Page images
PDF
EPUB

transposed in binding, old calf, Paris, Ant. Verard [with device], s. d. (circa 1500-1503), small folio (639) Chadwick, £5 10s. 5886 [Seymour (R.)] The Compleat Gamester; with the Arts and Misteries of Riding, Racing, Archery, Cockfighting, with the Game at Basset, never before printed in English, frontispiece in 5 compartments, old calf, C. Brome, 1709, 12mo. (648) Roberts, £3 5887 Sinclair (Sir John). Statistical Account of Scotland, from the Communications of the Ministers of Parishes, 21 vol., half calf, Edinb., 1791-99, 8vo. (653) W. Brown, £2 12s. 5888 Sinclair (Sir John). The New Statistical Account of Scotland by the Ministers of the Respective Parishes, map, 15 vol., half calf, Blackwood, 1845, 8vo. (654) Ridler, £1 10s. 5889 Smollett (Dr. T.) Adventures of Roderick Random, first edition, 2 vol., signature of Jo. Clerk on titles, old calf, J. Osborn, 1748, 8vo. (659) Roberts, £2 6s. 5890 Smollett (Dr. T.) Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, first edition, 4 vol., original calf, Printed for the Author, 1751, small 8vo. (660) Maggs, £2 15s. 5891 Songs. The Bottle Companions, or Bacchanalian Club, being a Collection of Merry Drinking Songs and Healths, the Compositions by the most ingenious Masters (with Music), hole in title, unbound, Walsh, small folio (663)

W. Brown, £2 10s. 5892 Stephens (John, of Lincolnes Inn). Essayes and Characters Ironicall and Instructive, the Second Impression, with a new Satyre in defence of Common Law and Lawyers (in verse and prose), old calf, E. Allde for Ph. Knight, 1615, 12mo. (671) Maggs, £175. 5893 Stuart and Revett. Antiquities of Athens, vol. 1.-., large plates, half bound, uncut, 1762-94, imperial folio (672) Rimell, £145. 5894 Stukeley (Dr. Wm.) Itinerarium Curiosum; an Account of Antiquitys and Remarkable Curiosities in Nature and Art, first edition, maps, views, etc., mezzo portrait of Stukeley by J. Smith inserted, old calf, Printed for the Author, 1724, folio (673) Tregaskis, L1 IOS. 5895 Thibault (Girard). Academie de l'Espée, où se demonstrent par Règles Mathématiques la Théorie et Pratique du Maniement des Armes à Pied et à Cheval, first edition, engraved title (mounted and soiled), numerous large plates (last leaf defective and mended, sold with all faults), old calf, s. l. et nom d'Imprimeur, 1626, atlas folio (683) Rimell, £11 155. 5896 Turner (J. M. W.) Liber Studiorum, a complete Set of 70 fine tinted views and frontispiece, drawn and etched by J. M. W. Turner, engraved by C. Turner and others, brilliant original impressions in first, second and third states, some marked "proof," half morocco, gilt edges, Published by the Artist, 1812-19, imperial oblong 4to. (691) R. Ward, £185 5897 Van Dyck (Antonio). Icones Principum, Virorum Doctorum, Pictorum, Chalcographorum, Statuariorum nec non Amatorum Pictoriæ Artis, 150 portraits, original impressions

(No. 44 wanted, 4 mounted, 2 extra ones inserted at end), old calf gilt, gilt edges, Antw., G. Hendricx, s. a., folio (698) E. Parsons, £4 5898 Vaughan (Sir Wm.) The Golden Fleece divided into three parts... transported from Cambrioll Colchos, out of the Southernmost part of the Island commonly called Newfoundland, with the rare map (some inner plain margins wormed), F. Williams, 1626-The New-found Politicke, translated from T. Boccalini (bottom margins of title and next leaf cut into), ib., in 1 vol., old calf, small 4to. (700) Quaritch, £15 5899 Views of Cities. A Collection of old Engraved Views of Cities of Europe by Clement de Jonghe, including London, Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon, Seville, Rome, Naples, Rouen, Vienna, Geneva, etc., 39 plates and engraved frontispiece, brilliant original impressions, vellum (Amst., n. d.), folio (705) Rimell, £2 4s.

5900 Vignola (J. Barozzio de). The Rule of the V. Orders of Architecture (text in 5 languages), numerous plates, several extra from other works inserted, vellum, Amst., 1642, etc., folio (706) Tregaskis, £2 18s. 5901 Virgil. The XII. Bukes of Eneados of the Famose Poete Virgill, translated out of Latyne verses into Scottish Metir bi Maester Gawin Douglas, Bishop of Dunkel, etc., first edition, black letter (commences on Bj, otherwise perfect, and a large and generally sound copy, but some leaves stained), old calf gilt, Imprinted at London, 1553, small 4to. (711) Maggs, £ 5s. 5902 Virgil. The Thirteene Bookes of Æneidos, translated into English verse by Thos. Phaer and Thomas Twyne, black letter, old calf, T. Creede. 1596, sm. 4to. (713) Pickering, £4 5903 Wallace. Life and Acts of the most famous and valiant Champion Sir William Wallace, with a preface containing a short sum of the History of that time, black letter, original calf, clean copy, Edinb., Gedeon Lithgow, 1661, 12mo. (714) Haslitt, £10

5904 Walton (Isaac). The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, to which is added the Laws of Angling, with a new Table, the fourth edition, much corrected and englarged, vignette on title and engravings of fish, a large and fine copy in the original sheepskin as issued, the musical notes intact, and measuring 5 in., Printed for R. Marriot, 1668, 12mo. (715) Quaritch, £17 5905 Wilson (Samuel). An Account of the Province of Caro lina in America, with an Abstract of the Patent, G. Larkin for F. Smith, 1682 - Penn (Wm.) England's Present Interest Discovered, 1675- White (John) First Century of Scandalous Malignant Priests, 1643-A Just Correction and inlargement of a Scandalous Bill of the Mortality of the malignant Clergie of London, etc., 1647St. Crispin's Triumph over Pope Innocent, or the Monks and Fryers routed, a tragi-comedy, Printed at Primrose Hill, etc., Oct. 17, 1678-Mysogynus, or a Satyr upon

Women, 1642-Bath upon Bath, a poem, 1680-Dryden (John) The Medall, a Satyre against Sedition, first edition, 1682-The Medal of John Bayes, a Satyr against Folly and Knavery, 1682 A Satyr to his Muse (by John Dryden), first edition, 1682- Three Poems on the Death of the late Usurper Oliver Cromwell, by Dryden, Sprat and Waller, 1659, Reprinted 1682, and others, in 1 vol., old calf, small 4to. (721) Dobell, £16 5906 Wither (George).

Collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne, quickened with metrical illustrations, both moral and divine (Four Books), frontispiece by Marshall, portrait and 200 plates of emblems by C. de Pas (2 leaves in Book I. and leaf with lotteries defective), old calf, A. M. for H. Taunton, 1635, small folio (723) Pickering, £4 12s. 5907 Wither (George). Campo-Muse, or Field Musings of Captain George Wither touching his Militarie Engagement for the King and Parliament, etc. (in Verse), woodcut frontispiece, R. Austin, 1644, 8vo. (724) Maggs, £1 9s.

[MAY 8TH AND FIVE FOLLOWING DAYS, 1899.]

SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE.

A SELECTION FROM THE LIBRARY OF A GENTLEMAN.
(No. of Lots, 2096; amount realised, £5,168 18s. 6d.)

5908 A'Beckett (G. A.) Comic Histories of England and Rome, 3 vol., coloured and other illustrations by John Leech, on India paper, uncut, n. d., imp. 8vo. (212) Sargent, £1 14s. 5909 Alken (Henry). Analysis of the Hunting Field, first edition, numerous coloured plates by H. Alken, and woodcuts, original cloth, Ackerman, 1846, 8vo. (21)

Hatchard, £7 17s. 6d. 5910 Alken (Henry). The National Sports of Great Britain, 50 large coloured plates, and engraved title, with Descriptions in English and French, half bound, uncut, fine copy, T. M'Lean, 1821-23, folio (311) Parsons, £37

5911 Alken (Henry). Symptoms of being Amused, 42 coloured plates, T. M'Lean, 1822, folio (312) Maggs, £4 12s. 5912 Alken (Henry). Illustrations to Popular Songs, original impressions of the 43 coloured plates, half bound, T. M'Lean, 1825, oblong folio (313) Hornstein, £5 12s. 6d. 5913 Alken (Henry). A Steeple Chase; or a Cross-Country Match, a series of 6 coloured plates, from the original drawings, in the original wrappers (damaged), 1827, folio (314)

Sabin, £9 15s. 5914 Alken (Henry). A Touch at the Fine Arts, 12 finely coloured plates, with Descriptions, half bound, uncut, T. M'Lean, W. Brown, £4 4s.

1824, 8vo. (216)

5915 America. Account of M. de la Salle's last Expedition and Discoveries in North America; also Relation of a Voyage made by the Sieur de Montauban, Captain of the French Privateers, on the Coasts of Guinea, in 1695, old calf, rebacked, 1698, 8vo. (9) H. Stevens, £3 4s. 5916 America. Lieut. J. Moody's Narrative of his Exertions and Sufferings in the Cause of Government since 1776, half calf gilt, y. e., 1783, 8vo. (10) W. Brown, £2 12s. 5917 America. Observations on Certain Documents contained in Nos. V. and VI. of "The History of the United States for 1796," in which the Charge of Peculation against Alex. Hamilton is fully refuted, morocco super extra, gilt edges by Lortic, Philadelphia, 1797, 8vo. (11) Sotheran, £3 18s. 5918 America. The Cruel Massacre of the Protestants in North America showing how the French and Indians join together to scalp the English, etc., 4 leaves, woodcut on title, morocco super extra, gilt edges by Lortic, n. d., 8vo. (12) Sabin, £5 5s.

5919 America.

The Mystery Reveal'd, or Truth brought to Light,... by a Patriot (containing much interesting matter relating to America), sprinkled calf, y. e., 1759, 8vo. (13) Edwards, £2 18s. 5920 American Statesmen, edited by J. T. Morse, 49 vol. (various), some in duplicate, Boston, 1883, etc., 8vo. (15)

Sotheran, £2 145. 5921 Annals of Sporting and Fancy Gazette, vol. i.-xiii., numerous coloured plates by Alken, other illustrations by Scott, Howitt, etc., and portraits of celebrated Pugilists, Pedestrians, etc., half morocco, t. e. g., 1822-28, 8vo. (23)

Hatchard, £28 5922 Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland, by the Four Masters, from the earliest Period to 1616, edited by J. O'Donovan, second edition, 7 vol., original boards, Dublin, 1856, 8vo. (221) Edwards, £5 7s. 6d.

5923 Apperley (C. J.) Memoirs of the Life of John Mytton by Nimrod, third edition, coloured plates by H. Alken and T. J. Rawlins, original cloth, gilt edges, Ackermann, 1851, 8vo. (28) Maggs, £5 10s. 5924 Arabian Nights, a plain and literal translation of the Thousand Nights and a Night, with explanatory notes, etc., by Sir R. F. Burton, 10 vol, Kamashastra Society for private subscribers only, Benares, 1885, 8vo. (33) B. F. Stevens, £23 5925 Arber (Edward). Transcript of the Registers of the Company of Stationers of London, vol. i.-iv., 1554-1640, I of 200 copies, uncut, Privately printed, 1875-77, 4to. (223) Sotheran, £3 18s. 5926 Archæologia Cantiana: Transactions of the Kent Archæological Society, vol. i.-viii., numerous illustrations, uncut, 1858-72, 8vo. (35) Ridler, £2 10S. 5927 Archæological Institute: Proceedings, 1845 to 1852, engravings, and vol. viii. in duplicate, together 17 vol., 8vo. (36) Ridler, £3 8s.

5928 Archæological Journal of the British Archæological Association, vol. i.-xlviii., numerous illustrations (with index to vol. i.-xxv.), 1846-91, 8vo. (37) Ridler, £5 10s. 5929 Aubert (C.) Les Nouvelles Amoureuses, 6 vol., etchings by J. Hanriot, half morocco gilt, uncut, t. e. g., original wrappers bound up, 1882-84, 8vo. (49) Ridler, £1 18s. 5930 Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, edited by the Duke of Beaufort and A. E. T. Watson, complete Set, 28 vol., numerous illustrations, small paper, 1885, etc., 8vo. (53) Sotheran, £8 5931 Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, vol. i.-lxix. (wanted vol. x., xi. and xii.), numerous portraits, etc., half blue morocco, t. e. g., 1860-98, 8vo. (55) Hatchard, £20

5932 Balzac (H. de). La Comédie Humaine; Scenes of Parisian Life, translated by E. Sedgwick, 11 vol., Japanese velluin paper, 1 of 50 copies, with the etchings after Bussière in two states, vellum, uncut, t. e. g., 1897, 8vo. (65)

5933 Balzac (H. de).

Saintsbury, 34
uncut, t. e. g.,

Thorpe, £3 35. Works, translated, with prefaces by Geo. vol., etchings, edition limited to 50 copies, 1896, etc., 8vo. (68) J. Bumpus, £6

5934 Bancroft (H. H.) The Native Races of the Pacific States of North America, 5 vol., maps and illustrations, 1875-76, 8vo. (69) Edwards, £2 5s. 5935 Barham (R. H.) The Ingoldsby Legends, the Three Series, 3 vol., first edition, fine impressions of the etchings by Geo. Cruikshank, J. Leech, etc., original cloth, 1840-42-47, 8vo. (70) W. Brown, £12 5s. 5936 Barnard (P. J.) Euvres, ornées de gravures d'après les desseins (sic) de Prud'hon, with a double set of the plates, proofs before letters and in the ordinary state, half morocco, t. e. g., 1797, 4to. (252) J. Bumpus, £3 4s. 5937 Barrère (A.) and C. G. Leland. Dictionary of Slang, Jargon and Cant, 2 vol., parchment, uncut, Printed for subscribers only, 1889, 4to. (241) Quaritch, LI 5938 Bartolozzi (F.) One Hundred Examples of Engravings by, selected from rare examples in the British Museum, complete in 4 parts, I of 150 copies, uncut, n. d., folio (318) Sotheran, £4 4s. 5939 Bartolozzi, and his Works, by A. W. Tuer, 2 vol., facsimile and other illustrations, parchment, uncut, t. e. g., 1881, 4to. (242) Maggs, £2 5940 Bateson (E.), A. B. Hinds, and J. C. Hodgson. History of Northumberland, 4 vol., numerous full-page and other illustrations, uncut, Newcastle, 1893-97, 4to. (243) Ridler, £3 16s. 5941 Beardsley (Aubrey). A Book of Fifty Drawings, Japanese vellum paper, I of 50 copies, parchment, uncut, t. e. g., 1897, 4to. (244) A. G. Bethel, £2 5942 Bentley (T.) The Monument of Matrones, containing severall Lamps of Virginitie, 2 vol. in 1, black letter, woodcut title, sound copy in russia gilt, y. e. by C. Murton, 1582, 4to. (249) Chadwick, £6

XIII.

38

« PreviousContinue »