doro Latinum factum-Sexti Julii Frontini Strategematicon -Modesti de Vocabulis Rei Militaris, the four works in I vol., numerous contemporary MS. notes in margins in an Italian hand, modern stamped purple morocco, Romæ, Eucharius Silber al's Franck, 1487, 4 Kl. Feb. xv.; Kl. Martii; prima Junii; et vii. Idus Junii, small 4to. (703) Mason, £2 125. [These four works, all printed in the same small Roman letter, in the same year, without signatures, are very rarely found together.-Catalogue.]

5003 Vegetius (Fl.) Vegecius de Re Militari, an edition containing 195 full-page woodcuts on 98 leaves, folied I-CLXXXXV, and having signatures a-q8 in 6's (printed without text), new ornamental borders, Absque nota (circa 1515), small folio (704) Leighton, £3

5004 Vegetius (Fl.) Flave Vegece Rene homme noble et illustre du fait de Guerre et fleur de Chevalerie, Quatre livres; Sexte Jule Frontin, Ælian, Modeste, etc., traduicts aux livres anciens (par Nic. Voleyre de Seronville), lettres bâtardes, ruled in red, numerous woodcuts and ornamental initials, brown morocco, inlaid with black ornamental scrolls on a ground au pointillé, edged with gold, with initial F. on back and crowned initial F. in centres, engraved silver bosses and clasps, gilt and red ornamental edges, a fine specimen of an imitation binding for Francis I. (Hague), Paris, C. Wechel, 1536, small folio (705) Ellis, £8 5005 Vegius (Mapheus). De fœlicitate et miseria, lit. goth., long lines (20 leaves) with signatures, " Finis per me Jacobum de Breda Anno, 1487,” (Deventer), small 4to. (706)

Maine, £5 10S. [Campbell, 1707. Only one other copy said to be known, that in the Wolfenbuttel Library.-Catalogue.]

5006 Vespuccius (Alberigus). Mundus Novus (ad fini), “Albericus Vespucius Laurentio Petri de Mendicis salutem Plurimam dicit Epistola ex italica in linguam latinam jocundus interpretes," etc., lit. goth. (4 leaves), stamp of "Bibliotheca Regia Monacensis " on title, crushed morocco extra, inside dentelles, gilt edges by F. Bedford, Magister Johanes Otmar Vindelice impressit Auguste anno Millesimo quingentesimo quarto (1504), small 4to. (708) Delaine, £102

[A fine copy of this excessively rare edition of the Letter of Vespuccius, the first with a date. A copy sold in Arthur Young's sale in 1896 for £176. This was Mr. Tite's copy, and sold at Sotheby's in March, 1864-Catalogue.] 5007 Vespuccius (Alberigus). Pæsi Novamente ritrovati per la Navigatione di Spagna in Calicut. Et da Albertutio Vesputio Fiorentino intitulato Mondo Novo. Novamente Impresso, cut of Venice on title, modern morocco, gilt scroll frame on sides, inside dentelles, gilt edges, Venet. per Zorzo de Rusconi, 1521, small 8vo. (7c9) Hyde, £10 55. 5008 Vespuccius. Newe Unbekanthe Landte und ein newe Weldte in kurtz Verganger zeythe erfunden (in die dewtschen Sprach gebrachte durch Jobsten Ruchamer), lit. goth.,

woodcut title, Nuremberg, Georg. Stüchzen, 1508, small folio (710) Hyde, £17

[A German Translation of the Italian "Pæsi novamente ritrovati " of 1507. The first Collection of Voyages published in German. (Harrisse, 57.)-Catalogue.] 5009 Vicentino (Don Nicola). L'Antica Musica, ridotta alla moderna prattica, con la Dichiaratione, l'inventione di uno nuovo Stromento con molti Segreti Musicali, etc., woodcut portrait on reverse of title, numerous woodcut initials, and musical notes, bright calf, line tooled, inside dentelles, fine copy, Roma, Ant. Barre, 1557, small folio (711) Toplis, £3 5010 Vico (Enea). Le Imagini delle Donne Auguste, con le Vita e espositioni, ruled in red, engraved title and copper-plate engravings, oaken boards, brown morocco, inlaid in black intersected scroll ornaments, outlined in gold, with the Spread Eagle of Coligny in centres, silver clasps, gilt and gauffered edges, a fine specimen of imitation ancient binding by Hague, Venet., V. Valgrisio, 1557, small 4to. (712) Dawson, £55s.

5011 Vigerius (Marcus, Card.) Dechachordum Christianum Julio II. Pont. Max., title and 10 full-page woodcuts within ornamental borders, and 36 small cuts, all of scenes in the Life of Christ, after B. Mantegna, etc., limp vellum, fine copy, Fani, Hieron. Soncinus, 1507, small folio (713)

Pincott, £2 1OS. 5012 Viggiani del Montone (Angelo). Trattato dello Schermo, nel quale discorre intorno all' excellenza dell' Armi, e delle Lettere, ed intorno all' offesa e difesa, portrait and copperplate vignettes of Fencing Positions (some leaves stained), new boards, Bologna, Gio. Rosi, 1588, small 4to. (714) Maggs, £1 195.

5013 Virgilius. Les Eclogues de Virgile, traduites en Carme François, la premiere par Clement Marot, et les neuf autres par M. Richard le Blanc, avec une brieve exposition d'aucunes dictions, Paris, Ch. l'angelier, 1555-Les Quatre Livres des Georgiques traduis en Carme par R. le Blanc, ib., 1554-Les Quatre Premiers Livres de l'Eneide translatez en François par Lois des Masures, ib.-Ovide sus La Complainte du Noier, traduite en François par R. le Blanc, ib., fine copies, ruled throughout in red, with woodcuts, ornaments, devices, etc., contemporary Lyonnese calf, inlaid in scrolls in blue, white and yellow on a ground au pointillé, with centre cartouche, gilt and gauffered edges, a very wellpreserved specimen of old binding, small 8vo. (715) Quaritch, £23 5014 Virulus (Carolus). Formulæ Epistolares, quæ correctoria vocant, lit. goth., long lines, 32 to a page, signatures a-07 in 8's (aj blank) (Campbell, 1206), new gold-flowered boards, Zwollis, per me Petrum (Os.) de Breda [circa 1494], small 4to. (716) Leighton, 2 18s. 5015 Vivaldus de Monte Regali (J. Ludov.) Aureum opus de Veritate Contritionis in quo mirifica documenta eterne salutis aperiuntur, lit. goth., long lines, fine full-page wood

cut of S. Jerome, and remarkable historiated and ornamental initials and woodcut pointing hands in margins, new blue and gold-flowered boards, Rothomagi, Guillermus de Segnerre, 1503, small folio (717) Clarence, £10 5s. 5016 Vogel (Johann). Icones Mortis, sexaginta imaginibus tolidemq. inscriptionibus insignitæ, versibus quoq. Latinis et novis Germanicis illustratæ, black and roman letter, frontispiece and 60 copper-plate engravings of the Dance of Death within borders of flowers, etc., by Paulus Fürst after Holbein, new boards, Nürnberg, C. Cochner (1650?), small 8vo. (718) Dobson, £3 15s. 5017 Voragine (Jac. de). Legendario vulgare dove si contiene la vita de tutti li sancti da la sancta chiesa approbati, nuovamente stampato, many outline woodcuts, vellum, Venezia, Fr. Bindoni, 1548, folio (719) Quaritch, £3 5s. 5018 Vredeman de Vriese (Paul). Plusieurs Menuiseries comme Portaulx, Garderobes, Buffets, Chaliets, etc., nouvellement mis en Lumiere par N. J. Vischer, part i., containing 20 plates, including engraved title, original impressions, vellum, Amst., C. Danckerts, 1630, oblong folio (720)

Quaritch, £5 17s. 6d. 5019 Wagenaar (Lucas Janzoon). Pars Prima Speculum Nauticum super navigatione maris occidentalis confectum, continens omnes auras maritimas Galliæ, Hispaniæ et præcipuarum Partium Angliæ, etc. (dedicated to Queen Elizabeth), engraved title and 45 coloured maps, heightened in gold, vellum, with centre gilt ornament, Lugd. Bat., F. Raphelengius, 1586, folio (721) Toplis, £5 5s. 5020 [Wallendarfer.] Decalogium Virgilii Saltzburgensis, de Metheorologicis impressionibus, et mirabilibus naturæ operibus, etc., lit. goth., woodcuts, including a map of the world (some leaves slightly wormed), oaken boards, half stamped leather (contains a passage relating to America), Liptzek, Wolfg. Molitor, 1507, small 4to. (722)

Toplis, £17 10s. 5021 Wollick (Nic. de Serovilla). Opus Aureum Musicæ castigatissimi de Gregoriana et figurativa atque contrapuncto simplici per commode tractans, etc., lit. goth., new blue and gold-flowered boards, Colon., H. Quentell, 1501, small 4to. (723) Maine, £5 2s. 6d. 5022 Wright. R. P. Petri Writi Sacerdotis Angli e Societ. Jesu Mors, quam ob fidem passus est Londoni XXIX. Maii, 1651 (per Edw. Courtenay), portrait by C. Galle, vellum (Antw., 1651), 12mo. (725) Toplis, £1 12s. 5023 Wytfliet (Corn.) Descriptionis Ptolemaicæ Augmentum sive occidentis notitia brevi commentario illustrata, secunda editio, engraved title and 19 maps of America, etc., new half vellum, Lovanii, T. Rivius, 1598, folio (727) Maggs, £2 5024 Xenophon. Opera, partim Græcorum exemplarium collatione recognita partim a viris doctissimis jam primum latinitate donata, ornamental woodcut initials, calf binding, sides of an old Grolier, in gilt line and scroll ornaments, with title,

and Grolier's name and motto, inlaid, gilt edges, Basil., Cratander, 1534, small folio (728) Delaine, £42 5025 Zochis (Jacobus de, de Ferraria). Famosum utile atque altum caput omnis utriusque Sexus de Pœnitentia et remissione, roman letter, long lines, 36 to a page, without marks, slightly wormed, half vellum, Patavia, Bar. de Valdezochio et Mart. de Septem Arboribus, 1472, XXVIII. Jul., small folio (731) Dawson, £4 6s.

[A rare book by the first printers at Padua and of the same date as the "Fiammetta" of Boccaccio, supposed to be the first book printed there.-Catalogue.]

5026 Zündt (Matth.) "Adelicher alte Geschlecht der Stadt Nurnberg so von 400 jaren Hero in Rathgangen sint," engraved title, containing these words in MS. (a proof), and 83 fulllength copper-plate figures with their armorial bearings, K. O. und J. (1586?), small folio (732) Hayley, £7 10S.

[APRIL 19TH, 1899.]

SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE.

THE ENTOMOLOGICAL AND SCIENTIFIC LIBRARY OF THE LATE H. T. STAINTON, F.R.S., EX-PRESIDENT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON; ALSO ANOTHER ENTOMOLOGICAL LIBRARY.

(No. of Lots, 225; amount realised, £485 17s.)

5027 Allman (G. J.)

Monograph of the Gymnoblastic or Tubularian Hydroids, 33 plates, half calf gilt, Ray Society, 1871, folio (211)

Quaritch, £1 14s. Transactions, coloured 1867-69-Riley (C. V.) of Missouri, plates, vol. Quaritch, £1 18s.

5028 American Entomological Society plates, vol. i. and ii., half calf, Report on the Insects of the State i.-vi., half calf, 1869-74, 8vo. (2) 5029 Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, from the commencement in 1832 to 1892, part iii., and index 1861-80, numerous plates, together 60 vol., half calf and half morocco, 3 vol. in parts (not uniform), and Bulletin de Scéances, various numbers, 1832-92, 8vo. (4) Quaritch, £35 5030 Annales de la Société Entomologique Belge, plates, from the commencement in 1857 to 1892 (wanted 1883), 32 vol. in 25, half-calf gilt, and 2 vol. unbound-Comptes Rendus, various numbers, 1883-91, 1857-92, 8vo. (5) Quaritch, £6 5s. 5031 Annals and Magazines of Natural History: The Magazine of Natural History by J. C. Loudon, 9 vol., half calf, 1829-36-Magazine of Zoology and Botany, 2 vol. in parts, 1837-38-Annals and Magazines of Natural History, series i., vol. i. and ii., in parts, 1838-39-Series ii., 20 vol. in parts, 1848-57, and some odd parts, 1829-57, 8vo. (6)

George, £4

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5032 Bates (H. W.) The Naturalist on the River Amazon, illustrations, 2 vol., uncut, 1863, 8vo. (8) Quaritch, £1 4s. 5033 Bericht über die wissenschafftlichen Leistungen im Gebiete der Entomologie, from 1838 to 1886 (wanted 1856, 1857, 1858, and 1879), bound in 12 vol., half calf gilt, remainder sewn, 1838-86, 8vo. (10) Quaritch, £1 8s. 5034 Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, und Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, numerous plates from the commencement in 1857 to 1887, 30 vol., half calf extra, m. e., the remainder in parts, some duplicates, 1857-87, 8vo. (11) Quaritch, £4 4s. 5035 Blackwall (J.) History of the Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, 29 plates, half calf, Ray Society, 1861, folio (212) Quaritch, £3 10S. 5036 Boston Society of Natural History. Journal, vol. vii., 1859 -Proceedings, vol. ix. and xv.-xxv., parts i. and ii. sewn, 1862, 1872-91, 8vo. (14) Quaritch, £1 125. 5037 Bowerbank (J. S.) Monograph of the British Spongiadæ, portrait and plates, 4 vol., uncut, Ray Society, 1864-82, 8vo. (15) Quaritch, LI 125. 5038 Brady (G. S.) Monograph of the Copepoda of the British Islands, plates, vol. i.-iii., uncut, Ray Society, 1878-80, 8vo. (16) Quaritch, LI IIS. 5039 British Association for the Advancement of Sciences, Reports and Transactions from the commencement in 1831 to 1891, with index 1831 to 1860 (wanted 1837, 1843, 1845-1851, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856), one duplicate, and others, together 64 vol., 1831-91, 8vo. (17) Quaritch, £7 1OS. 5040 British Museum Catalogues. Nomenclature of the Coleopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, 4 parts, 1847-49-List of the Specimens of the Homopterous Insects, plates, 4 parts, 1852, and others, together 43 parts, 8vo. (18) Quaritch, L1 8s. 5041 Buckler (W.) and H. T. Stainton. The Larvæ of the British Butterflies and Moths, coloured plates, vol. i.-iv., part i., uncut, Ray Society, 1885-90, 8vo. (20) Quaritch, £2 15s. 5042 Buckton (G. B.) Monograph of the British Aphides, coloured plates, 4 vol., uncut, Ray Society, 1875-82, 8vo. (29)

Quaritch, £2 12S. 5043 Bulletino della Societa Entomologica Italiana, plates from the commencement in 1869 to 1893, part ii., 21 vol., half calf gilt, the remainder in numbers, 1869-92, 8vo. (25) E. G. Allen, £6 5s. 5044 Cameron (P.) Monograph of the British Phytophagous Hymenoptera, plates, 4 vol., uncut, Ray Society, 1882-89, 8vo. (31) Quaritch, £2 11S. 5045 Canadian Entomologist, edited by the Rev. E. J. S. Bethune, from the commencement in 1869 to 1892, 22 vol., half calf, gilt, and 2 vol. in numbers (wanted one number), 1869-92, 8vo. (32) Quaritch, £5 5046 Curtis (J.) British Entomology, Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain,