6127 Sage (Dean). The Ristigouche, and its Salmon Fishing: with a chapter on Angling Literature, one of 105 copies, with proof impressions of the etchings, and other illustrations, uncut, Edinburgh, 1888, small folio (1648) Quaritch, £27 6128 Satirist (The), or Monthly Meteor, 14 vol., numerous folding coloured caricature plates, many by Geo. Cruikshank, half morocco gilt, uncut, t. e. g., fine set, 1808-14, 8vo. (1589) J. Bumpus, £16 10s. 6129 Sclater (P. L.) and Salvin. Exotic Ornithology, containing figures and descriptions of new or rare species of American Birds, 100 large coloured plates, half morocco gilt, uncut, t. e. g., Quaritch, 1869, imperial 4to. (2068) Quaritch, £5 6130 Scot (R.) The Discoverie of Witchcraft, a reprint of the first edition of 1584, edited by Dr. Nicholson, one of 250 copies, uncut, 1886, 4to. (1653) Maggs, Li Is. 6131 Scottish History Society's Publications, vol. i.-xxv. (wanted vol. xxiii.), illustrations and facsimiles, Edinburgh, 1887-96, 8vo. (1733) W. Brown, £14 5s. 6132 Scottish History Society, vol. i., ii., iv.-xv., and an Extract from the Miscellany of the Society, 1887-93, 8vo. (1734) W. Brown, £8 5s. 6133 Scrope (W.) Art of Deer-Stalking, first edition, engravings, and tinted plates after E. and C. Landseer and the author, a nearly uncut copy, in dark-green morocco extra, t. e. g., 1838-39, 8vo. (1735) Quaritch, £5 10s. 6134 Scrope (W.) Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the Tweed, first edition, tinted plates and woodcuts after Wilkie, Landseer, etc., calf gilt, m. e., 1843, 8vo. (1736) Young, £5 5s. 6135 Seebohm (H.) History of British Birds, 4 vol., with coloured illustrations of their eggs, half morocco, t. e. g., 1883-85, 8vo. (1738) Leighton, £5 7s. 6d. 6136 Seebohm (H.) History of British Birds, 4 vol., with coloured illustrations of their eggs, uncut, 1883-85, 8vo. (1739)

Bain, £5 5s. 6137 Seton (G.) A History of the Family of Seton, during Eight Centuries, 2 vol., one of 212 copies, illustrations, emblazoned coats of arms, views, portraits, etc., half bound, uncut, t. e. g., Edinburgh, privately printed, 1896, 4to. (1662) Leighton, £7 7s. 6d. 6138 Sharpe (R. B.) Monograph of the Alcedinidæ, or Family of Kingfishers, 120 coloured plates, morocco gilt, uncut, t. e. g., published by the author, 1868-71, 4to. (1666) J. Bumpus, £7 6139 Sharpe (R. B.) and C. W. Wyatt. Monograph of the Hirunidæ, or Family of Swallows, complete, 20 parts in II, numerous coloured plates, 1885-94, 4to. (1667)

J. Bumpus, £5 10s. 6140 Shelley (Percy Bysshe). Letters, with an Introductory Essay by Robert Browning, original cloth, uncut, Moxon, 1852, 8vo. (1751) Pickering, £3 4s. 6141 Simcoe (Lieut.-Col.) Journal of the Operations of the Queen's Rangers from the end of 1777 to the Conclusion of the late American War, folding maps and plans, morocco extra, gilt

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edges by Rivière and Son, Exeter, printed for the author, n. d. (1787), 4to. (1675) H. Stevens, £30 6142 Smith (John). Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French Painters, with the Supplement complete in 9 vol., portraits and plates, uncut copy, in the original cloth, 1829-42, 8vo. (1764) Sotheran, £39

6143 Sporting Magazine, from October, 1817, to October, 1842, 50 vol., numerous fine plates, calf and half calf, 1818-42, 8vo. (1777) Robson, £7 6144 Sporting Magazine (New), July, 1845, to December, 1870 (wanted 1850; January to June, 1851; July to December, 1852; and January to June, 1853), 46 vol., illustrations, half calf gilt, m. e., uniform, 1845-70, 8vo. (1778) Robson, £10 6145 Stevenson (R. L.) Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes, first edition, etchings by A. Brunet-Debaines, original cloth, gilt edges, 1879, folio (2075) W. Brown, £5 17s. 6d. 6146 Surrey Archæological Collections, published by the Surrey Archæological Society, vol. i.-x., numerous illustrations, 1858-91, 8vo. (1807) Edwards, £5 7s. 6d.

6147 Surtees Society's Publications, vol. i-xcvii. (wanted vol. Ixi.), 1835-96, 8vo. (1814) Quaritch, £21

6148 Swinburne (A. C.) Siena, first edition, in the original paper wrapper, Hotten, 1868, 8vo. (1816) Robson, £3 16s.

6149 Symonds (J. A.) Renaissance in Italy, complete set, in 7 vol., uncut, 1875-86, 8vo. (1824) Bain, £21 10S.

6150 Thornton (Alfred). Don Juan, 2 vol., 15 coloured engravings in the style of Atkinson, russia, gilt edges, 1821, 8vo. (1841) Hornstein, £8 17s. 6d. 6151 Tissot (J. J.) The Life of our Saviour Jesus Christ, 365 compositions from the Four Gospels, with notes, etc., in 6 portfolios, 1897, folio (2080) Bull, £7 15s.

6152 Trials for Adultery: or the History of Divorces, 7 vol., plates, half calf, 1779-80, 8vo. (1858) Pickering, £57s. 6d.

- Thurtell

6153 Trials. R. and D. Perreau and C. Rudd-Palmer-Manning -Hunt - Wyndham - Yelverton - Madeleine Smith-Corder-Trials of Pirates-Bristol Riots, and other Trials, several with portraits and engravings, in 38 vol., half calf, uniform, v. y., 8vo. (1859) J. Bumpus, £ó 6154 Vaughan (Sir William). The Golden Fleece, divided into three Parts . . . transported from Cambrioll Colchos, out of the Southermost Part of the Island, commonly called The Newfoundland, top of title pieced, but a large copy, morocco, gilt edges by Eedy (the map of Newfoundland, as is usually the case, in facsimile), 1626, 4to. (2014)

Maggs, £2 145.

6155 Voltaire. La Pucelle d'Orléans, Poëm en vingt-un Chants, 2 vol., the plates after Lebarbier, Marillier, Monnet, etc., in two states, proofs before letters, and lettered impressions, engraved by Baquoy, Choffard, and others, fine uncut copy, Paris (1795), 4to. (2022) J. Bumpus, £18 5s.

6156 Voltaire.

La Pucelle d'Orléans, another copy, 2 vol., with I set of the plates, proofs before letters, morocco super extra, gilt edges by Belz-Niedrée, Paris (1795), 4to. (2023) Roberts, £12 12s. 6157 Voltaire. La Henriade, 2 vol., plates after Eisen, engraved by De Longueil, and vignettes by the same artists, old morocco extra, gilt edges by Derome, s. d. (1770), 8vo. (1875) Sotheran, £8 15s. 6158 Voltaire. Romans et Contes, 3 vol., portrait, vignettes afte Monnet, engraved by Deny, and 57 plates after Marillier, Monnet, Moreau, etc., engraved by Baquoy, Dambrun, and others, without the numbers, old French mottled calf gilt, gilt edges, Bouillon, 1778, 8vo. (1876) Roberts, £13 15s. 6159 Voltaire. La Pucelle d'Orléans, 2 vol., LARGE PAPER, frontispiece and II vignettes by Duplessi-Bertaux, proofs before the letters, old mottled calf gilt, gilt edges, Londres (Paris, Cazin), 1780, 8vo. (1877) Sotheran, £5 10S.

6160 Voltaire. The Series of Portraits and Plates after Moreau illustrating the 1785 edition of the works of Voltaire, mor. extra, gilt edges, in 1 vol., 8vo. (1878) Robson, £5

6161 Voltaire. La Pucelle: or the Maid of Orleans . . . with the author's preface and original notes [by Lady Charleville], 2 vol., old morocco gilt, privately printed, n. p. (Dublin), 1796-97, 8vo. 1879) Sabin, £12 5s. 6162 Walpole (Horace). Anecdotes of Painting in England, enlarged by Jas. Dallaway, Major's Fine Edition," 5 vol., portraits and engravings by Worthington, Finden, etc., on India paper, a few spotted, morocco gilt, gilt edges, 1828, 8vo. (1889) Edwards, £5 17s. 6d.

6163 Walpole (Horace). Letters, edited by Peter Cunningham, now first chronologically arranged, 9 vol., portraits, uncut, 1857-59, 8vo. (1891) Quaritch, £7 2s. 6d. 6164 Wedgwood (Old), the English Relief Art Work of the XVIIIth Century, made by Josiah Wedgwood at Etruria, in Staffordshire, 1760-95, complete in 8 parts, edited by F. Rathbone, with 65 large illustrations in coloured facsimile, wrappers, Quaritch, 1893-98, folio (2086) Quaritch, 6 8s.

6165 Wolf (J.) Zoological Sketches made for the Zoological Society of London . . . edited, with notes, by P. L. Sclater, 2 vol., "special copy," the 100 plates, coloured like the original drawings, and mounted on cardboards, with guards (text in a smaller size), half morocco gilt, gilt edges, 1861-67, folio (2094) Bain, £19 10s. 6166 Yorkshire Archæological and Topographical Association Publications: Record Series, vol. i.-xviii., xx. and xxi., together 20 vol., 1885-97, 8vo. (1941) Harding, £5 IOS.

[JUNE 12TH AND TWO FOLLOWING DAYS, 1899.]

SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE.

A SELECTION FROM THE CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF MR. WILLIAM WRIGHT.

(No. of Lots, 838; amount realised, £8,685 16s.)

[The catalogue contained a large number of engravings and autographs (Lots 839 to 1525). These have not been reported, nor is their value included in the amount stated to have been realised from the sale of the books, a selection from which is given below. -ED.]

6167 Ackermann (R.) The Microcosm of London, 104 coloured plates by Rowlandson and Pugin, 3 vol., half vellum, uncut, 1808-10, imperial 4to. (1) Pearson, £135s. 6168 Ainsworth (W. H.) Rookwood: a Romance, portrait after Maclise, and etchings by George Cruikshank, original cloth, uncut, fine copy, fourth edition, but the first illustrated by George Cruikshank, Macrone, 1836, 8vo. (4)

Robson, £7 10s. 6169 Ainsworth (W. H.) Jack Sheppard: a Romance, portrait, and 27 etchings by George Cruikshank, first edition, 3 vol., original cloth, uncut, fine copy, Bentley, 1839, 8vo. (5) Sabin, £5 15s. 6170 Ainsworth (W. H.) The Tower of London, an Historical Romance, etchings and woodcuts by George Cruikshank, first edition, complete in the original parts as published, with the wrappers and advertisements, fine copy, 1840, 8vo. (6) Spencer, £7 10s. 6171 Ainsworth's Magazine. A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature and Art, edited by W. H. Ainsworth, numerous etchings by George Cruikshank, "Phiz," Buss and others, 26 vol., half morocco extra, inlaid backs, g. t., 1842, 8vo. (8) Spencer, £12 6172 Ainsworth (W. H.) The Miser's Daughter, a Tale, 20 etchings by George Cruikshank, 3 vol., first edition, original cloth, uncut, fine copy, Cunningham and Mortimer, 1842, 8vo. (9) Sabin, £26 10S.

[Presentation copy, with inscription on title-page of vol. i.: "Mrs. George Cruikshank, with the author's very kind regards and the illustrator's dearest love, October 18th, 1842," and the autograph of George Cruikshank on each title-page. From the Stewart sale, in which it sold for £42. Catalogue.]

6173 Ainsworth (W. H.) Windsor Castle, an Historical Romance, illustrated by George Cruikshank and Tony Johannot, with designs on wood by W. A. Delamotte, portrait, complete in the original parts as published, with the wrappers and advertisements, Colburn, 1844, 8vo. (10) Sabin, £5 10S. 6174 Alken (H.) British Proverbs, 6 coloured plates, McLean, 1824-Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man, illustrated by

Henry Alken, 7 coloured plates, McLean, 2 vol. in 1, morocco extra, gold tooled sides, inside borders, joints, uncut, original wrappers preserved, 1824, oblong folio (14) Hornstein, £8 5s.

6175 Astley's Theatre, 1769-1880. A collection of Views, Portraits, Bills, Posters, Advertisements, Cuttings, Extracts from Books, etc., chronologically arranged, relating to this Theatre, all mounted or inlaid where necessary, forming 4 vol., 3 vol. morocco extra, emblematically tooled sides and backs, doublé with red morocco, richly gilt, joints, gilt edges, I vol. unbound, and partly unmounted, specially designed title-pages, folio (16) C. Scott, £38 6176 Bannister (John, Comedian). Memoirs, by John Adolphus, 2 vol., inlaid and extended to 4 vol., extra illustrated by the addition of numerous fine and rare prints, including portraits of Bannister, mezzotint, Garrick, Woodward as Mercutio, etc.; Autograph Letters of Macklin, Hull, Linley, Lord Nelson, Captain Hardy, G. Colman, W. Holland, T. P. Cooke, S. Rogers; Rare Play Bills, some containing the names of Garrick, Mrs. Clive, C. Kemble, etc.; Views, Character Portraits, Cuttings, and Original Agreement between R. W. Elliston and H. F. Greville (6 closelywritten folio pages), morocco super extra, gold tooled sides and joints, silk linings, gilt edges by Tout, 1839, folio (21) Pearson, £40

6177 [Barham (R. H. D.)] The Ingoldsby Legends, or Mirth and Marvel, by Thomas Ingoldsby, Esquire, the three Series, all first editions, portrait and plates by George Cruikshank, Leech, and Buss, original cloth, uncut, vol. i. is the earliest issue, with page 236 blank, Bentley, 1840-42-47, 8vo. (22) Pearson, £9 155. 6178 Bartholomew Fair. Memoirs of Bartholomew Fair, by Henry Morley, inlaid to folio size, extra illustrated and extended to 6 vol. by the insertion of upwards of 400 rare and curious portraits, views, etc., manuscript matter (principally by Mr. Upcott), Plays, Operas, Proclamations, Newspapers, Advertisements, Hand, Show and Play Bills, Fairings, Ballads, Music, Anecdotes, Pamphlets, Extracts from Books, Periodicals, etc., 1859, folio (23) Jackson, £101 6179 Beckett (G. A. à). The Comic History of Rome, coloured plates and woodcuts by John Leech, first edition, complete in the original parts as published, with the wrappers and advertisements, very rare in this state, Bradbury and Evans (1851), 8vo. (27) B. F. Stevens, £6 6180 Bentley's Miscellany, edited by "Boz," from the commencement in 1837 to 1847, portraits, and numerous plates by G. Cruikshank and John Leech, complete in the original parts as published, with the wrappers and advertisements, in cases, 1837-45, 8vo. (24) Hornstein, £9

6181 Billington (Mrs.) Memoirs of Mrs. Billington from her Birth, containing a variety of matter, Ludicrous, Theatrical, Musical and portrait, 1792-An Answer to the Memoirs of Mrs. Billington with the Life and Adventures