Book-Prices Current.

[OCTOBER 24TH, 25TH, AND 26TH, 1898.]

SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE.

A PORTION OF THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE MR. OSBERT SALVIN, F.R.S., AND OTHER PROPERTIES.

(No. of Lots, 1006; amount realised, £1,041 95.)

I A'Beckett (G. A.) Comic History of England, 2 vol., first edition, 1847-48-Comic History of Rome, first edition, n. d., coloured and other illustrations by J. Leech, specimen wrappers bound up, calf extra, uniform, by Tout, 8vo. (357) £3 7s. 6d. 2 Ackermann (R.) The Microcosm of London, or London in Miniature, numerous coloured plates by Rowlandson and Pugin, 3 vol., old calf gilt, 1808, 4to. (871) Churchill, £11 10s. 3 Addington (W.) Cupid and Psyche, done into English, by W. Addington, with Discourse by Andrew Lang, LARGE PAPER, with plate in 2 states, morocco, g. t., uncut, 60 copies printed, D. Nutt, 1887, 8vo. (42) Cuttle, LI IIS.

4 Addison (J.) The Spectator, portrait and numerous plates by Stothard and others, 8 vol., old morocco extra, gilt edges, 1803, 8vo. (761) Bain, £2 8s. 5 Amman (Jost.) Stand und Orden der H. Romischen Catholischen Kirchen, 102 woodcuts of religious orders by Jost Amman, calf extra, Franckfort-am-Mayn, 1585, 4to. (608) Ridler, £1 6s.

6 Anderson (J.) Scotland in Early Christian Times, numerous woodcuts, 2 vol., calf extra, g. t., uncut, 1881, 8vo.-Scotland in Pagan Times, numerous woodcuts, calf extra, g. t., uncut, 1883, 8vo. (526, 527) Maggs, £1 135.

7 Arabian Nights. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, translated by Capt. Sir R. F. Burton, reprinted from the Original Edition, and edited by L. C. Smithers, 12 vol., "Library Edition," 70 original illustrations from paintings by A. Letchford, uncut, t. e. g., 1897, 8vo. (187) C. Brown, £5 10s. 8 Bacon (Francis, Lord). Works, with Life, 10 vol., portrait, half calf, m. e., 1803, 8vo. (372) Britwell, 1 8s. 9 Baring-Gould (S.) Iceland its Scenes and Sagas, first edition, numerous illustrations and a map, uncut, 1863, 8vo. (355)

Hill, £2 Is.

10 Bible (Holy) with Commentary, edited by Canon Cook-New Testament, vol. ii., iii., and iv., 1880-81, 8vo. (219)

Higham, L1 35. II Biblia cum concordantiis veteris et novi testamenti et sacrorum canonum addite concordantie ex viginti libris Josephi de antiquitatibus et bello judaico excerpte, gothic letter in double columns, nearly 150 woodcuts, and numerous initial letters, old stamped mor., Nuremburg, 1521, folio (336) Parsons, £i 12 Boccaccio. Le Décaméron de Jean Boccace, traduit par Le Maçon, 5 vol., portrait, vignettes and numerous plates after Gravelot, Eisen, Boucher, and Cochin, engraved by Aliamet, Baquoy, etc., morocco gilt, gilt edges, Londres (Paris), 1757, 8vo. (189) Parsons, £4 4s. 13 Boccaccio. The Decameron of Giovanni Boccacci (Il Boccaccio), now first completely done into English Prose and Verse by John Payne, 3 vol., parchment, uncut, t. e. g., Privately printed for the Villon Society, 1886, 4to. (290) Edwards, £2 125. 14 Book-plates. Journal of the Ex-Libris Society, edited by W. H. K. Wright and A. J. Jewers from the commencement in July, 1891, down to vol. v., part 6, June, 1895, inclusive, in the original parts, 4to. (323) Maggs, £16s. 15 Boswell (J.) Life of Dr. Samuel Johnson, edited, with numerous additions and notes, by J. W. Croker, 5 vol., portraits, 1831, 8vo. (348) Ridler, £145.

[One of the best editions of Boswell's Life of Johnson. The Portraits were engraved by Finden.-ED.]

16 Boys (W.) Collections for an History of Sandwich in Kent, numerous plates of views, antiquities (the two at p. 851 missing), etc., in 2 vol., calf gilt, Canterbury, 1792, 4to. (474) Ridler, £2 6s.

17 Breviarium. Portiforium seu Breviarium, ad insignis Sarisburiensis ecclesie usum: accuratissime castigatum, cum multis annotatiuculis, etc., pars hyemalis, gothic letter, printed in red and black (wanted A iiii. and v. of Proprium de Sanctis), otherwise a large and sound copy in calf gilt, gilt edges, Lond., J. Kyngston et H. Sutton, 1556, 4to. (477)

19 British Museum.

Ridler, £10

18 British Museum. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum, vol. ii. to xxvii., numerous coloured plates, 1875-95, 8vo. (4) Quaritch, £26 Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum, by G. A. Boulanger, 3 vol., numerous plates, 1893-96, 8vo. (5) Quaritch, L1 IIS. 20 British Museum. Descriptions of New Species of Hymenoptera, by F. Smith, 1879-List of Hymenoptera, vol. i., Tenthredinidæ and Siricidæ, by W. F. Kirby, 16 coloured plates, 1882-Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata, by O. Thomas, 28 plates, some coloured, together 3 vols., 1888, 8vo. (7) Quaritch, £1 18s. 21 Broglie (Duc de). Mémoires du Prince de Talleyrand, 4 vol., portraits, half morocco, uncut, t. e. g., 1891, 8vo. (96) Young, LI IS.

22 Brough (R. B.) Life of Sir John Falstaff, illustrated by Geo.

Cruikshank, half calf, 1858-Duplicate set of the Etchings, 8vo. (398) Sotheran, £2 18s. 23 Brown (W.) Select Views of the Royal Palaces of Scotland, with illustrative descriptions by J. Jamieson, numerous plates, proofs on India paper, morocco extra, gilt edges, Edinburgh, 1830, 4to. (602) Young, £175. 24 Bruce (Rev. J. C.) The Roman Wall, a Historical, Topographical and Descriptive Account of the Barrier of the Lower Isthmus, illustrations, half morocco extra, g. t., 1851, 8vo. (529) Grieve, £1 4s. 25 Bruce (J. C.) The Roman Wall, a Description of the Mural Barrier of the North of England, third and best edition, tinted plates, plans and woodcuts, half bound, uncut, 1867, 4to. (442) Maggs, £4 14s. 26 Burns (Robert). Works, Poetry, and Prose, 6 vol., portrait, illustrations and facsimiles, Edinburgh, 1895, 8vo. (190) Sotheran, £1 4S. 27 Burton (J. H.) History of Scotland, from Agricola's Invasion to the Revolution of 1688, 7 vol., uncut, 1867-70, 8vo. (352) Bull, £3 3s. 28 Butler (S.) Hudibras, edited, with large Annotations, etc., by Dr. Grey, 2 vol., portrait, and numerous plates after Hogarth, 1744-Genuine Remains, with Notes by Thyer, 2 vol., 1759, mottled calf extra, gilt edges, by Morrell, 8vo. (365) Edwards, £1 16s. 29 Butler (Saml.) Hudibras, edited with Life by T. Nash, with fine full-page plates and vignettes and portrait, handsomely printed in large type, 3 vol., morocco, tooled back and sides, and gilt edges, Rickaby, 1793, 4to. (318) Maggs, £3 18s. [Only 200 copies printed. In this copy some of the illustrations were in duplicate and proof state.-Catalogue.] 30 Buttes (H.) Dyets Dry Dinner: consisting of eight severall Courses, Fruites, Hearbes, Flesh, Fish, Whitmeats, Spice, Sauce, Tabacco (wanted page 5, and one or two leaves cut into), morocco gilt, g. e., 1599, 8vo. (467) Pickering, £2 25. [The Wilbraham copy sold for £10 5s. See BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. xii., No. 6170.-ED.] 31 Byron (Lord). Hours of Idleness, a Series of Poems, original and translated, morocco, tooled back, gilt edges by Rivière, Newark, 1807, 8vo. (31) Cattle, £2 10S.

[A few copies of this work were printed on Large Paper. These were issued first and vary materially in the setting up. The presence of several textual errors in these copies points to the conclusion that they were produced independently, in part at least.-ED.]

32 Byron (Lord). Works, with Letters, Journals, and Life, by T. Moore, 17 vol., frontispieces and vignettes, half morocco, t. e. g., 1832-33, 8vo. (351) Cattle, £26s. 33 Cæsar (Julius). The Eight Bookes of Caius Julius Cæsar, conteyning his martiall exployts in the Realme of Gallia and the Countries bordering upon the same, translated out of Latin into English by Arthur Golding, black letter, morocco extra, 1590, 4to. (610) Maggs, £2 18s.