Pickering, £7

uncut (shaken in covers), with the W. Plincke bookplate, London, 1824, 12mo. (91), Feb. 15, Anderson Gall. $6 A[kerman] (J. Y.) Tales of Other Days, first ed., with illustrations by Geo. Cruikshank, orig. boards, cl. back, paper label (slightly scraped), uncut (corners of covers slightly worn), clean copy, London, 1830, 8vo. (61), Feb. 15, Anderson Gall. $16 A-la-mode of Paris, or the Diurnall in Verse, Numb. 1, 2 ll., woodcut of Prince of Wales' feathers, unbound, 29 Dec., 1659, folio (25), Mar. 28, Sotheby Alabaster (H.) The Wheel of the Law: Buddhism illustrated from Siamese Sources, plate, orig. cl., 1871 (825), Mar. 30, Hodgson Grant, £1 16S. Albèri (Eugenio). Relazioni degli Ambasciatori Veneti al Senato, 15 vol., hf. black mor. gt., Florence, 1859-63, 8vo. (1), Feb. 21, Sotheby Bell, £5 5s. Alberti (Leonis Bapt. de). De Amore Liber, printed in a very fine roman letter, 20 ll., 25 lines to a page [Hain *420, Proctor 7345, Pellechet 267], two tiny wormholes in margin, [Mediolani, Anton. Zarotus] 1471-Opus præclarum in amoris remedio, in the same type as preceding, 20 ll. [Hain *422, Proctor 7346, Pellechet 268], ib., 1471, in 1 vol., old cf., line panelled tooling on sides, gt. back, Syston Park copy ("probably the Meerman copy"), 4to. (70), July 4, Sotheby Art Ancien, £60 Alberti (L. B. de). De Re Aedificatoria libri x., first ed., roman letter, long lines, 204 ll. [Hain *419, Proctor 6131], red mor. gt., g.e., fine copy, from the Syston Park collection, Florence, Nicolaus Laurentii, 29 Dec., 1485, folio (132), July 4, Sotheby Maggs, £37

[See also Ed. 1512-July 4, £3 15s.; Ed. 1553-July 4, £1 14s.; Ed. 1565-July 4, £1.] Albertis (L. B. de). Opera. [Begins] Leonis Baptistae Alberti. Opera, first ed., roman letter, 52 11. [HainCopinger-Reichling 416], old vell., with bookplate of the Duke of Sussex, No place, printer or date [Florence, Bartholomaeus de Libris, c. 1490], 4to. (71), July 4, Sotheby Edwards, £26 Albertus Magnus. Compendium Theologicae Veritatis, first ed., gothic letter, 194 11., fol. 1, 114, 150 and 194 blank, initials supplied in red, rubricated, red stamped leather over wooden boards, rebacked, brass clasps and catches. [Hain *432, Proctor *1951, G. W. 596, not in Pellechet], [Nuremberg, Johann Sensenschmidt, c. 1470], folio (724), folio, April 11, Sotheby Thorp, £40

[Fine copy of one of the earliest books from the first press in Nuremberg.]

Albertus Magnus. Liber Aggregationis seu Secretorum de Virtutis herbarum, black letter, long lines, woodcut front. and full-page woodcut at end, cf. (broken), absque nota [14], 4to. (249), June 2, Puttick Quaritch, £5 5S. See also Ed. 1482-Hodgson, June 23, £4 15s.]

Albizzi (Bartolommeo degli). De Conformitate Vitae Sancti Francisci ad Vitam Domini Jesu Christi, manuscript on vellum, 315 11., 2 columns, written in red and black in a neat Italian hand, vellum (rebacked), from the Phillipps collection, Early xv. Cent. (not before 1418), folio (50), July 28, Sotheby Quaritch, £7 IOS. Albizzi (B. degli). Liber Conformitatum [vitae S. Francsici ad vitam Jesu Christi], first ed., 2 woodcuts on title, the whole within a woodcut border, full-page woodcut (shaved) on verso, woodcut initials, device at end, last 2 11. wormed, vell., Milan, Gotardo da Ponte, 1510, folio (51), July 28, Sotheby Quaritch, £2 15s. Albo (Josef). Ikkarim, Dogmatics and Apologetics [Hain 606, Proctor 7300, Henisch 1443, De Rossi p. 44, Amram p. 61], cursive letters, woodcut initials, 105 II. only (should be 108, fol. 56-57 supplied in MS.), 3 11. loosely inserted from a smaller copy, small hole in a few ll., some margins repaired and some 11. stained, hf. cf. (back defective), Soncino, Joshua Solomon, 29 Dec., 1485, sm. folio (9), Dec. 21, Sotheby Maggs, £25 Alcandre. Les Conquestes Amoureuses du Grand Alcandre dans le Pays Bas avec les Intrigues de sa Cour, very curious MS., hf. mor. gt., Phillipps collection, 8vo. (2), Feb. 14, Sotheby Thorp, £1 8s. Alchimia (De). Opvscvla complvra Vetervm Philosophorum, woodcut on title, col.-Rosarivm Philosophorum secvnda pars Alchimiæ de Lapide Philosophico vero modo præparando, woodcuts, in 1 vol., mor., blind tooled, Frankfort, C. Jacobus, 1550, sm. 4to. (912), May 30, Sotheby Quaritch, £20 Alciati (Adn.) Emblematum libellus, vigilanter recognitus et ia recens per Wolphgangum Hungerum Bavarum rhythmis Germanicis versus, numerous woodcuts, orig. vell., Paris, C. Wechel, 1542 (603), Feb. 21, Sotheby Leighton, £2 15s.

[The first edition of Alciati with German text.] Aldam (W. H.) A Quaint Treatise on Flies and Fly-making, samples of materials for fly-making within sunk mounts, cl. gt., g.e., 1876, 4to. (192), Dec. 21, Hodgson

W. Potter, £4 7s. 6d.

Aldrich (Thomas Bailey). The Story of a Bad Boy ("Our Young Folks," Jan.-Dec., 1869), illustrations, 12 parts, orig. wrappers, uncut (a few margins faintly stained), in lettered case, choice copy, Boston, 1869, 8vo. (11), May 5, Amer. Art Assoc.

$30

[The earliest form of Aldrich's masterpiece the fascinating story of his boyhood in Portsmouth. In this form only are Eytinge's illustrations accessible in their original state; when issued in book form, they appear reduced in size. See also Mar. 31, $27.50.]

Aldrich (T. B.) Wyndham Towers, first ed., cl., vell. back,

g.t., with the bookplate of Austin Dobson, Boston, 1890,
sm. 8vo. (11), Feb. 14, Amer. Art Assoc.
$30

[Autograph presentation copy from the author, with the following inscription in ink on the fly-leaf: "To Austin Dobson from his friend T. B. Aldrich, Nov. 18, 1890."] Aldrich (T. B.), The Writings of, with Life by Ferris Greenslet, LARGE PAPER ed., limited to 250 copies, of which this is No. 240, portraits, 10 vol., three-quarter olive crushed levant mor., gt. panelled backs, g.t., uncut, fine set, Cambridge, 1897-98, 8vo. (13), Nov. 3, Amer. Art Assoc. $80 [See also Dec. 1, $80; Anderson Gall., Mar. 14, $70.] Aldrovandus (Ulysses). De Piscibus Libri v., engraved title and numerous curious copper cuts, olive mor., with the monogram on back (D.T.C., Part ii., p. 197), Bologna, 1613, folio (202), July 25, Sotheby Benton, £4 IOS. Aldrovandus (U.) De Quadrupedibus Solidipedibus, engraved title by J. B. Coriolanus, and numerous copper cuts in the text, several 11. stained, olive mor., with monogram on back (D.T.C., Historia Naturalis, p. 195), the Heber copy, Bologna, V. Benatius, 1616, folio (201), July 25, Sotheby Benton, £4 IOS. Aldrovandus (U.) Musaeum Metallicum in libros III., engraved title by J. B. Coriolanus, and numerous copper cuts, olive mor., with the De Thou arms alone on the sides, and the monogram of Charron de Menars in the back panels (D.T.C., Part ii., p. 191), Bologna, 1648, folio (211), July 25, Sotheby Mason, £6 5s. Aldrovandus (U.) Opera: De Quadrupedibus, 3 vol., 163945 Ornithologia, 3 vol., 1646 De Insectis, 1638-De Piscibus, etc., 1642-Dendrologia, 1668-Serpentum et Draconum Historiæ, 1640-De Monstris, 1642-De reliquis Animalibus exanguibus, 1642-Musæum Metallicum, n.d., together 13 vol., woodcuts, old cf. (rubbed), sold as a set, Bononiæ, 1638-46, folio (363), Nov. 22, Sotheby Joseph, £6 Aleman (Mateo). The Rogue, 2 parts in 1 vol., corner torn from ** 4 affecting rules, orig. cf. (back_mended), 1623, folio (277), Nov. 15, Sotheby Barnard, £4 15s.

[See also Ed. 1633-4-July 4, £4; July 14, £3 10S.; Ed. 1656-May 23, 1; Ed. 1661-Christie, July 25, £10.] Alemanni (Luigi). Girone il Cortese, title within woodcut border, 22 fine vignettes of military scenes, and numerous ornamental capitals, red mor., with triple fillet on sides, stopped at the corners by a rosette, the flat back is divided into panels by ornamental bars between straight and dotted lines tooled in gold, with a circular gilt ornament in the centre of each panel, gt. leaves, by Derome le jeune, with his first ticket, fine copy, from the FirminDidot Library (Catalogue, 1881, No. 285), In Vinegia, per Comin da Trino di Monferrato, 1549, 4to. (366), May 30, Sotheby Eiseman, £8 IOS.

Ales seu Hales (Alexander). Alexandri Alesii Scotti Responsio ad Cochlei Calumnias, first ed. (A-D 8), wormholes in the first 20 11. repaired, some letters in pen facsimile, old cf., bookplate of the Duke of Sussex, No place or date [1534], 8vo. (884), Mar. 28, Sotheby Quaritch, £3 [Ales (A.)] Ordo Distributionis Sacramenti Altaris sub utraque specie, et formula Confessionis faciendae in regno Angliae, Haec Londini e vulgata sunt octavo die Martii Anni M.DXLVIII., brown mor. [Leipzig], 1548 (307), May 30, Sotheby H. Stevens, £74

[The Communion Office of Edward VI. and the earliest reformed portion of the English Liturgy; made known to the churches abroad by Ales, who afterwards translated the first Prayer Book of 1549 into Latin to make known the progress of the reformed doctrine. Only three other copies are known-the B.M., the J. Pierpont Morgan Library, and another (whereabouts unknown). The English edition, printed by Richard Grafton, appeared on 8 March, 1548.]

Alexander (William). The Costume of China, 48 col. plates, hf. red mor., uncut, 1805, 4to. (48), Mar. 7, Sotheby [See also May 23, 1 5s.] Batsford, £2 12s. 6d. Alexander (W.) Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Chinese, 50 col. plates, hf. roan gt., 1814, 4to. (43), June 30, Sotheby Scott, £3 5s.

[See also July 28, 16s.] Alexander (W.) Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Chinese, Austrians, English, Turks, Russians, with brilliantly col. engravings, 5 vol., old boards, mor. backs, uncut (rubbed, hinges weak), with the Richard Cope and G. Cusachs bookplates, London, n.d., 8vo. (59), Nov. 11, Anderson Gall. $12 Alexander (Sir William, Earl of Stirling).

Recreations with

the Mvses, by William, Earle of Sterling, first ed., portrait, skilfully inlaid to size (not from original plate), full cf. gt., by Rivière (slightly rubbed), from the John Morgan collection, with bookplate, London, printed by Tho. Harper, 1637, 4to. (19), Jan. 19, Amer. Art Assoc.

$20 Alexandre (Arsène) and Cocteau (J.) The Decorative Art of Léon Bakst, plates in colour, hf. vell., 1913, folio (104), May 9, Sotheby Batsford, £5 5s. [See also May 23, £6 5s.; Hodgson, June 2, 1 18s.; n.d.—Hodgson, Mar. 16, £1 IOS.] Alfonso X. de Castilla. Libros del saber de Astronomia, copilados, anotados y comentados por Don Manuel Rico y Sinobas, facsimiles, 5 vol. (being Vol. 1 to Vol. 5, Part I,? all published), boards, 1863-7, folio (612), Jan. 31, Sotheby Quaritch, £2 5s. Alford (Lady M.) Needlework as Art, LARGE PAPER, plates, orig. parchment, g.t., 1886, 4to. (856), June 20, Sotheby Halliday, £2 12s.

Alken (Henry). The Analysis of the Hunting Field, being a Series of Sketches of the Principal Characters that compose one, the whole forming a slight Souvenir of the Season 1845-6, first ed., with title in colour and 6 other col. plates by Henry Alken, and 43 woodcuts, orig. pictorial crimson cl., g.e. (joint repaired), London, 1846, roy. 8vo. (11), Nov. 16, Amer. Art Assoc.

[Brilliant impressions of the plates.] Alken (H.) British Proverbs, 6 col. plates illustrating 29 proverbs, no title or wrappers, in a portfolio, red buckram, 1824, oblong folio (76), June 30, Sotheby Scott, £4

[See also Amer. Art Assoc., Jan. 19, $25.1 Alken (H.) British Proverbs, first ed., with a series of 6 finly col. plates by Henry Alken, orig. wrappers, London, 1824-Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man, first ed., with 7 finely col. plates by Henry Alken, orig. wrappers, London, 1824, both works have the orig. wrappers and are bound in 1 vol., full olive French levant mor., sides gt. tooled, lettered in gilt on front cover, doublures and fly-leaves of jacquard silk, London, 1824, oblong folio (25), Nov. 10, Amer. Art Assoc. $150

[The presence of the wrappers is important, as the front wrapper of each forms the only title to the book to which it belongs. Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man contains the separately printed page containing the text. The plates in both works are brilliantly coloured.] Alken (H.) Characteristic Sketches of Hunting and Sporting, a series of 12 plates, uncoloured, wrappers, side label, platemarks, 1825, 4to. (590), April 25, Sotheby

Spencer, £3 IOS. Alken (H.) A Few Ideas [in Four Parts], with 24 full-page brilliantly-coloured plates, in the original 4 parts, with the original printed wrappers, enclosed in a cloth portfolio, London, published by Thomas McLean, 1828-29, folio (34), Nov. 1o, Amer. Art Assoc. $1,150

[A most remarkable set in immaculate condition, with the title printed on each front wrapper. In all probability no other set is known to be in such pristine condition. Tipped in Part i. is a signed typewritten note by a prominent book-dealer, reading: This collection of 'A Few Ideas,' by Henry Alken, comes from the collection of Sir William Bass, who possessed one of the most famous sporting libraries in England." The numbers of the parts have been written in. Comprises -Parts i. and ii., A Few Ideas, being to all Would-be Meltonians, each part with 6 full-page col. plates, in all 12 plates, 1829-Part iii., A Few Ideas, being Hints to all Would-be Whips, with 6 full-page col. plates, 1829-Part iv., A Few Ideas, Caught on Easter Monday, with 6 full-page col. plates, 1828.]

[Alken (H.)] A Few Ideas, being Hints to all Would-be Meltonians. All is not Gold that Glitters; neither does