EVELYN (John)-continued.

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WITH THE RAre Mezzotint ENGRAVING BY PRINCE RUPERT.

SCULPTURA: or the History and Art of Chalcography and Engraving in Copper, with an ample enumeration of the most renowned Masters, and their Works, to which is annexed A new manner of Engraving, or Mezzo Tint communicated by His Highness Prince Rupert to the Authour of this Treatise.

"

Frontispiece and a fine genuine Impression of the very
Rare Mezzotint Engraving by Prince Rupert of “ The Little
Executioner."

FIRST EDITION. Small 8vo. Original calf (rebacked).
London, 1662.

(SEE ILLUSTRATION, PLATE NO. XXIII.).

£42

This work by John Evelyn is the first English book treating with Mezzotint Engraving, which Prince Rupert introduced into England. The Mezzotint Engraving of The Executioner's Head, known as "The Little Executioner,' was especially scraped by the Prince himself for this book, as a specimen of the newlyinvented art.

Samuel Pepys in his Diary, relates calling upon Evelyn about the time of the publication of this book:

By water to Deptford, and there made a visit to Mr. Evelyn, who, among other things, showed me most excellent painting in little, in distemper, in Indian incke, water colours, graveing, and, above all, the whole secret of mezzo-tinto, and the manner of it, which is very pretty and good things done with it. In fine, a most excellent person he is, and must be allowed a little for a little conceitedness; but he may well be so, being a man so much above others."

Engraved title laid down.

666

THE STATE OF FRANCE, as it stood in the IXth

present Monarch, Lewis XIIII.

FIRST EDITION. 12mo. Original calf.

year of this

London, Printed by T. M. for M. M. G. Bedell and T.

Collins, 1652.

£88s

EVELYN (John)—continued.

667

668

SYLVA: or, A Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in his Majesties Dominions, as it was Deliver'd in the Royal Society the XVth of October, 1662, upon Occasion of certain Quaeries Propounded to that Illustrious Assembly, by the Honorable the Principal Officers, and Commissioners of the Navy, to which is annexed Pomona, or, an Appendix concerning Fruit-Trees in relation to Cider, also Kalendarium Hortense, or, Gard'ners Almanac.

FIRST EDITION. Folio. Original calf.
London, 1664.

JOHN EVELYN'S COPY.

£5 18s

PAUL (Father). HISTOIRE DU CONCILE DE TRENTE, de Fra Paolo Sarpi, Téologien du Sénat de Venise. Traduite par Mr. Amelot de la Houssaie. Avec des Remarques Historiques, Politiques, et Morales.

Thick 4to. Old calf (worn).

Amsterdam, dans l'imprimerie de G. P. et J. Blaeu, 1686.

£6 6s

From the Library of John Evelyn, the celebrated Diarist, with his Autograph signature on the title-page.

668A EVELYN (John, the younger). THE HISTORY OF THE GRAND VISIERS, MAHOMET AND ACHMET COPROGLI, of the three last Grand Signiors, their Sultana's and Chief Favourites; with the most sacret Intrigues of the Seraglio. Besides several other particulars of the Wars of Dalmatia, Transylvania, Hungary, Candia, and Poland; Englished by John Evelyn, Junior.

With engraved frontispiece.

FIRST EDITION. Small 8vo. Original calf.
London, Printed for H. Brome, 1677.

£335

669

FACETIAE. COLLECTION OF TWELVE CURIOUS TRACTS. Comprising :

An Answer to a Whimsical Pamphlet, call'd The Character of Sir John Edgar, etc. Written by Sir John Edgar's Baker, mention'd in the 3d Theatre. London, 1720.

Whipping-Tom; or, A Rod for a Proud Lady, etc. Fifth Edition. London, 1722.

A Dedication to a Great Man Concerning Dedications, etc.
The Fourth Edition, Corrected, with a Preface. London, 1719.
Bickerstaff's Aesop, or, The Humours of the Times, Digested
into Fables. London, N.D.

Canary-Birds Naturaliz'd in Utopia. A Canto. London, N.D.
The Art of Beauty: A Poem. Humbly address'd to the

Oxford Toasts. London, 1719.

The Town Assemblies. A Satyr. London, 1717.

The Island of Content; or, a New Paradise Discover'd. London, 1709.

A full and Authentick Narrative of the intended Horrid Conspiracy and Invasion. London, 1715.

The Court Miscellany in Prose and Verse. London, 1719. An Epistle from the Princess Sobieski to the Chevalier De St. George. By Mr. N. Amhurst. London, 1719.

The Rise and Progress of the Rebellion in Scotland against King Charles the First. London, 1716.

Together in I vol., 8vo. Original calf (rebacked).

£6 15s

670 FALCKENBURGK (Jacobi). BRITANNIA, SIVE DE APOLLONICA HUMILITATIS, VIRTUTIS, ET HONORIS PORTA.

Small 8vo. Contemporary vellum.

London, Typis Richardi Graphei, 1578.

£36

This volume is dedicated to QUEEN ELIZABETH and the illustrious Heroes, Earls, Barons, and Squires of the Kingdom of England. It is written in Latin