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Sanctorum Martyrum mortem in Anglia Passiones per Nic. Circinianum depictae, 41 plates including title (the last plate mended), calf gilt, gilt edges by F. Bedford, Romae, B. Grassus, 1584, 4to. (961) Maggs, £6 2s. 6d. 614 Cavendish (Geo.) Life of Cardinal Wolsey, and Metrical Visions, with notes and other illustrations by S. W. Singer, portrait and plates, 61 extra portraits and views, some on India paper inserted, 2 vol. in 1, half morocco gilt, gilt edges, Chiswick, 1825, 8vo. (579) Maggs, £4 8s. 615 Celtic Ornaments of the Book of Kells (edited by T. K. Abbott), 50 facsimiles, 9 parts, uncut, Dublin and London, 1895, 4to. (964) Young, £2 35. 616 Cervantes. Les Principales Avantures de l'Admirable Don Quichotte, représentées en figures par Coypel, Picart le Romain, etc., avec les Explications, 31 engravings, old French citron morocco gilt, gilt edges, La Haye, P. de Hondt, 1746, 4to. (966) Pearson, £5 15s. 617 Chap-Books. Remarkable Papers written by Mr. Chr. Love, who was beheaded on Tower Hill, Aug. 22, 1651, Edinburgh, 1763-The Remarkable Predictions of Mr. Chr. Love, etc., Glasgow, 1801-Account of Christian Ker, who died at Edinburgh in the 14th year of her Age, Edinburgh, 1742Life and Sufferings of John Welch of Ayr, ib., 1748-A Testimony left by Mr. Samuel Rutherford to the Work of Reformation in Britain and Ireland, Glasgow, 1785-Visions, Discoveries and Warnings revealed to John Porter, Edinburgh, 1780-Wonderful Conferences between the Ghost of Mr. Maxwell of Cool, and the Rev. Mr. Ogilvie, Glasgow, 1795-Life and Prophecies of Alexander Peden, Edinburgh, 1801-Life and Prophecies of Mr. Donald Cargill, Glasgow, 1806, in 1 vol., half calf, 8vo. (593) W. Brown, I IOS. 618 Charles I. De Rebus Caroli Regis sub imperio Jacobi Montisrosarum Marchiones, etc., 1644-46, Gestis Commentarius (à Geo. Wishart Episc.), first edition, s. ., A.D. 1647—The same, another edition, vellum, Amst., 1648–History of the Kings Majesties Affairs in Scotland under James Marquis of Montrose, 1644-46, Haghe, G. Brown, n. d.—Another Edition, portrait (damaged), 1660-and Another Edition, 1720, 8vo. (594) Tregaskis, £2 25. 619 Charles I. The Kings Majesties Declaration to his Subjects concerning lawfull Sports to be Used, first edition, with the blank leaf A, and the Original Order of the Commons for the burning of the book by the Common Hangman in 1643 pasted on fly-leaf, R. Barker, 1634-An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons for the better observation of the Lords Day, E. Husbands, 1644, in 1 vol., half calf gilt, 4to. (971) Pearson, £3 8s.

[As to the burning of this re-issue of the Book of Sports see Rushworth's "Historical Collections," vol. ii., p. 317, under date May 5, 1643.-ED.]

620 Charles I. Eikon Basilikē, portrait (mounted) and plate, morocco, No place, A.D. 1648-Another Edition (no plate, title mended) Reprinted in R. M., 1648—Another Edition,

plate (wanted portrait), No place, 1648-and Four other Editions (most imperfect, with all faults), 8vo. (596) Almack, £4 4s. 621 Charles I. Eikōn Basilikē. The Portraicture of his Sacred Majestie in his Solitudes and Sufferings, folding plate, R. Royston, 1649-Reliquiae Sacrae Carolinae; the Works of Charles I., Hague, S. Browne, 1657, 2 vol., morocco plain, gilt edges, 8vo. (597) Sotheran, £2 6s. 622 Charles I. Tragicum Theatrum Actorum et Casuum Tragicorum Londini publice celebratorum, etc., 8 fine portraits, and plate of the Execution of Charles I., morocco extra, gilt edges by C. Lewis, fine copy (from C. R. Price's library), Amst., J. Jansonius, 1649, 8vo. (598) W. Brown, I IIS. 623 Charles Edward, the Young Pretender. A full collection of all the Proclamations published by the Authority of Charles Prince of Wales, since his Arrival in Edinburgh, Sept. 17 till Oct. 15, 1745, 2 parts, Glasgow, 1745-46-and other Scarce Papers, consisting of Poems, Accounts of Marches and Battles, Pamphlets, etc., all relating to the Young Pretender, in 1 vol., calf, 8vo. (603) W. Brown, £5 IOS. 624 Chaucer (Geoffrey). Canterbury Tales, with Essay, Notes, Glossary, etc., portrait, 5 vol., uncut, W. Pickering, 1822, 8vo. (607) Cattle, £2 625 Cheke (Sir John). The Hurt of Sedition, how grievous it is to a Commonwelth, now newly perused and printed, black letter, title within woodcut border, W. Seres, 1569--Norton (Thos.) A Warning against the dangerous practises of Papistes, and specially the parteners of the late Rebellion, black letter (title in roman), Jo. Daye, n. d. (1570), in 1 vol., old morocco, y. e., 8vo. (609) Ridler, £2 16s.

626 Chronicles and Memorials. Scotland. Chronicles of the Picts and Scots, Historical Documents, 1286-1306, and Ledger of A. Halyburton, 1492-1503, together 4 vol., half bound, Edinburgh, 1867-70, imperial 8vo. (613) W. Brown, £1 145. 627 Church Reform. The Answere of the Vicechancellor, the Doctors, and other heads of Houses in the Universitie of Oxford to the humble Petition of the Ministers of the Church of England desiring Reformation of Certain Ceremonies and Abuses, original edition, limp vellum, Oxford, J. Barnes, 1603, 4to. (980) Grieve, £I IOS. 628 Cicero. Opera, cum optimis exemplaribus accurate collata, editio Elzeviriana, 10 vol., old morocco gilt, gilt edges, Lugd. Bat., 1642, 8vo. (617) Ridler, £1 9s. 629 Clarendon (Earl of). History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars, with suppressed passages and unpublished notes; and Life and Continuation, 11 vol., tree-marbled calf gilt, t. e. g., Oxford, 1726-27, 8vo. (620) Roche, £3 6s.

630 Clark's Foreign Theological Library, 142 vol., all complete works, Edinburgh, v. d., 8vo. (624) Britwell, £9 631 Cochlaeus (Jo.) Pro Scotia Regno Apologia, adversus Alexandrum Alesium, Scotum, ad Scotorum regem, title within fine woodcut border, Lips., M. Blum, 1534, 4to. (988) Cotton, £2

632 Cochran-Patrick (R. W.) Records of the Coinage of Scotland, from the earliest period to the Union, 16 plates, 2 vol., half morocco, t. e. g., Edinburgh, 1876, 4to. (991) Hopkins, £1 12s. 633 Coleridge (S. T.) On the Constitution of Church and State,

first edition, blue morocco, gilt edges, presentation copy, "To Lord Lyndhurst, etc., etc., this Work is respectfully Submitted by the Author, S. T. Coleridge," Hurst, etc., 1830, 8vo. (633) Pearson, £3 35. 634 Coligny. The Lyfe of the most godly, valeant and noble Capteine and maintener of the trew Christian Religion in France, Jasper Colignie Shatilion, sometyme Greate Admirall of Fraunce, translated out of Latin by Arthur Golding, black letter, ruled in red, device of anchor and motto "Anchora Spei" on title, contemporary morocco gilt, with device of anchor and motto "Animae Anchora Spes Viva," from Hebr. VI., on sides, Thos. Vautrollier, 1576, 8vo. (638) Richardson, 10

635 Collins (A.) Peerage of England, greatly augmented and Continued to the Present Time by Sir E. Brydges, 9 vol., half calf gilt, m. e., 1812, 8vo. (641) Ridler, 1 175.

636 Confession of Faith (The), and the Larger and Shorter Catechisme, first agreed upon by the Assembly of Divines at Westminster, and now appointed by the Generall Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland to be a part of Uniformity of Religion between the Kirks of Christ in the three Kingdomes (some leaves slightly soiled and margins cut close), green morocco gilt, gilt edges, Amsterdam, printed by Luice Elzevir for Andrew Wilson, and are to be Sold at his Shop in Edinburgh, 1649, 8vo. (648) Richardson, £27

[An excessively rare Elzevir printed book, apparently unknown to bibliographers. This was David Laing's copy, and sold in his sale in 1879.-Catalogue. The book is

referred to in Slater's "Book Collecting" as the only volume printed in English by the Elzevirs. This copy brought 35 at the Laing Sale.-ED.]

637 Confession of Faith (The), and the Larger and Shorter Catechisme, approved by the Kirk of Scotland (some fore-edges shaved), purple morocco extra, gilt edges, Edinburgh, by E. Tyler, printer to the King, 1650, 8vo. (649) W. Brown, £5 5s. 638 Confession of Faith (The), and the Larger and Shorter Catechisme, approved by the Generall Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Edinburgh, E. Tyler, printer to the King, 1650 -A Directory for the Publique Worship of God, etc., London, for the Stat. Co., 1650, in 1 vol. (some fore-edges slightly shaved), calf gilt by F. Bedford, 8vo. (650) Quaritch, £8 8s. 639 Confession of Faith (The) Subscribed by the Kinge's Majestie and his Houshold; together with the Copie of the Bande, and the Act of Secreit Counsail (title and last leaf mended, some headlines shaved), morocco gilt, with arms of D. Con. stable on sides, gilt edges, Edinburgh, R. Waldegrave, 1590, 4to. (1006) Richardson, £12

[Four leaves headed "The Subscribers unto the Con

fession of Faith" are blank. The "Confession" was first printed at Holyrood House in 1580. This was D. Laing's copy. Catalogue.] 640 Confession of Faith (The), Subscribed by the Kings Maiestie and his Houshold [at Edinburgh the 28 day of Januarie, the yeare 1580], 4 leaves had margins mended, morocco gilt, gilt edges, no imprint (1007) Quaritch, £1 IIS. [Probably a XVIIth. century reprint of the Edinburgh edition of R. Waldegrave, printed in 1590.-Catalogue.] 641 Constantine. A Treatyse of the Donation or Gyfte and Endowmēt of Possessyons gyven and graunted unto Sylvester Pope of Rhome, by Constantyne Emperour of Rome, black letter, title within Holbein border, large and clean copy, with autograph of Wm. Herbert on title, russia, T. Godfray, n. d., folio (1090) Maggs, £9 15s. 642 Copinger (W. A.) Incunabula Biblica; the First Half Century of the Latin Bible, 54 facsimiles, blue cloth, 1892, folio (1341) Sotheran, £3 18s. 643 Coryat's Crudities, reprinted from the edition of 1611, to which are now added his Letters from India, and extracts relating to him from various Authors, etc., frontispiece and plates, 3 vols., old calf, W. Cater, 1776, 8vo. (796) Young, £I 145. 644 Covenant. A Solemne League and Covenant for Reformation, Edinburgh, E. Tyler, 1643-The Iniquity of the late Solemne League or Covenant discovered, 1643-The Anti-Covenant, Oxford, 1643—Observations upon the Instructions for taking the Vow and Covenant, ib.-Letter to a Noble Lord from a friend at Oxford upon Occasion of the late Covenant taken by both Houses, Feb. 22, 1643—Examination of such Particulars in the Solemne League and Covenant as concerne the Law, Oxford, 1644 - Langbaine (Gerard). A Review of the Covenant, 1661, and others on the same, in 2 vol., 4to. (1025) Quaritch, £1 195. 645 Covenant. Confession of Faith of the Kirk of Scotland, Subscribed by the King's Majestie and Household in the yeare 1580, and Subscribed by the Nobles, etc., in the yeare 1638-A Solemn League and Covenant for Reformation, Edinburgh, E. Tyler, 1643-Another edition of the same, ib., 1648, and 3 other Tracts of the same date on the same subject, in I vol., contemporary limp vellum, with initials of the original owner, G. L. (George Leslie) on sides, 4to. (1026) Lamplough, £3 8s.

[An interesting copy, having three original autograph inscriptions by "George Leslie, Burgess in Edinburgh."Catalogue.]

646 [Coverdale (Myles).] The Christen rule or State of all the Worlde from the hyghest to the lowest, and howe every man shuld lyve to please God, etc. Item the Christen State of Matrymonye, black letter, 2 vol., old calf, No place or name of printer, anno incarnacionis Christi, 1543," 8vo. (800) Maggs, £4 6s. 647 Coverdale (Myles). Certain most godly, fruitful, and comfortable Letters of true Saints and holy Martyrs in the late

bloodye Persecution, first edition, black letter, woodcut title and cut on reverse, ornamental initials (a few leaves wormed), old calf. J. Day, 1564, 4to. (1029) Chadwick, £3 648 Cowper (Wm.) and Rev. John Newton. Olney Hymns in three Books, first edition, morocco extra, gilt edges, tine copy, W. Oliver, 1779, 8vo. (801) Pickering, L1 135. 649 Cranmer (Archbp. Thos.) Catechismus, That is to say, a Shorte Instruction into Christian Religion for the syngular commodite and profyte of Childre and Yong People, black letter, title within fine woodcut border with cut on reverse of K. Edward VI. giving the Bible to Cranmer. small woodcuts and ornamental initials, original green limp vellum, in new morocco case, Gaulterus Lynne excudebat 1548, (at end) Imprynted for Gwalter Lynne dwellinge on Somers Kaye by Byllynges Gate, 8vo. (810) B. F. Stevens, £43

[A remarkably large and fine copy, with wide margins (folios clxxxix to cxc are unopened), clean and perfect throughout, and measuring 5 in. by 4 in. It appears to be the second issue of 1548, but the name of Nicholas Hyll as printer does not occur in the book.-Catalogue.]

650 Cranmer (Archbp. Thos.) A Confutatio of Unwritte Verities both in the holye Scriptures and moste auncient authors, and also profitable Arguments and Pithy Reasons, etc., translated and set forth by E. P., black letter, original edition, brown morocco, gilt, antique style, gilt edges, No date, place, or printer's name (R. Wolfe, 1558), 8vo. (812) Jones, £3 16s. 651 Cranmer (Archbp. Thos.) A Defence of the true and catholicke doctrine of the Sacrament of the Body and Bloud of our Saviour Christ; with a Confutation of Sundry Errors, first edition, black letter, old MS. notes in margins, title within woodcut border, old red morocco, with borders of crowns, feathers, and fleurs-de-lis, gilt edges, R. Wolfe, 1550, 4to. (1031) Ridler, £3 8s. 652 Crowe (E. E.) History of France, 5 vol., half calf gilt, m. e., 1858-68, 8vo. (820) Maggs, £4 6s. 653 Crowley (Rob.) An Information and Peticion agaynst the oppresseurs of the pore Commons of this Realme, black letter (14 leaves), calf extra, fine copy, No place, date, or printer's name (1548), 8vo. (823) Quaritch, £3 6s. 654 Darcie (Abr.) Annales; The True and Royall History of the Famous Empresse Elizabeth, fine portrait and engraved title by R. Vaughan (margins cut close), old calf, B. Fisher, 1625, 4to. (1049) Ellis, £1 19s. 655 Darien. A Full and Exact Collection of Addresses, Memorials, Petitions, Answers, Proclamations, etc., relating to the Company of Scotland trading to Africa and the Indies, 1695-1700, half calf, Printed in 1700, 8vo. (833) W. Brown, £1 14s. 656 Darien. Borland (Rev. Fr.) The History of Darien, giving a Short Description of that Country and the Attempts of the Scotch to found a Colony there, written in 1700 (title mended), half calf, Glasgow, J. Bryce, 1779, 8vo. (834) W. Brown, L1 IOS.

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