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"It is indeed of great value to the collector, and indispensable to the dealer."-Morning Post. Orders to F. L. WILDER, 10, FOREST RISE, LONDON, E. 17 BOOK-PRICES CURRENT VOLUME XXXVII. A. (R.) The Great Venture, shewing that Man's Life in this World is a Venture, in verse, title and text cut round and inlaid throughout, hf. maroon cf., Printed for Hen. Million, 1668, sm. 4to. (1), March 12, Sotheby Quaritch, £10 Abbot (J.) The Natural History of the Rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia, including their Systematic Characters, etc., collected from the Observations of J. Abbot, ed. by J. E. Smith, 104 fine col. plates, 2 vol., old mor. gt., g.e., 1797, imp. 4to. (274), Jan. 24, Hodgson Bumpus, £10 [See also July 18, 2 vol. in 1, £7; April 18, 2 vol. in 1, £7; Puttick, Nov. 16, 2 vol. in 1, £3 5s.] Abbotsford Club. The Presentation in the Temple, a Pageant [performed by the Weavers' Company, c. 1534], printed on vell., mor., Edin., 1836, 4to. (163), Feb. 28, Hodgson Maggs, £7 5s. A'Beckett (G. A.) The Comic History of England, first ed., col. plates by J. Leech (some ll. soiled), 2 vol., orig. cl. gt., uncut, 1847-8, 8vo. (1), April 9, Sotheby Spencer, £3 12S. [See also Mar. 5, cf., £3; May 15, hf. cf., £2 10s.; April 23, cf., £2 12s. 6d.; Dowell, Oct. 23, cl., £2 2s.; Sotheby, June 4, 2 vol. in 1, hf. cf., £2 2s.] A'Beckett (G. A.) Comic History of England, first ed., 2 vol., Punch Office, 1847-8-Comic History of Rome, Bradbury and Evans, n.d., col. etchings and woodcuts by John Leech, handsomely bound in blue crushed levant mor., g.e., 1847-8-[51], 8vo. (850), June 13, Hodgson Maggs, £10 IOS. [See also Sotheby, Dec. 18, cl., £3 10s.; American Art Association, Nov. 16, mor., $210; May 14, cf., $52.50; Nov. 18, orig. cl., $27.50; Anderson Galleries, Jan. 24, mor., $100; Sotheby, July 9, cf., £4 10s.; Puttick, July 25, mor., £7 10s.] A'Beckett (G. A.) Comic History of Rome, first ed., col. plates by Leech (cut into), crushed mor. ex., g.e., by Bayntun, Bradbury and Evans, n.d., 8vo. (124), Feb. 7, Hodgson Atkinson, £2 6s. [See also Dowell, Oct. 23, cl., £1; Sotheby, Oct. 23, cl., 16s.; Anderson Galleries, Dec. 11, mor., $11.] A'Beckett (G. A.) The Comic Blackstone, illustrations by G. Cruikshank, 1846-[Leigh (P.)] The Comic Latin Grammar, plates by J. Leech, 1840-The Comic English Gram mar, plates by J. Leech, 1840, orig. cl., 8vo. (291), April 23, Sotheby Burton, £4 Abailard. Lettres d'Heloise et Abailard, with 8 engraved plates by Simonet, Halbou and others, after Moreau le jeune, 3 vol., old cf. (hinges cracked), Paris, 1796, 4to. (993), Oct. 30, Anderson Galleries $13 Abelard and Eloisa. Letters, with a Particular Account of their Lives, Amours and Misfortunes, by John Hughes, to which are added Several Poems by Mr. Pope and other authors, engraved title and 6 engraved plates, crushed olive levant mor. (back faded to brown), gt. edges, by David (date erased from engraved title), London, 1788, 12mo. (2), Feb. 13, Anderson Galleries $II Abeillard and Heloisa. A Nineteenth Century and Familiar History of the Lives, Loves and Misfortunes of Abeillard and Heloisa, a Matchless Pair, who flourished in the Twelfth Century, a Poem, in twelve cantos, by Robert Rabelais, the Younger, illustrated with 10 aquatints by Lewis and Havell, printed in colours after the designs by Thurston, blue polished cf., gt. back, gt. top, uncut, by Zaehnsdorf, London, 1819, 8vo. (4), Jan. 24, Anderson Galleries $35 Abernethie (T.) Abjuration of Poperie in the Grayfrier Church, the 24 of August, 1638, Edinburgh, G. Anderson, 1638-Articles of Militarie Discipline, J. Bryson, 1639— The Confession of the Faith and Doctrine believed and professed by the Protestants of Scotland, 1638, and 20 other tracts, Printed at Edinburgh, Aberdeen and the "Richt Right Press," in I vol., cf., g.e., 4to. (346), April 16, Sotheby Barnard, 12 Academy of Pleasure, furnished with all kindes of complemental letters, discourses and dialogues, with a variety of New Songs, Sonets and Witty Inventions, engraved title and portrait of the author (?) in the dress of a book chapman, by Hollar (both mounted and loose), orig. sheep, R. Wood for John Stafford, 1665, 8vo. (2), March 12, Sotheby Rosenbach, 20 [Acheley (Thomas)] The Massacre of Money, first ed., in verse of 6-line stanzas, cf. gt., g.e., by C. Lewis, Thomas Creede for Thomas Bushnell, 1602, sm. 4to. (3), March 12, Sotheby Rosenbach, £50 Achilles Tatius. The most delectable and pleasaunt History of Clitophon and Leucippe, written first in Greeke, by Achilles Statius, an Alexandrian, and now newly translated into English, by W. B., black letter (lacks I, and N2inner top corner margin of title and preface torn off, affecting three or four letters, a few headlines and numerals cut off, a few others and an ornament cut into, three or four small holes in K2-4, affecting several letters, and several minute holes), Printed by Thomas Creede, 1597, 4to. (898), Feb. 12, Sotheby Pickering, £45 Ackermann (R.) History of Eton College, 10 fine col. plates 3 by Stadler and Agar, orig. boards, with label, uncut (but back broken), 1816, 4to. (273), July 12, Hodgson Rimell, £9 10S. Ackermann (R.) History of Madeira, 27 col. plates illustrative of the Costumes, Manners and Occupations of the Inhabitants, hf. mor., g.e., top corner of title neatly repaired, R. Ackermann, 1821, 8vo. (98), May 30, Puttick Edwards, £3 10S. Ackermann (R.) History of the University of Cambridge, its Colleges, Halls and Public Buildings (text by W. Combe), col. plates, including portraits of the founders, 2 vol., russ. (rubbed and cracking), g.e., 1815, 4to. (961), July 16, Sotheby Arthur, £26 [See also Nov. 27, £14 10S.; Feb. 5, £16; Hodgson, Dec. 6, hf. mor., £29 10s.; Mar. 14, £29; Mar. 22, £18 IOS.; Anderson Galleries, Dec. 20, hf. mor., $31.] Ackermann (R.) History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls and Public Buildings, LARGE PAPER (16in. by 13in.), 114 col. plates by Pugin, Mackenzie and others, including interiors, costume and portraits of the founders, two or three plates transposed, 2 vol., hf. red mor. gt., 1814, 4to. (265), Dec. 11, Sotheby Thorp, £22 [See also July 16, 13 5s.; July 3, russ., £15 IOS.; July 25, hf. mor., £14 10S.; Oct. 23, mor., 13 10s. ; Dec. 18, cf., £15 10s.; July 16, russ., £14 10s.; Hodgson, Dec. 6, mor., £15 15s.; May 9, mor., £19 10s. ; Mar. 22, hf. roan, 15; Nov. 22, russ., 12.] Ackermann (R.) History of Westminster Abbey, numerous col. aquatints after Pugin, Shepherd, etc., 2 vol., contemp. russ. gt., m.e., 1812, roy. 4to. (871), June 13, Hodgson Howell, £5 5s. [See also Dec. 6, hf. mor., £6 15s.; Dec. 20, russ., £4 5s.; Nov. 22, mor., £4 15s.; Sotheby, Dec. 18, hf. cf., £3 3s.; Feb. 12, mor., £5 5s.; April 16, hf. mor., £4 10s.] Ackermann (R.) History of the Colleges of Winchester, Eton and Westminster, with the Charter-House, St. Pauls, [See also Dec. 6, hf. mor., £31 10s.; Nov. 22, russ., £26; Sotheby, Oct. 23, hf. russ., £38.] Ackermann (R.) Microcosm of London, or London in Miniature [descriptive text by W. Combe], numerous fine col. aquatint plates by J. Bluck, J. C. Stadler, J. Hill and others, after A. Pugin and T. Rowlandson, fine bright impressions, though some are set off against the text, 3 vol., contemp. hf. mor., t.e.g. [1808], 4to. (515), Dec. 6, Hodgson Morton, £26 [See also Sotheby, Mar. 5, cf., £23; April 3, cf., £21; July 9, hf. russ., 19; Feb. 5, hf. russ., £22 10s.; Feb. 5, hf. cf., £22 10s.; Dec. 11, hf. russ., £30 10s.; American Art Association, Jan. 24, $105.] Ackermann (R.) Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, etc. First Series, 14 vol.-Second Series, 14 vol.-Third Series, 12 vol., together 40 vol., col. plates, col. plates of fashion, plain plates, woodcuts, manufacturer's samples, etc., a good set, 1809-28, 8vo. (1), March 5, Sotheby Quaritch, £70 [See also Anderson Galleries, Jan. 24, mor., $375; American Art Association, April 16, $360.] Ackermann (R.) Select Views of London, with descriptions, 76 col. plates (plate 51 used as front.), orig. limp boards, with back label, uncut, R. Ackermann, 1816 (332), July 25, Puttick Curtis, £22 Acosta (J.) The Naturall and Morall Historie of the East and West Indies, translated into English by E. G., old cf. gt. (rebacked and a few lines ink-scored), 1604, sm. 4to. (181), March 22, Hodgson Edwards, £9 IOS. Acuna (C.) D'Acugna (C.) Voyages and Discoveries in South America, maps, old cf., 1698, Svo. (564), Oct. 25, HodgMaggs, £6 178. Adair (J.) The History of the American Indians, cf., 1775, 4to. (108), March 5, Sotheby H. Stevens, £3 5s. son [See also Puttick, Mar. 27, £3 10s.] Adam (R. and J.) Decorative Work, 30 plates, hf. cl., Batsford [1901], folio (554), June 4, Sotheby Parsons, 1 25. Adams (J) An Analysis of Horsemanship, portrait and plates, 3 vol., hf. cf., 1805, 8vo. (746), Feb. 12, Sotheby Spurr, £1 12s. Adams (John Quincy). Memoirs, comprising portions of his Diary from 1795 to 1848, edited by Charles Francis Adams, 12 vol., hf. green mor., gt. backs, gt. tops, Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1874-7, 8vo. (7), Jan. 24, Anderson Galleries $80 Adamson (Henry). The Muses Threnodie, or Mirthfull Mournings on the Death of Master Gall, first ed., woodcut border to title (small rust-hole in G 2), russ. gt., g.e., from the Heber library, Edinburgh, in King James College, by George Anderson, 1638, sm. 4to. (4), March 12, Sotheby Rosenbach, £55 Addison (J.) Works, portrait, plates, 4 vol., mor. gt., Birmingham, J. Baskerville, 1761, 4to. (109), March 5, Sotheby Quaritch, £22 IOS. [See also April 16, 12 10s.; Feb. 12, 15 15s.; Oct. 23, £14; Hodgson, Nov. 8, £3 7s. 6d.; July 8, 1811 ed., 6 vol., £6 6s.] Addison (J.) and Steele (Sir R.) The Spectator, 8 vol.-The Tatler, 4 vol., edited by G. A. Aitken, together 12 vol., portraits, buckram, 1898-9, 8vo. (45), April 18, Hodgson Heffer, £4 2s. 6d. Ægidius [de Columna] (Romanus). Rigimine Principum, lib. III., MS. on vell., 338 pp., double column, 41 lines to a page, 4 large illuminated capitals and numerous initial letters in colour (imperfect), orig. leather over wooden |