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[FEBRUARY 27TH AND FIVE FOLLOWING DAYS, 1899.] SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE.

A MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. (No. of Lots, 1950; amount realised, £8,037 15s. 6d.)

[NOTE. This important collection was made up of selections from various sources. These were dealt with separately in the catalogue, a method of arrangement preserved to a great extent in the following report.-ED.]

(a) A selected portion of the Library of a Gentleman. 3467 Annuals. Keepsake, Book of Beauty, etc., 65 plates, separate issue on LARGE PAPER, India proofs, in a vol., half russia, top edges gilt, folio (150) Robson, £3 3468 Ariosto. Orlando Furioso in English Heroical Verse, by Sir John Harington, now thirdly revised and amended, with the addition of the Author's Epigrams, engraved title with Harington's portrait by Cockton, and copper-plate engravings, calf, G. Miller for J. Parker, 1634, folio (152)

Pickering, £3 12s. 3469 Atkyns (Sir Rob.) Ancient and Present State of Gloucestershire, first edition, portrait and numerous fine views of seats by John Kip, old calf, large and clean copy, W. Bowyer for R. Gosling, 1712, folio (153) Leighton, £12 15s. 3470 Biographia Curiosa; or, Memoirs of Remarkable Characters of the Reign of George III., collected by Geo. Smeeton, etc., 48 portraits, some extra inserted, half calf, J. Robins, 1822, imperial 8vo. (7) Tregaskis, £2 15s. 3471 Blore (Edw.) Monumental Remains of Noble and Eminent Persons, with biographical Illustrations, LARGE PAPER, 30 plates, India proofs, half morocco gilt, top edges gilt, Harding, 1826, 4to. (67) Young, £2 25. 3472 Boccaccio (G.) Il Decamerone, portrait and fine plates and vignettes after Gravelot and others (reprinted title-pages dated Parigi, MLCCLVII.), 5 vol., half russia, Paris, 1757, 8vo. (8) Westell, £1 16s. [The illustrations are the same as those in the Italian edition of 1757, 5 vol., 8vo., and consist of a portrait, 5 frontispieces, 110 plates, and 97 tailpieces.-ED.] 3473 Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery. A Collection of Prints from

Pictures painted to illustrate the Works of Shakespeare, 100 large plates, including portraits of King George III. and Queen Charlotte, 2 vol. in 1, half russia gilt, J. Boydell, 1803, imperial atlas folio (162) Sotheran, £17 3474 Brockedon (Wm.) Illustrations of the Passes of the Alps, LARGE PAPER, map and fine India proof plates, 2 vol., original cloth, uncut, Rodwell, etc., 1828, 4to. (70)

Roche, £155.

3475 Bunbury (H.) Illustrations to Shakespeare, a series of 21 tinted plates, original impressions (no title), half russia, 1792-96, imperial folio (165) Robson, £6 15s. 3476 Bury (T. T.) Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 13 coloured views, half russia, Ackermann, 1831, 4to. (72) Young, £5 15s. 3477 Byron. Finden's Illustrations of the Life and Works of Lord Byron, with Text by W. Brockedon, LARGE PAPER, fine India proof plates and portraits, 3 vol., russia gilt, m. e., Murray and Tilt, 1833-34, 4to. (73) Young, £4 14s. 3478 Byron. Les Dames de Byron, Portraits of the Principal Female Characters in Lord Byron's Poems, 39 fine plates, morocco, gilt edges, C. Tilt, 1836, 4to. (74) Isaacs, £1 35. 3479 Cabinet Choiseul. Recueil d'Estampes Gravées d'après les Tableaux du Cabinet du Duc de Choiseul, par le Sieur Basan, portrait, engraved title and 128 plates, original impressions, straight grained blue morocco, line tooled, gilt edges (Roger Payne), Paris, 1771, 4to. (75) Maggs, £8 5s. 3480 Cabinet Poullain. Collection de Cent-Vingt Estampes gravées d'après les Tableaux du Cabinet de M. Poullain, sous la Direction de Fr. Basan, fine original impressions, straight grained blue morocco gilt, gilt edges (Roger Payne), Paris, Basan, etc., 1781, 4to. (76) Quaritch, £6 IOS. 3481 Camoens (Luis de). The Lusiad, or Portugall's Historicall Poem, now newly put into English by Richard Fanshawe, portraits of the author, Prince Henri of Portugal, and Vasco de Gama, calf gilt, m. e., H. Moseley, 1655, folio (166)

Hazlitt, £4 7s. 6d. 3482 Caulfield (Jas.) The High Court of Justice: Memoirs of the Principal Persons who sat in Judgment on K. Charles I., etc., with their portraits and autographs, 45 extra portraits and views, some originals, some reprints, inserted, russia gilt, gilt edges, 1820, 4to. (78) Roche, £5 155.

3483 Caulfield (Jas.) Portraits, Memoirs, and Characters of Remarkable Persons, numerous portraits, 4 vol., calf, 1819-20, royal 8vo. (11) Hazlitt, £2 3484 Cervantes (M. de). Don Quixote de la Mancha, translated (by Mary Smirke), five engravings from paintings by Rob. Smirke, LARGE PAPER, India proofs, 4 vol., calf gilt, m. e., Cadell and Davies, 1818, 4to. (81) Maggs, £6 3485 Collins (David). Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, etc., maps and plates, 2 vol. in 1, russia gilt, m. e., 1799-1802, 4to. (85) Edwards, £3 15s. 3486 Confessions of an Oxonian, 36 humorous coloured plates, 3 vol., half calf, J. J. Stockdale, 1826, 8vo. (14) Robson, £8 5s. 3487 Costume of England, Austria, Russia, Turkey and China, 224 fine coloured plates, 5 vol., russia gilt, J. Murray, 1814, royal 8vo. (16) Hornstein, £4 2s. 6d. 3488 Costumes de la Seine Inférieure, du Calvados, de la Manche et de l'Orne, title, 79 full-length coloured female figures by Gatine (no text), in 2 vol., half russia, 4to. (90) Maggs, £3

3492 Costumes.

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3489 Costumes de divers Pays, 69 full-length coloured figures of female costume by Gatine (no text), in 2 vol., half russia, 4to. (91) Quaritch, £3 8s. 3490 Costumes Françaises, 39 full-length coloured female figures by Gatine (no text), half russia, 4to. (92) Quaritch, £4 4s. 3491 Costume Suisse, 96 fine coloured plates (no text), in 3 vol., half russia, 4to. (93) Quaritch, £7 10s. Galerie Théatrale, Collection des Portraits en Pied des Principaux Acteurs, etc., 95 full-length coloured figures (no text)-Costume de Divers Pays, 33 full-length coloured female figures (no text), half bound, in 3 vol., 4to. (94) Quaritch, £16 3493 Costumes. Male and Female Figures, designed by H. Lecomte, 90 full-length coloured figures, half russia, 1817, 4to. (95) E. Pearson, £2 10s. 3494 Costume of Yorkshire, with descriptions in English and French, 40 coloured plates, calf, Longmans, 1814, folio (169) Quaritch, £5 3495 Costumes Civils et Militaires de la Monarchie Française depuis 1200 jusqu'à 1820, par H. Lecomte, 300 full-length coloured lithographs (5 wanted), 3 vol., half russia (Paris), 1820, folio (170) E. Parsons, £6 17s. 6d. 3496 Costumes. Incroyable" et "Merveilleuse," 30 full-length coloured figures of male and female costume after Horace Vernet, by Gatine, half russia, n. d., folio (171) Quaritch, £11 3497 Cruikshank. George Cruikshank's Omnibus, edited by L. Blanchard, original edition, numerous illustrations, half calf, Tilt and Bogue, 1842, 8vo. (18) Hatchard, 1 IS. 3498 Daniell (Sam.) African Scenery and Animals, 31 coloured plates, with the slips of printed text, half russia, 1804, imperial folio (172) Edwards, £6 5s. 3499 Dante. La Divina Commedia, con varie annotazioni dedicata alla Impératrice Elisabetta Petrowna dal Conte Zapata de Cisneros, copperplate engravings by Zompini, 5 vol., half bound, uncut, Venezia, A. Zatta, 1757,4to.(98) Ridler, £1 8s. 3500 Dibdin (Dr. T. F.) Ædes Althorpianae; with a Supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana, LARGE PAPER (only 55 copies printed), views, portraits, woodcuts, etc., 2 vol., half russia gilt, m. e., 1822, 4to. (99) Hatchard, £2 18s. 3501 Dugdale (Sir Wm.) History of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, original edition, views by W. Hollar (wanted portrait), old morocco, with gilt ornamental frame sides (Harleian), g. e., T. Warren, 1657, folio (176) Ridler, £2 125. 3502 Dugdale (Sir Wm.) Monasticon Anglicanum, new edition, with large additions by Caley, Ellis, and Bandinel, LARGE PAPER, with proof plates after Hollar, etc. (50 copies printed), 8 vol., russia extra, joints, gilt edges, fine copy, Longmans, etc.. 1817-30, royal folio (177) Sotheran, £5! 3503 Dulwich Gallery. Ten Coloured Prints from Pictures in the Dulwich Gallery-Eastern Costumes from the Collection of Lord Baltimore-Views of Churches and other Engravings, in 2 vol., russia extra, lettered "Dulwich Gallery," imperial folio (178) Ridler, £6 23

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3504 Edwards (Geo.) Natural History of Uncommon Birds and Gleanings of Natural History, original edition, 362 coloured plates, 7 vol., old calf, 1750-58, 4to. (100) Tregaskis, £4 75. 3505 Englefield (Sir H. C.) Picturesque Beauties, Antiquities, etc., of the Isle of Wight, LARGE PAPER, maps and plates, engraved by W. and G. Cooke, morocco extra, gilt edges, Payne and Foss, 1816, folio (179) Ridler, £4

3506 Ercolano.

L'Antichità di Ercolano, numerous plates, 9 vol., old calf, Napoli, 1755-92, imperial folio (181) Ridler, £3 15s. 3507 Fauna Boreali-Americana: or the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America, Part Second: The Birds, by W. Swainson and John Richardson, numerous coloured plates, russia gilt, gilt edges, J. Murray, 1831, 4to. (102) Denham, £2 3508 Flaxman (John). Compositions from the Divine Poem of Dante, 109 outline plates, russia gilt, m. e., Longmans, 1807, 4to. (103) Young, £I IIS. 3509 Flaxman (John). Compositions to Homer, Hesiod, and Eschylus, 145 outline plates, engraved by William Blake, etc., 3 vol. in 1, russia gilt, m. e., Longmans, 1805-17, folio (184) Ridler, £2 10s. 3510 Fuller (Dr. Thos.) History of the Worthies of England (with Alphabetical Index), first edition, portrait by Loggan, russia gilt, m. e., 1662, folio (185) Tregaskis, £3 16s. 3511 Galerie de Musée Napoléon, publiée par Filhol, Graveur, et redigée par Lavallée, numerous plates, 10 vol., dark-green mor. gilt, gilt edges, fine copy, Paris, chez Filhol, 1804-15, imperial 8vo. (23) Ridler, £9 10S. 3512 Galerie de Lucien Bonaparte. Choix de Gravures à l'Eauforte, d'après les Peintures Originales, etc., 142 plates, straight grained blue morocco, line tooled, gilt edges (Roger Payne), W. Bulmer, n. d., 4to. (106) Ridler, £2 3513 Galerie de Florence et du Palais Pitti. Tableaux, Statues, Bas-reliefs et Camées, dessinés par Wicar, avec les explications par Mongez, original edition, papier vélin superfin de Johannot d'Annonay, 198 plates, 4 vol., russia gilt, m. e., Paris, Lacombe et Masquelier, 1789-1807, imperial folio (186) Ridler, £11 3514 Galerie des Peintres Flamands, Hollandais et Allemands, avec un Texte explicatif et des Notes par J. B. P. Le Brun, 201 plates, original impressions, 3 vol., straight grained blue morocco, lined tooled, gilt edges, Paris, chez l'Auteur, etc., 1792-96, folio (187) Ridler, £12

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[At the end of vol. iii. were inserted seven India proof portraits of ladies by Anne Mee (margins cut); and four other engravings.—Catalogue.]

3515 Galerie du Palais Royal. Gravée d'après les tableaux de différents écoles qui la composent, par J. Couché, avec une description de chaque tableau par de Fontenai, etc., original issue, 352 plates, 3 vol., russia extra, joints, în. e., Paris, 1786-1808, imperial folio (188) Quaritch, £15 10s. 3516 Gould (John). Monograph of the Ramphastidæ, or Family of Toucans, 34 coloured plates, published by the author, 1834 Monograph of the Trogonidae, or Family of

Trogons, 36 coloured plates, ib., 1838, both original issues, in 1 vol., russia gilt, m. e., imperial folio (190)

Sotheran, £7 15s. 3517 Hamilton (Sir. Wm.) Collection of Etruscan, Greek and Roman Antiquities, descriptions in English and French, original edition, 520 plates, mostly coloured, 4 vol., old calf, full gilt backs, broad gilt Etruscan borders, inlaid arabesque centre pieces, r. e., Naples, 1766-67, royal folio (192) Tregaskis, £10 IOS.

[Edited by M. d'Hancarville. The illustrations consist of 520 plates as stated, but there are also 24 vignettes, 8 tailpieces, and 35 ornamental initials, after Beaulieu and others.-ED.] 3518 Harris (Moses). The Aurelian: a Natural History of English Moths and Butterflies, original edition, 44 coloured plates, representing several hundred figures (inner margin of title mended), half bound, uncut, J. Edwards, 1766, folio (194) Tregaskis, £210S. 3519 Hill (Dr. John). The British Herbal: an History of Plants and Trees, natives of Britain, frontispiece and numerous figures, accurately coloured by hand, old calf, T. Osborne, etc., 1756, folio (195) Curtis, £2 125. 3520 Hume (D.) History of England, with Life, Bowyer's finely printed edition, with numerous plates, 10 vol., russia extra, m. e., 1806, royal folio (196) Roche, £6 10s. 3521 Jesse (John H.) George Selwyn and his Contemporaries, with Memoirs and Notes, portraits, 4 vol., half calf, R. Bentley, 1843, 8vo. (32) Hiscoke, £2 25. 3522 Jesse (John H.) Memoirs of the Court of England from 1688 to the death of George II., portraits, 3 vol., half calf, R. Bentley, 1843-Court of England under the Stuarts, etc., frontispieces, 4 vol. (wanted vol. i.), half calf, ib., 1840, 8vo. (33) Rimell, £2 25. 3523 Johnson (Capt. Charles). General History of the Lives and Adventures of the most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Pyrates, etc., first edition, 26 plates (margin of last leaf mended), calf (cover broken), J. Janeway, 1734, folio (198) Maggs, £9 5s.

[This work was originally published in 73 weekly numbers at 2d. each, or 20 monthly parts at 8d.-ED.]

3524 Keepsake and Anniversary, 72 illustrations from these Annuals, separate issue on LARGE PAPER, India proofs, bound in a vol., half russia, t. e. g., 1829, etc., folio (200) Hatchard, £3 6s. 3525 Lafontaine (J. de). Fables Choisies, mises en vers, 245 plates by Oudry, (wanted portrait of Oudry), 4 vol., old calf, y. e., Paris, Desaint et Saillant, 1755-59, folio (201) Rimell, £9 5s. 3526 Lavater (J. C.) Essays on Physiognomy, translated by Dr. Henry Hunter, numerous plates and portraits (including 2 of President Washington), 5 vol., russia, 1789-98, 4to. (122) Harding, 2 18s. [Originally published in 41 numbers. Copies with Stockdale's name as publisher are much inferior.-ED.]

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