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and woodcut of St. John at the end (title soiled, 2 or 3 leaves wormed), old stamped calf (mended), gilt edges, Daye and Seres, 1548, 8vo. (1236) Quaritch, £8

[This is the second and best edition of this Translation. The Ashburnham copy sold for £4. See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xii., No. 177.—ED.] 759 Holbein (Hans). Portraits of Illustrious Persons of the Court of Henry VIII., Imitations of the Original Drawings with Biographical Tracts by John Chamberlayne, 80 tinted portraits mounted on stiff paper, and portraits of Holbein and his wife, fine early impressions, half morocco extra, t. e. g., Bulmer, 1792, atlas folio (1655) Quaritch, £11 5s. 760 Holinshed (Raphaell). Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland, black letter, numerous woodcuts, including the large view of Edinburgh, 2 vol., purple morocco extra, gilt edges by Rivière, Imprinted for John Hanne and Geo. Bishop, 1577 (1656) Ridler, £21

[The first or Shakespeare edition of Holinshed, perfect as far as the leaves are concerned. Both titles washed and mended, as are a few margins; a few also of the latter are shaved, as is the view of Edinburgh. The Preface to the Reader of vol. ii. has the appearance of a facsimile.— Catalogue.]

761 Holland (H.) Herwologia Anglica, hoc est Clarissimorum et doctissimorum aliquot Anglorum qui floruerunt_ab_anno 1500, usque ad presentem Annum, 1620, Vivæ Effigies et Elogia, engraved title with view of Old London below, and 67 portraits by C. Pas, A. Bloemart, etc., very fine impressions, crushed morocco extra, gilt edges by F. Bedford, Impensis Crispini Passaei et Jansonii Bibliop. Arnhe miensis, 1620, folio (1657) Pickering, £12 15s. 762 Holtrop (J. W.) Monuments Typographiques des Pays-Bas au XVe Siècle, 130 plates of facsimiles, half morocco, uncut, La Haye, M. Nijhoff, 1868, folio (1658) Burgersdyke, £3 155. 763 Homer. The Whole Works of Homer, Prince of Poets, in his Iliads and Odysseys, translated according to the Greeke by Geo. Chapman, frontispiece by W. Hole with portrait on reverse (mended), dedicatory plate to Prince Henry, and engraved title to the Odyssey (leaf of faults escaped, a reprint), an excellent copy in red morocco gilt, gilt edges, For N. Butter, n. d. (1616), folio (1661) Pickering, £8 15s. 764 Homilies. Certayne Sermons or Homilies (XII.) appoynted by the Kynges Majestie to be declared and redde by all Persones, Vicars or Curates every Sondaye in their Churches where they have Cure, anno 1547, black letter, margins cut into, MS. notes by W. Herbert (one of the earliest editions), apparently wanted colophon, R. Grafton, 1547-The Second Tome of Homilies, Set Out by the Authoritie of the Queens Majestie, black letter, title within woodcut border (some margins shaved), E. Alde, 1595, in 1 vol., red morocco gilt, gilt edges, 4to. (1578) Hopkins, £3 765 Homilies. The Seconde Tome of Homilyes, set out by the

aucthoritie of the Queenes Majestie, black letter, blue morocco gilt, gilt edges, Jugge and Cawood [date erased], 4to. (1579) Maggs, £1 175. 766 Hondius (Jod.) Historia Mundi, or Mercator's Atlas, containing his Cosmographicall Description of the Fabricke and Figure of the Worlde, englished by W. S. (Wye Saltonstall), numerous maps printed on the text, and the rare one of Virginia, "Ralph Hall sculpsit 1636," printed apart from the text, and the portrait of Capt. Smith (the latter loose), old calf, T. Coates for M. Sparkes, 1635, folio (1663) Maggs, £4 8s. 767 Hooper (John, Bp. of Gloucester). A Declaration of Christe and of his Offyce, first edition (dedicated to the Protector Somerset), morocco extra, gilt edges by W. Pratt, fine copy, Zurych, by Aug. Fries, 1547, 8vo. (1393) Quaritch, £4 12s. 768 Hooper (Bp. John). A Declaration of the ten Holy Comaundements of allmygthye God, wroten Exo. 20, Deu. 5, collectyd out of the Scripture Canonicall, black letter, first edition (title mended), blue morocco gilt, gilt edges, No place or printer's name (printed abroad), 1548, 8vo. (1394)

Ridler, £1 195. 769 Hooper (Bp. John). An Apologye, againste the Untrue and Sclaunderous Report that he should be a maintainer and encourager of suche as cursed the Quenes highnes that then was Quene Marye, newly set forth (with Certayne Letters) [published by Henry Bull], black letter, first edition, calf extra, gilt edges by Rivière, No place or printer's name, 1562, 8vo. (1397) Maggs, £2 14s. 770 Horologium. OPOAOTION, Græcè, printed in red and black, woodcut on title, autograph of " Mr. Robert Birnie, Minister at Lanark," and Ex-Libris of Birnie of Broomhill on back of title, red morocco extra, gilt edges, Venet., Victor a Rabanis et Socii, 1532, 8vo. (1404) Ellis, £2 18s. 771 Houbraken and Vertue. Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, with their Lives and Characters, 108 portraits, original impressions (mezzotints of Frederick Prince of Wales and Princess Ann, published by J Bowles, inserted in front). 2 vol. in 1, half morocco gilt, Knapton, 1847-52, folio (1666) Hopkins, £5 15s.

772 Howard. Crowne (Wm.) A True Relation of all the Remarkable Places, and Passages Observed, in the Travels of the Rt. Hon. Thomas, Lord Howard, Earl of Arundell and Surrey, Ambassadour to Ferdinando Emperour of Germany, A.D. 1636, morocco, gilt edges, H. Seille, 1637, 4to. (1580) Pickering, £1 135. 773 Hume (David, of Godscroft). History of the House and Race of Douglas and Angus, 2 vol., morocco gilt, gilt edges, Edinburgh, Ruddimanns, 1743, 8vo. (1416) Sotheran, £2 6s. 774 [Hume (George).] Memoirs of an Aristocrat, and Reminiscences of the Emperor Napoleon, by a Midshipman of the Bellerophon," half calf, Edinburgh, 1837. 8vo. (1421) W. Brown, I 14s. [This book was rigidly suppressed, and the author had to

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pay £1,000 damages for libels on Sir David and Lady Milne. -Catalogue.] 775 Humphreys (H. Noel). History of the Art of Printing, second issue, chromos and other facsimiles, cloth extra, Quaritch, 1868, folio (1668) Hill, £2 4s. 776 Huth Library. Catalogue of the Printed Books, MSS., Autograph Letters, and Engravings, with collations and bibliographical descriptions, portrait (130 copies printed), 5 vol., roxburghe, t. e. g., Ellis, 1880, imp. 8vo. (1424) Maggs, £4 1s. 777 Hunterian Club Publications, Nos. 1-65, original wrappers, uncut, Printed for the Club, 1872-94, 4to. (1582)

Murdoch, £6 10s. 778 Index Auctorum et Librorum, qui ab Officio Sanctæ Rom. et Universalis Inquisitionis caveri ab omnibus et singulis in Universa Christiana Republica mandata, title within ornamental border, woodcut initials, vellum gilt, gilt edges, Romæ, A. Bladus, 1559, 4to. (1590) Quariich, £2 125.

[First edition of the "Index Librorum Prohibitorum of the Roman Inquisition."-Catalogue.]

779 Innes (Cosmo). Scotland in the Middle Ages, maps, Edinburgh, 1860-Sketches of Early Scottish History, ib., 1861— Lectures on Scotch Legal Antiquities, ib., 1872, together 3 vol., calf extra, bevelled edges, t. e. g., 8vo. (1427)

Hopkins, £1 19s. 780 Injunctions geven by the most excellent Prince Edward the Sixte; to all and singuler his lovyng subjectes as well of the Clergie as of the Laietie, black letter, original edition, Grafton's large device on recto of last leaf (title backed), vellum, R. Grafton, 1547, 4to. (1592) Bull, £2 195. 781 James I. Daemonologie, in Forme of a Dialogue, divided into Three Books (first London edition), title soiled, 2 or 3 margins shaved, morocco extra, gilt edges, London, R. Hatfield for R. Waldegrave, 1603, 4to. (1606) W. Brown, £3 782 James I. The True Narration of the Entertainment of his Royall Majestie, from the time of his departure from Edenbrough; till his receiving at London (Preface with initials T. M.) (some margins shaved, last leaf slightly mended), calf extra, gilt edges, T. Creede for Thos. Millington, 1603, 4to. (1605) Quaritch, £2 10S. 783 Jeffrey (Alex.) History and Antiquities of Roxburghshire, maps and plates, 4 vol., 1855-64, 8vo. (1444) Walford, £1 195. 784 Jenner (Thos.) London's Blame and its Shame, manifested

by the Great Neglect of the Fishery; or the inestimable History of the British Seas, etc., Table of the Navy of England under the Commonwealth (corners of last leaf mended), half bound, Printed for T. J., 1651, 4to. (1615) Quaritch, £2 785 Jervise (Andr.) Epitaphs and Inscriptions from Burial Grounds and Old Buildings in the North-East of Scotland, portraits and illustrations, 2 vol., only 250 copies printed, uncut, Edinburgh, 1875-79, 4to. (1616) W. Brown, £1 12s. 786 Jesse (J. H.) Memoirs of the Court of England, from the Revolution to the death of George II., first edition, frontis

pieces, 3 vol., original cloth, uncut, R. Bentley, 1843, 8vo. (1447) Edwards, £2 18s. 787 Jewell (Bp. John). An Apologie, or aunswer in defence of the Church of England, concerninge the State of Religion used in the same, now translated into Englishe, first edition, black letter, MS. note by R. Farmer on title, calf, R. Wolfe, 1562, 4to. (1618) Bull, £1 135. 788 Johnson (Dr. S.) Works, with the Debates, portrait, II vol., uncut, Oxford English Classics, 1825-Robertson (Dr. W.) Works, portrait, 8 vol., uncut, iỏ., 8vo. (1453)

B. F. Stevens, £2 8s. 789 Jonstonus (John, Scotus Abredon.) Inscriptiones Historicae Regum Scotorum, a Fergusio ad nostra tempora; praefixus est Gathelus, large arms of Scotland (backed) and 10 portraits (copy containing 6 preliminary leaves only), morocco extra, with emblematic tooling, Amst. excud. C. Claesonius Andreae Hartio Bibliop. Edenb., 1602, 4to. (1624)

W. Brown, £4 4s. 790 Joye (George). Jeremy the Prophete, translated into Englisshe; the Songe of Moses is Added, black letter, first edition, title skinned and written on, but a good sound copy, No place or printer's name, anno 1534 in the monethe of Maye-[Tyndale (Wm.)] An Exposicion uppon the V. VI. VII. Chapters of Mathew, which thre Chaptres are the Keye and the Dore of the Scripture, and the restoringe agayne of Moses lawe corrupte by the Scrybes and Pharises, etc., first edition, title within fine woodcut border, with mark I. J., No place, date, or printer's name, 1537, in 1 vol., old calf, 8vo. (1464) Quaritch, £10 12s. 6d.

[The work of Joye is said to have been printed by Pynson with Caxton's type. Tyndale's book was printed while he was in Holland, by R. Grafton, in 1537, for which the latter was imprisoned in the Fleet for six weeks.--Catalogue.] 791 Kay (John). A Series of Original Portraits, and Caricature Etchings, with biographical Sketches and illustrative Anecdotes, 356 plates, original impressions, 2 vol., calf gilt, t. e. g., Edinburgh, H. Paton, 1838, 4to. (1626) Hopkins, £4 4s. 792 Keble (Rev. John). The Christian Year; thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays throughout the year, first edition, 2 vol., morocco gilt, gilt edges, Oxford, J. Parker, 1827, 8vo. (1474) E. G. Allen, £2 793 Kinglake (A. W.) Invasion of the Crimea, library edition, maps, 8 vol., 1863-87, 8vo. (1482) Sir C. Stuart, £3 1s. 794 Knight (Chas.) Gallery of Portraits, with Memoirs, 168 fine portraits, 7 vol., 1833-37, imp. 8vo. (1485) Maggs, £2 11s. 795 Knox (John). A Confession & declaratio of Praiers added therunto by John Knox, upon the death of that moste verteous and moste famous king Edward the VI., etc., black letter, original edition, morocco, Imprinted in Rome before the Castel of S. Aungel, July, 1554, 8vo. (1488) W. Brown, £7 796 Knox (John). A Godly Letter sent too the fayethful in London, Newcastell, Berwyke, and to all other . . . that love the

coming of Oure Lorde Jesus, black letter (some margins shaved), morocco (Dr. Brand's Ex-Libris), rare, Imprinted in Rome before the Castel of S. Aungel, July, 1554, 8vo. (1489) Lamplough, £4 797 Knox (John). A Faythfull admonition, unto the Professours of God's truthe in England, wherby thou mayest learne howe God wyll have his Churche exercised with troubles, and how he defendeth it in the same, black letter (title in roman), original edition, morocco, with elaborate ornamental gilt tooling, gilt edges, Imprynted at Kalykow, 20 Julii, 1554, 8vo. (1490) W. Brown, £10 15s. 798 Knox (John). The Copy of a Letter sent to the ladye Mary dowagire, Regent of Scotland in the yere 1556; Here is also a notable Sermon by the sayde John Knox (on the Masse), black letter (title and 9 leaves in facsimile, corners of two or three leaves mended), blue morocco gilt, gilt edges, No place, name, or date of printing (1556), 24mo. (1491)

Richardson, £5 15s. 799 Knox (John). The First Blast of the Trumpet against the monstruous regiment of Women, roman letter, first edition (last 2 leaves very slightly wormed) (Geneva), 1558—The Appellation of John Knoxe from the Cruell and most injust Sentence pronounced against him by the false bishoppes and clergie of Scotland, first edition, roman letter, Printed at Geneva, 1558, the two extremely rare works in I vol., half calf, 8vo. (1492) W. Brown, £15 15s.

Soo Knox (John). An Answer to a great Nomber of blasphemous Cavillations, Written by an Anabaptist and Adversarie to God's Eternal Predestination, first edition (some headlines shaved), half calf (Geneva), printed by John Crespin, 1560, 8vo. (1493) W. Brown, £2 4s. 801 Knox (John). A Sermon preached in the Publique Audience of the Church of Edenbrough upon Sonday the 19 Aug., 1565, for the which the said John Knoxe was inhibite preaching for a season (with "The Superintendents to the Faithfull"), first edition (Laing, £14 5s.), Imprinted anno 1566— The Appellation of John Knoxe from the Cruell and most injust Sentence pronounced against him by the false bishoppes and clergie of Scotland, etc., first edition (Laing, £11 5s.), Printed at Geneva, 1558-The Copie of a Lettre delivered to the Ladie Marie, Regent of Scotland, from John Knox, in the yeare 1556, and nowe augmented and explained by the Author in the year 1558 (Laing, £15 10s.), Printed at Geneva by J. Poullain and Antonie Febul, 1558—Goodman (Chr.) How Superior Powers oght to be obeyed of their Subjects, and wherein they may lawfully by God's worde be disobeyed and resisted, Geneva, John Crispin, 1558, all exceedingly rare pieces, but some fore-edges shaved, in 1 vol., old morocco, with the devices of Thos. Hollis, 8vo. (1494) W. Brown, £26 802 Knox (John). The Historie of the Reformation of Religioun within the Realme of Scotland, roman letter, old calf (re

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