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Pratt, London, for Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623, folio (639) Quaritch, £31

[This copy of the first folio measured 12 in. by 7 in., and had the leaf of verses, title, and seven following leaves, pages 5 to 8, 377, 378, and 389 to 993 (end) in facsimile, the margins of several leaves mended, the missing fragments of the text supplied in facsimile; some short leaves. -Catalogue.] 2679 Shakespeare (W.) Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies, published according to the true Originall Coppies, the Second Impression, title with portrait by Droeshout, and verses by Ben Jonson on opposite leaf, old morocco extra, with a geometrical design on sides and Shakespeare's arms in centre, with inside borders, fully gilt, T. Cotes for R. Allot, 1632 (640) Hill, £22 10s.

[An unusually tall copy of the second folio, measuring 13 in. by 8 in. Title, with portrait inlaid, margins of the two following leaves, first leaf of text, and pp. 45-47 repaired, slightly touching the text. A small portion of the text of the leaf "To the Great Variety of Readers" inlaid and filled in in facsimile. With all faults.- Catalogue.]

2680 Shakespeare (W.) Dramatic Works, revised by George Steevens, portraits, and about 100 engravings, after Westall, Smirke, Stothard, etc., 9 vol., russia extra, m. e., Boydell, 1802, folio (289) Roche, £3 145. 2681 Shakespeare (W.) Works, numerous woodcut illustrations, 8 vol., calf extra, m. e., Knight (1839-43), 8vo. (84)

Maggs, £1 16s.

Maggs, £2 6s 2682 Shelley (P. B.) Letters, with an Introductory Essay by Robert Browning, original cloth, uncut, suppressed, Moxon, 1852, 8vo. (15) 2683 Smith (W.) Dictionary of the Bible, numerous illustrations, 3 vol., uncut, 1863, 8vo. (107) 2684 Smith (W.) Dictionary of Christian Antiquities, illustrated with engravings on wood, 2 vol., uncut, 1876, 8vo. (108) Quaritch, £2 25.

Hill, £1 25.

2685 Spenser (E.) The Faerie Queene, disposed into twelve Books, fashioning XII. Morall Vertues, first edition of the whole work, half calf, 1590-96, 4to. (228) J. Jones, 1 IS. [Wanted title-page, dedication, and pp. 83 and 84 of the first book. At the end is bound up "Colin Clout's Come Home Again,” wanted title and imperfect at the end. The volume sold with all faults. Catalogue.]

2686 Statius. An Essay upon Statius, or the first five books of Publ. Papinius Statius his Thebais, done into English Verse by T(homas) S(tephens), engraved frontispiece by Marshall, red morocco extra, gilt edges, 1648, 8vo. (26) Chadwick, £4 2687 Sterne (L.) Works, with a Life of the Author written by himself, portrait, 10 vol., calf gilt, 1780, 8vo. (105) Hill, £1 1s. 2688 Surtees (R. S.) Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds, coloured

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and other illustrations by John Leech, first edition, morocco extra, g. t., 1865, 8vo. (448) Guinness, £3 2689 Surtees (R. S.) Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour, coloured and other illustrations by John Leech, first edition, morocco extra, g. t., 1853, 8vo. (449) Westell, £3 6s. 2690 Surtees (R. S.) Plain, or Ringlets? coloured and other illus. trations by John Leech, first edition, morocco extra, g. t., 1860, 8vo. (450) Guinness, £3 2691 Sussex. Sussex Archæological Collections, illustrating the History and Antiquities of the County, from the commencement in 1848 to 1894, with index to vol. i. to xxv., together 40 vol., original cloth, 1848-94, 8vo. (152) Harding, £11 5s. 2692 Tennyson (A.) Poems, chiefly Lyrical, first edition, original boards, uncut, fine copy, E. Wilson, 1830, 8vo. (415)

J. Jones, £10 5s. 2693 Tennyson (A.) Poems, original boards, uncut, fine copy, Moxon, 1833, 8vo. (416) J. Jones, 13 15s. 2694 Tennyson (A.) The Princess, a Medley, 1847-Maud and other Poems, 1855, first editions, original cloth, uncut, 8vo. (419) Shepherd, £1 6s. 2695 Thornbury (W.) and E. Walford. Greater London, numerous illustrations and maps, 9 vol., Cassell, n. d., imperial 8vo. (240) Edwards, £1 4s. 2696 Touchstone (S. F.) History of Celebrated English and French Thoroughbred Stallions and French Mares, 60 coloured plates and 134 hand - coloured woodcuts, half morocco, g. t., 1890, oblong 4to. (614) Rimell, £1 165. [Contains preface by the Duke of Beaufort and pp. xxv, 165. The edition consisted of 520 copies. This work is translated by C. B. Pitman from "Les Chevaux de Course," Paris, 1889.-ED.]

2697 Tristram (W. O.) Coaching Days and Coaching Ways, with 214 illustrations by Herbert Railton and Hugh Thomson, Macmillan, 1888, 4to. (611)

Shepherd, £1 3s.

[The first edition. A second appeared in 1893, crown 8vo., with the same illustrations.-ED.]

2698 Tweedie (Major-Gen. W.) The Arabian Horse, his Country and People, coloured and other illustrations, 1894, uncut, 4to. (609) Quaritch, £1 135. 2699 Upcott (W.) Bibliographical Account of the Principal Works relating to English Topography, 3 vol., calf gilt, m. e. (autograph letter from the author inserted), 1818, 8vo. (130) Dobell, £1 11s. 2700 Viollet-le-Duc (M.) Dictionnaire raisonné de l'Architecture Française du XIe au XVIe Siècle, portrait and numerous woodcuts, 10 vol., half morocco extra, uncut, 1867-68, 8vo. (43) Parsons, £8 10s. 2701 Virgil. Virgil's Eclogues, translated into English by W. L. Gent, russia, gilt edges, binding broken, 1628, 8vo. (33) Pickering. £2 25. 2702 Wycherley (W.) Miscellany Poems; as Satyrs, Epistles, Love Verses, Songs, Sonnets, etc., first edition, mezzotint portrait after Sir P. Lely by J. Smith, old calf, 1704, folio (294) Pickering, £3 10s.

[JANUARY 11TH, 1899.]

SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE.

THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE MR. R. J. McKenzie.

(No. of Lots, 335; amount realised, £383 10s. 6d.)

2703 A'Beckett (G. A.) Comic History of Rome, first edition, coloured and other illustrations by J. Leech, two wrappers inserted, original cloth, gilt edges, n. d., 8vo. (1) Young, £1 2704 Barnard (F.) Charles Dickens: a Gossip about his Life, Works, and Characters, with 18 full-page character sketches, edited by T. Archer, complete in 6 divisions, issued to subscribers only, n. d., folio (303) Isaacs, £I IS. 2705 Beckford (Peter). Thoughts on Hunting, frontispiece and woodcuts by Bewick, morocco extra, gilt edges, 1820, 8vo. (5) Lewin, £2 45. 2706 Bentley's Miscellany, vol. i. to xviii., portraits and engravings by Geo. Cruikshank, illustrating the writings of Dickens, Ainsworth, Lever, etc., and two imperfect volumes, 1837-46, 8vo. (7) Ridler, £1 145. 2707 Bewick (T.) Select Fables, in Three Parts, numerous engravings by T. and J. Bewick, title, index, and a few leaves supplied from a shorter copy, Newcastle, T. Saint, 1784, 8vo. (8) Ridler, £1 13S. 2708 Bewick (T.) Select Fables, with cuts designed and engraved by T. and J. Bewick, and others, with Memoir and a Descriptive Catalogue, imperial paper, full-length portrait. of Bewick added, the portraits belonging to the work, and 6 leaves supplied from a smaller copy, and inlaid, calf extra, gilt edges by Rivière and Son, sold not subject to return, Newcastle, 1820, 8vo. (9) Ridler, £2 12s. 2709 Bewick (T.) General History of Quadrupeds, imperial paper, fourth edition, the figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick, coloured by R. Wingate, naturalist, Newcastleon-Tyne, a personal friend of Bewick, autograph of James Ward (nephew of Jane Bewick) on title, half morocco, t. e. g., Newcastle, 1800, 8vo. (13) Thorne, £2

[Only 230 copies were printed on paper of this size. This is the first edition of which imperial paper copies were taken. Catalogue.]

2710 Bewick (T.) Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell, first edition, with the large woodcuts and vignettes, chiefly from designs by R. Johnson, engraved by T. and J. Bewick, portrait added, calf extra, gilt edges by Rivière and Son, Bulmer, 1795, 4to. (255) Ridler, £1 135.

[Contains pp. xx. 76. One copy was taken on white satin and three copies on vellum. See Lewine's "Bibliography of Eighteenth Century Art and Illustrated Books," 1898, p. 58.-ED.]

2711 Bewick (T.) Boyd (Julia). Bewick Gleanings, impressions

from copper-plates and wood blocks, engraved in the Bewick workshop, a few scarce woodcuts added, LARGE PAPER, Morocco, t. e. g., Newcastle, 1886, 4to. (259)

Ridler, £1 10s. 2712 Bewick (T.) General History of Quadrupeds, seventh edition, numerous woodcuts by Thos. Bewick, calf extra, gilt edges by Rivière and Son, Newcastle, 1820, 8vo. (20)

J. R. Douglas, £1 8s. 2713 Bewick (T.) History of British Birds, 2 vol. (vol. i. first edition royal paper, title and last leaf much damaged and mended, and four leaves inserted from another copy), vol. ii. demy 8vo., uncut, t. e. g., numerous woodcuts by T. Bewick, calf extra, by Rivière and Son, with all faults, Newcastle, 1797-1826, 8vo. (24) Ridler, £1 IS. 2714 Bewick (T.) History of British Birds, 2 vol., first edition, the figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick (title-pages for 1804 and 1809, in place of the right ones inserted), calf extra, gilt edges by Rivière and Son (a leaf in vol. ii. supplied from another edition), not subject to return (1797-1804), 8vo. (25) Thorne, £2 145.

2715 Bewick (T.) History of British Birds, 2 vol., numerous woodcuts by Thos. Bewick, 2 leaves in vol. i. supplied from a later edition, but a clean copy in calf extra, gilt edges by Rivière and Son, with all faults, Newcastle, 1832, 8vo. (27) Ridler, £1 135.

2716 Bewick (T.) Fables of Aesop and others, with designs on wood by T. Bewick [and Johnson], had "Bewick's Thumb Mark Receipt," some leaves soiled, morocco super extra, t. e. g., Newcastle, 1818, 8vo. (29) Thorne, £2 13s. 2717 Bewick (T.) Fables of Aesop and others, with designs on wood by T. Bewick [and Johnson], without "Bewick's Thumb Mark Receipt," title and a few leaves soiled, calf, Newcastle, 1818, 8vo. (30) B. F. Brown, £1 135. 2718 Bewick (T.) Fables of Aesop, by S. Croxall, with remarks and alterations by T. Bewick, for his edition of Aesop's Fables, 1818, autograph "Robert Elliott Bewick, 1798," inside cover, 1788-Fables of Aesop, woodcuts, calf, by Rivière and Son, Newcastle, T. Saint, 1783-Mavor's Spelling Book, with inscription, "The Gift of T. Bewick to Elizabeth Bewick, Nov. 17, 1803," etc., all from the Bewick sale, 8vo. (31) Petzler, £2 2719 Bewick (T.) A Curious Hieroglyphick Bible, woodcuts by T. Bewick (?), original boards, 1791-Gay (J.) Fables, cuts by T. Bewick, half calf, 1811-Natural History, 247 engravings by T. Bewick, half morocco, Alnwick, 1809The Honest Farmer, by Berquin, frontispiece by J. Bewick, 1798, 8vo. (33) Body, £2 12s. 2720 Bewick (T.) A Curious Hieroglyphick Blble, early woodcuts by Bewick (?), 1793-Another edition, slightly defective, calf, 1812-Fénélon (Archbishop). Telemachus, woodcuts, calf, 1781, 8vo. (34) Body, £2 12s. 2721 Bewick (T.) A New Lottery Book of Birds and Beasts, for Children to learn their Letters by, as soon as they can

speak, with early cuts by T. Bewick, headlines of two leaves at end cut into, in the original Dutch paper boards, Newcastle, T. Saint for W. Charnley, 1771, 8vo. (35)

Petzler, £1 5s. 2722 Bewick (T.) A New Year's Gift for Little Masters and Misses, 29 early woodcuts by T. Bewick, within borders, calf gilt, Newcastle, T. Saint for W. Charnley, 1777, 8vo. Petzler, £1 25.

(36) 2723 Bewick (T.) Blossoms of Morality, 47 cuts by J. Bewick, 1796-Looking-Glass for the Mind, cuts by Bewick, some leaves soiled, 1792-Another edition, 1800-Tales for Youth, cuts by Bewick, 1794-Beauties of Aesop, woodcuts by T. Bewick, 1822, soiled, chiefly in calf gilt, t. e. g., 8vo. (39) Ridler, I 10S. 2724 Bewick (T.) Charms of Literature, 2 vol., woodcuts by Bewick, etc., half calf, Newcastle, 1809-Hastie (T.) Reading made Easy, curious woodcuts by Bewick, ib., 1839 -The Curious Repository, cuts by Bewick (?), 1802Wilson (J.) Youth's Reader, vignettes, 1826, 8vo. (41) Petzler, £1 2s. 2725 Bewick (T.) Charms of Literature, 2 vol., woodcuts by Bewick, etc., calf gilt, uncut, t. e. g., 1812-The Young Reader, woodcuts by Bewick, mottled calf gilt, gilt edges, 1806--Choice Emblems for Youth, woodcuts, half calf, 1784 -Gay (J.) Fables, numerous cuts, calf gilt, t. e. g., 1806, 8vo. (42) Petzler, £1

2726 Bewick (T.) Children in the Wood, York, 1802-Select Fables of Aesop, etc., E. Newbery, n. d.-Jemima Placid, text slightly cut into, n. d., woodcuts by, and attributed to T. and J. Bewick, in the original Dutch boards, 8vo. (43) Hankinson, L1 75. 2727 Bewick (T.) Fisher (A.) New English Tutor, cuts by Bewick and Lee, Newcastle, 1777-Fenning (D.) Universal Spelling-Book, woodcuts, 1794-Another edition, 1818Dilworth (T.) New Guide to the English Tongue, curious cuts, n. d., chiefly half bound, 8vo. (48) Petzler, £1 5s. 2728 Bewick (T.) Goldsmith (Oliver). Abridgment of the History of England, heads by Bewick, 1809-The Hive, woodcuts by T. Bewick and Clennel, Newcastle, 1806--Ritson (J.) Robin Hood, 2 vol., woodcuts by Bewick-Dodd (W.) Beauties of History, vignettes by Bewick, 1796, all in calf gilt (53) Ridler, £I IS. 2729 Bewick (T.) Goldsmith (Oliver). Poetical Works, woodcuts by T. Bewick, Hereford, 1794-Vicar of Wakefield, illustrated by T. Bewick, calf, ib., 1798-Hudson (J.) Florist's Companion, vignettes by Bewick, old calf, Newcastle, 1794 -Tales for Youth, illustrated by T. Bewick, 1794, 8vo. (54) Thorne, Li

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2730 Bewick (T.) Grey (G.) The Pleasing Historian, woodcuts (1777) A curious Hieroglyphick Bible, woodcuts by Bewick, poor copy, 1792-Fox (F.) Introduction to

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