1914.

July 14.

Christie.

July 15-16. Puttick.

July 15-17. Sotheby.
July 23-24. Sotheby.

July 27-29. Sotheby.

A portion of the Library of the late Mr. A. A. Webbe, of Portland Place; and other Properties. Amount realised, about £350 (excluding the Lady Nelson papers).

The Library of the late Sir Hubert Jerningham,
and other Properties. Amount realised, £1,016
16s. 6d.

The Library of the late Mr. T. G. Arthur, of
Ayr. Amount realised, £7,545 17s.

Books and Autograph Manuscripts by R. L.
Stevenson, the property of Mr. Lloyd Os-
bourne, and other Books from various sources.
Amount realised, £6,526 19s.

The Library of the late Mr. W. O. Danckwerts,
K.C., and other Properties. Amount realised,
£2,235 2s. 6d.

July 29-31. Hodgson. Miscellaneous. Amount realised, about £1,800. Puttick. Miscellaneous. Amount realised, £890 16s. 6d.

July 31.

The contractions used are few in number, and, generally speaking, familiar, though the following may be incidentally mentioned:

VOLUME XXVIII.

A. (H.) Partheneia Sacra, or The Mysterious and Delicious Garden of the Sacred Parthenes, front. (repaired) and plates, mor., g.e. (2 leaves mended), John Cousturier, 1633 (99), Dec. 4, Sotheby Bull, £1 5s. Abano (Petrus de). Tractatus de Venenis, lit. rom. parva, capitals painted, ornamental pen-letters, old MS. notes in margins [Hain *7, Proctor 6884], vell. [colophon] Finitum Mantue Anno Domini M.CCCC.LXXIII. [Jo. Burster with Thos. of Hermannstadt, 1473], sm. 4to. (685), Feb. 2, Sotheby Lubrano, £9 IOS. Abbot (Geo.) The Case of Impotency as debated an. 1613 between the Earl of Essex and Lady Frances Howard, first ed., front., ports. of the Earl of Essex and of Lady Howard, old cf., 1715, 8vo. (253), Oct. 15, Sotheby

Grannet, 15s.

[Although the title bears "in 2 vol.," this was the only volume published.-Catalogue.]

Abbotsford Club. Ecclesiastical Records of the Presbytery of Lanark, hf. mor., t.e.g., Edin., 1839, 4to. (438), Dec. 4, Sotheby Hopkins, IOS.

Abbott (E.) Concordance to the Works of Alexander Pope, cl., 1875, 8vo. (323), Nov. 5, Hodgson Bain, I 5S. [Abbott (E. A.)] Flatland, a Romance of Many Dimensions, first ed., illustrations by the author, A Square, orig. wrappers, 1884, 4to. (1110), Feb. 17, Sotheby Hopkins, LI A'Becket (St. Thos.) Vita & Processus Sancti Thome Cantuariensis Martyris (per Henricum Abbatem de Croyland), lit. goth. (some headlines cut into), vell. [colophon] impressum Salmātice p Joanne Gysser alemanu de Selgenstat. . anno 1506, sm. 4to. (1677), Feb. 2, Sotheby Leighton, £4 IOS. A'Beckett (G. A.) Comic Blackstone, by A. W. A'Beckett, 10 col. plates, and woodcuts, hf. cf. gt., uncut, 1887, 8vo. (2), May 7, Sotheby David, IOS. A'Beckett (G. A.) Comic History, of England, first ed., col. and other illustrations by Leech, parts 1 to 4, 6 to 17, and 19/20, orig. wrappers, 1846-7, 8vo. (46), March 19, Puttick Spencer, £8 15s. A'Beckett (G. A.) Comic History of England, first ed., illustrations by Leech, 20 parts in 19, wrappers, 1846-8, 8vo. (100), June 25, Puttick Spencer, £10

[10 10s., first wrapper damaged, July 15, Sotheby, Lot 1].

A'Beckett (G. A.) Comic History of England, first ed., 2 vol., Vol. i. unopened, with specimen of orig. wrappers, 1847-48 Comic History of Rome, first ed., n.d., together 3 vol., col. plates and woodcuts, hf. mor., uncut, 1847-48 and n.d. (1), May 7, Sotheby Maggs, £10 5s. A'Beckett (G. A.) Comic History of England, first ed., col. plates, woodcuts by J. Leech, 2 vol. in 1, hf. cf. gt., 1847-48, 8vo. (75), Feb. 17, Sotheby Spencer, £2 4S. A'Beckett (G. A.) Comic History of England, first ed., col. plates and woodcuts, 2 vol., hf. cf., 1847-8, 8vo. (459), Jan. 29, Puttick G. H. Brown, £2 15s. A'Beckett (G. A.) Comic History of England, col. plates, 2 vol., Punch Office, 1860, 8vo. (319), Dec. 4, Sotheby Lewine, £1 7s. A'Beckett (G. A.) Comic History of England, col. illustrations, green ci., g.e., n.d., 8vo. (1), Oct. 22, Sotheby

Howell, 14s. A'Beckett (G. A.) Comic History of Rome, first ed., col. plates, and woodcuts by J. Leech, hf. cf. gt., n.d., 8vo. (76), Feb. 17, Sotheby Shepherd, £115S. A'Beckett (G. A.) Comic History of Rome, first ed., col. plates and woodcuts, orig. cl., n.d., 8vo. (320), Dec. 4, Sotheby Spencer, £3 15s. About (Ed.) Le Roi des Montagnes, one of 20 copies on papier de Chine, with the etchings by Delort in two states, hf. mor., t.e.g., Paris, Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1883, 8vo. (609), June 15, Sotheby Flower, I 18s. Abravanel (Isaac ben Judah). [On the Thirteen Articles of the Faith of Maimonides, in Hebrew], Rashi characters, woodcut border to first page, mor. ex., g.t., first page re-margined (Constantinople, 1505), sm. folio (3432), Feb. 25, Sotheby Leighton, £9

Absurdities in Prose and Verse. See Forrester (A. H.) Accomplish'd Lady's Delight, second ed., angling plate mended, mor. ex., For B. Harris, 1677 (79), March 30, Sotheby Pickering, £5 2s. 6d. Accomplissement (L') des Propheties, ou la Délivrance pro chaine de l'Église, 2 vol., mor., g.t., Rotterdam, 1686, 8vo. (1), Nov. 3, Sotheby Treyer, 8s. Ackermann (R.) Costumes of the First or Grenadier Regiment of Guards, from 1660, engraved title and 12 col. plates, hf. mor., R. Ackermann, 1854, folio (1112), Nov. 11, Sotheby Spencer, £2 Ackermann (R.) Costumes of the Indian Army, col. plates, numbered 1-27 (wanted Nos. 8, 12, 20, 25 and 26), on guards, hf. mor., 1845-7, folio (557), Nov. 3, Sotheby

Edwards, £10 Ackermann (R.) History of Eton College, col. plates, no title, 1816, roy. 4to. (774), Oct. 15, Sotheby Rimell, £5 12s. 6d. Ackermann (R.) History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's, Westminster, port. and col. plates, 2 vol., hf. cf., 1812, 4to. (1047), June 10, Sotheby Falk, £2 5s.

Ackermann (R.) History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's, Westminster (by W. Combe), col. aquatints by Pugin and others, 2 vol., mor., g.e., 1812, 4to. (1), Dec. 2, Sotheby Joseph, £115S. Ackermann (R.) History of the Colleges of Winchester, Eton and Westminster, etc., plates on India paper, hf. roan, 1816, 4to. (942), March 30, Sotheby Rimell, £14 5S. Ackermann (R.) History of the University of Cambridge, col. plates of the colleges, costume, etc. (no founders), 2 vol., russ., g.e., 1815, roy. 4to. (773), Oct. 15, Sotheby

Diver, 13 IOS. Ackermann (R.) History of the University of Cambridge, LARGE PAPER, col. plates (no Founders), 2 vol., hf. cf., 1815, 4to. (393), Dec. 11, Sotheby Diver, £12 Ackermann (R.) History of the University of Oxford, LARGE PAPER, col. plates, including col. ports. of Founders, 2 vol., mor., g.e., 1814, folio (506), Dec. 4, Sotheby Dodwell, £19 Ackermann (R.) History of the University of Oxford, col. plates, 2 vol., hf. cl., 1814, 4to. (206), Nov. 13, Puttick Berens, II 15S.

[£12 15s., hf. russ., Oct. 29th. Puttick, Lot 220.] Ackermann (R.) History of the University of Oxford, col. plates, 2 vol., hf. mor., 1814, 4to. (230), Dec. 18, Puttick Braun, £II IOS. Ackermann (R.) Microcosm of London, col. plates, 3 vol., hf. russ. (worn, edges untrimmed), 1808, 4to. (564), May 20, Hodgson Lyell, £21 Ackermann (R.) Microcosm of London, col. plates, 3 vol., old russ. (broken), 1808, 4to. (392), Dec. 11, Sotheby Braun, £13 Ackermann (R.) Microcosm of London, col. plates, 3 vol., old mor. (broken), n.d., 4to (278), Dec. 22, Sotheby

Braun, £15 Ackermann (R.) Repository of Arts, from the commencement in Jan., 1809 to 1828, ports and col. plates, first series 14 vol., second series 14 vol., and third series 12 vol., together 40 vol. in 26, hf. cf. gt. (some plates missing), 1809-28, 8vo. (198), Oct. 22, Hodgson £28 Ackermann (R.) Repository of Arts, col. views, fashion plates, etc., First Series, vol. ix. to xiv.—Second Series, 14 vol. (vol. iii. missing)—Third Series, 12 vol. (some titles wanting and a few plates defective), together 31 vol., bds., uncut, 1813-28, 8vo. (825), March 11, Hodgson

G. H. Brown, £15 IOS.

[£10 10s., vol. i.-xiv., 1809-15, hf. cf., Feb. 17, Sotheby.] Ackermann (R.) Repository of Arts, col. and other illustrations, Second series, Vol. 11 to 14, 4 vol. in 2, 1821-2—Third series, Vol. II-12, 2 vol. in 1, 1828, hf. cl., not subject to return, 8vo. (43), Oct. 29, Puttick Pontifex, £6 5s. Acta Apostolorum, Graecè, contemp. Netherlands thick leather, stamped panels, well preserved, Lovanii, ex off. Rutgeri Rescii sumptibus eiusdem ac Barth. Gravii, 1531, 8vo. (686), Feb. 2, Sotheby Leighton, £5 15s.

Acta Colloquii Montis Belligartensis, quod habitum est 1586, mor., g.e. (hole in title, mended), Tubingæ, 1587, 4to. (153), Nov. 3, Sotheby Tyler, 18s. Actes de la Conference tenue à Paris, 1566, entre deux Docteurs de Sorbonne et deux Ministres de Calvin, mor., g.e. (a few leaves repaired), Paris, 1568, 8vo. (709), Nov. 3, Sotheby Ferrier, 18s. Actes de la Dispute et Conference tenue à Paris, Juillet et Aoust 1566, entre deux Docteurs de Sorbonne, et deux Ministres de l'Église Reformée, mor., g.e., Strasbourg, 1566, 8vo. (653), Nov. 3, Sotheby Fosse, 15s.

Actes des Apôtres. See Mystère des Actes
Actis and Constitutionnis of the Realme of Scotland maid in
Parliamentis, black letter, coat-of-arms on title (defective,
as usual), mor., g.e., Imprentit at Edinburgh be Robert
Lekpreuik, 1566, folio (61), Jan. 28, Sotheby

Tregaskis, £2 18s. Actrices de Paris (Les). Publication Artistique Hebdomadaire, one of 450 copies, etched ports. on India paper, fronts. and culs-de-lampe," mor., uncut, t.e.g., Paris, 1882, imp. 8vo. (457), March 30, Sotheby Hunt, 8s. Acts of Parliament of James the sixt, black letter (some letters defective), Imprentit at Edinburgh be John Ros, 1575-The Actis and Constitutionnis in the Parliament at Stirviling the 18th August, 1571, black letter, ib., 1575-The Lawis, Statutis and Constitutionnis. In the Parliament at Stirviling the 25th Julii, 1578, black letter, ib., 1579-The Lawis, Statutis, Constitutionnis, etc. in the Parliament at Edinburgh 24th October, 1581, black letter, Imprentit at Edinburgh be Henrie Charteris, 1582, in 1 vol., mor., g.e., Edinb., 1567-82, folio (1), Jan. 28, Sotheby

Pickering, £4 4s. [The first volume contains " The Confession of Faith." -Catalogue.] Adair (J.) History of the American Indians, map, contemp. cf., 1775, 4to. (572), March 11, Hodgson

W. Brown, £5 12s. 6d. Adam of St. Victor. Liturgical Poetry from the text of Gautier, trans. and notes by D. S. Wrangham, 3 vol., vell., g.e., 1881, 8vo. (267), Dec. 4, Sotheby Keswick, 10S. Adam (R.) Designs for Vases and Foliage, engraved by Pastorini, as issued, 1821, 4to. (4), Nov. 18, Sotheby Batsford, 12s. Adam (R.) Designs for Vases and Foliage, 12 plates by Pastorini, unbd., n.d., folio (650), Nov. 18, Sotheby Gaston, I IS. Adam (R.) Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro, 61 plates, old cf., 1764, roy. folio (3), Nov. 18, Sotheby Eliot, £2 16s. Adam (R. and J.) Architecture, Decoration and Furniture, photolithographed from the originals, 26 plates, 1880, roy. 4to. (2), Nov. 18, Sotheby Parsons, 12s.