. (457) Hornstein, £22 155. 6956 Swift (J.) The Fairy Feast, written by the Author of "A Tale of a Tub," first edition, 1704, folio (548)

£1 6957 Swinburne (A. C.) Auguste Vacquerie, par Swinburne, first edition, original wrapper, uncut, Paris, 1875, 8vo. (1058)

Maggs, £2 25.

[Originally published in the Examiner, but never reprinted in England.-Catalogue.]

6958 Tableaux Historiques de la Révolution Française, 3 vol., with 222 large views by Prieur, etc., engraved portraits, and vignettes by Duplessi-Bertaux, original impressions, russia gilt, g. e., 1802-4, folio (647) Quaritch, £8 10s. 6959 Tennyson (Alfred, Lord). Carmen Sæculare, an Ode in Honour of the Jubilee of Queen Victoria, first edition, privately printed, Macmillan and Co. (1887), 8vo. (1011) B. F. Stevens, £29

[A few copies were given to friends. The remainder (a small bundle) was destroyed when the firm of Macmillan moved from Bedford Street, a few years back.-Catalogue.] 6960 Tennyson (Alfred, Lord). Rifle-Clubs, written in 1859, now for the first time printed, with a facsimile of the original manuscript, one of 17 copies printed at the Marion Press, New York, November, 1899, vellum, uncut, 1899, 4to. (1093) B. F. Stevens, £7 5s.

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6961 Thackeray (W. M.) Works, 24 vol., numerous etchings and woodcuts, half calf gilt, uncut, t. e. g., 1869, 8vo. (1034) Quaritch, £7 155.

6962 Turberville (George). Epitaphs, Epigrams, Songs and Sonets, with a discourse of the Friendly affections of Trymetes to Pyndare his ladie, old half binding enclosed in a case, Imprinted at London by Henry Denham, 1570, 8vo. (992) Ripley, £105

[A Shakespearian volume of extraordinary rarity and interest. The present is the Radcliffe, Farmer and Bibliotheca Anglo Poetica copy. On the fly-leaf Dr. Farmer had written: "This is the only copy I have yet seen, 1776. Mr. Capel has given one (imperfect?) to Trinity Library amongst his Shakespeariana." At page 143 is “An Epitaph on the death of Maister Arthur Brooke, drownde in passing to New Haven." Brooke was the first translator (from the Italian) of Romeo and Juliet, and Turberville thus refers to his translation :

"In proufe that he for Myter did excell,

As may be judged by Juliet and hir mate ;
For there he shewyde his cunning passing well,

When he the tale to English did translate." So rare is this volume that the British Museum Catalogue (1884) does not record a copy of any edition, perfect or imperfect. One leaf of the table in this copy is in old facsimile. In 1869 the late Mr. Huth acquired a perfect copy at the price of £157 10S. A note concerning this volume in the autograph of George Steevens inserted.Catalogue. Part of the last leaf was also in facsimile.-ED.] 6963 Twici (William). The Art of Hunting, by William Twici, Huntsman to King Edward the Second (MSS. Phillipps, No. 8336), with Preface, Translation, Notes and Illustrations by [Sir] H. Dryden, Daventry, Middle Hill Press, 1840, 4to. (703) Tinkler, £4 10s.

[No copy of this very rare volume has appeared in any of the sales of the Phillipps library. (See Slater's “Illustrated Sporting Books," 1899, page 12.-ED.)]

6964 United States Exploring Expedition [1838-1842]. Atlas to John Cassin's Mammalogy and Ornithology, 53 accurately coloured plates, half bound, Philadelphia, 1858, folio (18) Maggs, £1 175.

6965 Vergile (Polidore). An Abridgemente of the Notable Worke, edited by T. Langley, black letter, printer's device at end, calf, J. Tisdale, n. d., 8vo. (378) Pearson, £3 10s. 6966 Vetusta Monumenta, quae ad Rerum Britannicarum Memoriam Conservandam Societas Antiquariorum Londini, vol. i. to v. and vol. vi., containing the coloured set of 17 plates illustrating the Bayeux Tapestry, together 6 vol., numerous plates, half morocco gilt, t. e. g., 1747, etc., folio (670) Maggs, £6 5s. 6967 Vigny (Alfred de). The Original Manuscript (quite perfect), entirely Autograph of his famous Play (founded on “The Merchant of Venice "), entitled Shylock, half bound (1248)

Pearson, £75

[An important manuscript covering 96 pages, and crammed with corrections and amplifications. An account of this eminent critic and playwright (who published a French translation of "The Merchant of Venice" in 1841) will be found in Mr. Sidney Lee's "Life of Shakespeare" (Illustrated Library edition) and Jusserand's "Shakespeare en France." -Catalogue.]

6968 Vigny (Alfred de). Le More de Venise, Othello tragédie, traduite de Shakespeare en Vers Français, first edition, half morocco, uncut, 1830, 8vo. (1057) Ripley, £6 6s. [The first translation into French. Presentation copy, with inscription in the author's autograph to Madame de la Grange. Catalogue.] 6969 Voltaire. La Pucelle d'Orléans, Poëme en vingt-un Chants, 2 vol., the plates after Lebarbier, Marillier, Monnet, etc., proofs before letters, engraved by Baquoy, Choffard and others, morocco extra, g. e., by Belz-Niédrée, Paris (1795), 4to. (516) Pearson, £7 6970 Wordsworth (W.) Lyrical Ballads, with a few other Poems, first edition, fine copy, calf extra, g.e., by Rivière, 1798, 8vo. (432) Lushington, L4 [Contains the first edition of Coleridge's "Ancient Mariner."-Catalogue.]

[JULY 24TH, 1900.]

CHRISTIE, MANSON & WOODS.

THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE SIR FREDERICK BATHURST AND OTHER PROPERTIES.

(No. of Lots, 263; amount realised, about £1,200.)

6971 Allen (T.) History of Lambeth, plates, 2 vol., LARGE PAPER illustrated with 186 additional portraits and plates, half calf, 1826, 4to. (227) Vokins, £5 15s. 6972 Bacon (Lord). Works, edited by Basil Montagu, 17 vol., cloth, uncut, 1825, 8vo. (210) Rimell, £4 6973 Beaumont and Fletcher. Comedies and Tragedies, 1647The Wild-Goose Chase, a Comedie, 1652, portrait of Fletcher by Marshall, first collected edition, half calf, folio (114) Pearson, £20 6974 Beitz (G. F.) Memorials of the Order of the Garter, with Biographical Notices of the Knights in the Reigns of Edward III. and Richard II., and the Chronological Succession of the Members, inlaid in 9 vol., imperial folio, and extensively illustrated with Armorial Ensigns, Monumental Effigies, 487 portraits of the Knights and 12 drawings, half morocco, uncut, folio (246)

Rimell, £60

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