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tooling on backs, by Zaehnsdorf, fine copy, London, 1823, 8vo. (204), Feb. 15, Anderson Gall.

$30

[See also Sotheby, Nov. 22, £2 6s.; Ed. 1835--Puttick, April 7, 1 5s.] Lasco (Jo. à). Forma ac Ratio tota Ecclesiastici Ministerij, in peregrinorum, potissimum vero Germanorem Ecclesia, instituta Londini in Anglia, per Pientissimum Principem Angliae, etc., Regem Edvardum, eius nominis Sextu... 1550, first ed., early notes of ownership on title, light brown mor. (16th century binding, probably English), line panelled gold tooling on sides with ornament at centre and corners, raised bands, n.p. or d. [? Franckfort, c. 1555], 8vo. (1093), Mar. 28, Sotheby Quaritch, £12 IOS. Latham (Charles). The Gardens of Italy, plates, 2 vol., cloth gt. (one cover slightly stained), 1905, folio (292), Feb. 23, Hodgson Quaritch, £4

[See also Nov. 17, £3 2s. 6d.] Latham (John). General History of Birds, col. plates, 10 vol., hf. green mor., g.e., by Mackenzie, Winchester, 1821-4, 4to. (471), Dec. 6, Sotheby Joseph, £6 10S.

[See also Hodgson, June 10, £4; July 7, £3 5s.; July 27, £5 15s.; Dec. 21, £7 15s.; Christie, July 25, £4.] Latham (Simon). Lathams Falconry, or The Faulcons Lure, and Cure, in two bookes ([A], a, ¶, B-V 2 in fours), first ed., woodcuts on title and 4, cancel leaf at K 3, wants [A] 1, probably blank, a few catchwords, signatures and top-rules shaved, pp. 100-1 cut into at foot, Printed at London for Roger Iackson, 1614-Lathams New and Second Booke of Falconry (4 11. unsigned, first blank; A, a, B-V in fours), first ed., two titles, first within border of ten wood blocks (one repeated in second title, others in the text), larger cut on pp. 80-93, making 45 impressions of II cuts, one top-rule and one border-rule on first title shaved, top outer corner of last leaf mended, otherwise a good copy, At London, printed by I. B. for Roger Iackson, 1618, bound together, old sprinkled cf. (joints renewed), 4to. (577), Dec. 6, Sotheby Quaritch, £52

[The original edition of Latham's "Falconry" is exceedingly rare; the Britwell copy sold at Sotheby's in April, 1925, appears to be the only other recorded. Like this copy, it lacked the blank leaf before title. See also Ed. 1633-Nov. 15, £8 15s.; Dec. 6, £2 2s.]

Latimer (Hugh, Bp. of Worcester). The fyrste (to the seventh) Sermon of Mayster Hughe Latimer, whiche he preached before the Kynges grace... M.D.XLIX., black letter, in 2 parts (the second to the seventh sermons having a separate title-page and register), (A-D 8, A-Y 8, Aa-Dd 8, Ee 6), the first title a little rubbed and the armorial woodcut on the verso slightly defective at fore-edge, boards, Imprinted at London by Jhon Daye and William Seres, n.d., 8vo. (1098), Mar. 28, Sotheby Quaritch, £14

[See also Puttick, Oct. 6, £1.]

Latimer (H.) Frutefull Sermons, black letter, two titles with woodcut borders and whole-page woodcut of Latimer preaching before Edward VI., cf. (joints broken, and outer margin of first title repaired), J. Day, 1575, sm. 4to. (533), May 18, Hodgson Quaritch, £4 5s. collected by Augustine Bernher, black letter, title within woodcut border, some 11. stained, unbound, Imprinted at Lodon by John Day, 1562, 4to. (1099), Mar. 28, Sotheby

Latimer (H.) Certayn Godly Sermons

[See also July 14, £2 10s.] Leighton, £3 5S. Latrobe (Rev. Č. I.) Journal of a Visit to South Africa in 1815-16, map and col. plates, hf. russia (rebacked), 1818, 4to. (143), Nov. 8, Sotheby Ellis, £3 15s. Canterburies Con

Laud (William, Archbp. of Canterbury).

science Convicted, black letter, broadside in verse, 3 woodcuts [? 1641-On wings of feare Finch flies away. Alas Poore Will, hee's forc'd to stay, broadside in verse, 4 satirical woodcuts [? 1641]-The Masse Priests Lamentation, broadside in verse, 3 woodcuts, London, printed for Richard Burton, 1641, unbound (1105), Mar. 28, Sotheby Quaritch, LII Laud (W.) Lambeth Faire's ended, or a Description of the Bishops Holy Ghost lately set to sale at Lambeth Faire, 4 ll., in verse, woodcut on title, hf. roan, Printed in the yeare 1641, 4to. (1104), Mar. 28, Sotheby Dobell, £8 5s. Laud (W.) Mercuries Message defended, against the vain, foolish, simple, and absurd cavils of Thomas Herbert, a ridiculous Ballad-maker (A-C 4), woodcut on title, imprint slightly shaved, hf. roan, by F. Bedford, London printed, 1641, 4to. (1103), Mar. 28, Sotheby Dobell, £6 5s. Laud (W.) A Relation of the Conference between William Laud, late Arch-Bishop of Canterbury, and John Fisher, the Jesuit, contemp. red mor., gold panels, with corner fleurons on sides, panels of back tooled in gold, g.e., London, Ralph Holt, 1686, folio (455), July 25, Sotheby Marsh, £4 15S. Lauder (Sir Thomas Dick). Legendary Tales of the Highlands, first ed., 3 vol., hf. cf., 1841 (458), Nov. 22, Dowell

£I 8s. Lavater (John Caspar). Essays on Physiognomy, translated by H. Hunter, plates, 5 vol., polished russia, g.e., 1789, 4to. (1107), Mar. 28, Sotheby Flint, £5 5s.

[See also Hodgson, Jan. 26, £2; May 4, £3 5s.; July 27, £2 17s. 6d.; Oct. 20, £2 15s.; Nov. 17, I IIS.; Amer. Art Assoc., May 5, $22.50; Ed. 1792-Anderson Gall., Dec. 13, $40; Hodgson, June 30, £2 10s.; Ed. 1810-Mar. 24, £5 5s.; Dec. 1, £5 5s.] [Law (John).] Money and Trade Considered, with a Proposal for supplying the Nation with Money, contemp. cf., Edinburgh, 1705, 4to. (532), July 28, Sotheby Halliday, £4 Lawes (Henry and William). Choice Psalmes put into Musick, for Three Voices, first ed., Part i. (Cantus) only, wants

A I (blank or with portrait only), but has the blank leaf
T4 and the unsigned leaf at end, orig. paper covers,
James Young for Humphreys Moseley and Richard Wode-
nothe, 1648, 4to. (214), May 23, Sotheby
King, £4

[Among the commendatory verses is Milton's sonnet "To my Friend Mr. Henry Lawes," here first printed. The preliminary leaves are found in four states-portrait on A I, verso of title blank; AI blank, portrait on verso of title; AI blank, line of music on verso of title; and AI and verso of title both blank. This copy belongs to the third variety.] Lawes (The) and Actes of Parliament, maid be King Iames the First and his Svccessovrs Kings of Scotlad, with the rare engraved title surrounded by portraits of the kings and queens, the printed title wanting, contemp. cf., panelled sides with large Lyonesse centre and corner-pieces stamped in blind on a gold ground, gt. back, raised bands, g.e., Edinburgh, R. Waldegrave, 1597, folio (1109), Mar. 28, Sotheby Quaritch, £7

Laws.

A Digest of the Laws of England, arranged alphabetically, manuscript on vellum, 24 ll. (imperfect at end), with marginal references to the regnal years for the Acts concerned, bound in an old vellum wrapper, 15th Cent., folio (610), June 27, Sotheby Sawyer, £19 10S. Law Reports in all the Courts, with Statutes from the commencement to 1913, 386 vol., hf. cf., 2 vol. cloth (binding of the earlier portion broken), 1865-1913 (845), July 13, Hodgson Sweet, £36

[See also Lot 865, 1865-1917, 396 vol., £22; Nov. 25, 1865-1926, 477 vol., hf. mor., £155, and 480 vol., hf. mor., £150; July 13, 1865-1927, 277 vol., £70; July 13, 19191925, in pts., £12; Nov. 25, 1923-1926, in pts., £5 10s.] Law Reports. The English and Empire Digest, with Complete and Exhaustive Annotations, thin paper ed., Vol. I to 20, buckram, 1919-25 (850), July 13, Hodgson

Butterworth, LIO IOS. Law Reports. "The Times" Law Reports from the commencement in 1884 to date, 42 vol., hf. cf., the current year in parts as issued, 1884-1926 (54), Nov. 25, Hodgson Stanton, £56

[See also Lot 34, 1890-1926, 107 vol. and pts., £6 6s.; Lot 17, 1904-1926, 22 vol., 7 only in cl., £13 10s. Lawrence (D. H.) The Rainbow, first ed., cloth, uncut, with the John Quinn bookplate, London [1915], 12mo. (93), Dec. 16, Anderson Gall.

$22.50

[This edition was suppressed, and the supposition is that very few copies escaped destruction. See also Amer. Art Assoc., Feb. 14, $42.50.]

Lawrence (D. H.) Women in Love, limited ed., signed by the Author, only 50 so issued, orig. cloth, New York, 1920, 8vo. (138), Oct. 20, Hodgson Neumayer, £I IS. Lawrence (D. H.) A Collection of First American Editions of

the Works of D. H. Lawrence, some illustrated, 8 vol., various sizes and bindings, New York, 1915-24 (158), Oct. 21, Anderson Gall.

$11

[See also Lot 159, 1920-25, $17.] [Lawrence (Herbert).] The Life and Adventures of Common Sense, an Historical Allegory, first ed., orig. boards, sheep back [London] Printed for Montagu Lawrence, 1769, 12mo. (1121), Feb. 14, Amer. Art Assoc. $490

[The first book to attribute the authorship of Shakespeare's Plays to Bacon, antedating all other such books by almost a hundred years. Laid in is a bookplate of David Garrick.]

Lawrence (H. W.) and Dighton (B. L.)

French Line Engrav

ings of the late XVIII. Century, No. 438 of 1,050 copies, orig. cloth, g.t., 1910, 4to. (762), May 23, Sotheby Staal, £5 [See also June 20, £3; July 20, £5 10s.; Dec. 6, £3 10s.; Hodgson, June 30, £3.

[Lawrence (John).] British Field Sports, first ed., plates by J. Scott and woodcuts by T. Bewick, hf. mor. gt., g.e., fine copy, 1818, 8vo. (265), Dec. 13, Sotheby

$13

Steedman, £2 8s. Lawrence (J.) The History and Delineation of the Horse, first ed., engraved title and 14 plates (should be 15), a number of 11. foxed, russia (somewhat worn), London, 1809, 4to. (156), Feb. 15, Anderson Gall. Lawrence (Sir Thomas). Cabinet of Gems, with Biographical and Descriptive Memorials by P. G. Patmore, slightly tinted portraits, cloth, sprinkled edges (stained, with ticket "W. Christie, Bookbinder, 136, William Street, Woolloomooloo"), 1837, 4to. (148), April 27, Sotheby

[See also Nov. 8, £3 3s.] Halliday, £4 Lawrence (Sir T.) Engravings from the Choicest Works of Sir Thomas Lawrence, with Biographical and Critical Notices, 50 portraits, hf. mor., 1835-46 (608), Feb. 23, Hodgson Norris, £7 10S.

[See also Sotheby, May 23, £4 10s.] Lawrence (T. E.) Revolt in the Desert, first ed., map, orig. buckram, 1927, 8vo. (584), July 25, Sotheby

Tucker, £10 IOS.

[See also April 29, £2 128.; May 26, ₤2 16s., £2 8s., and £2 28.; June 10, £2 14s.; July 13, £2; July 27, £1 18s.; Dowell, May 30, £2 8s.; L.P. Ed.-Hodgson, July 10, £20; July 13, £16 58.]

Lawson (J. P.) Scotland Delineated, a Series of Views by Stanfield, Cattermole, Roberts, Nash, and others, with letterpress by J. P. Lawson, 90 litho. plates (coloured, mounted, and guarded), the last page of text is 280, no title to Vol. ii., 2 vol., hf. mor., g.t., 1847, folio (224), June 13, Sotheby Edwards, £22 Layard (E. L.) The Birds of South Africa, revised by R. B. Sharpe, plates, cloth, B. Quaritch, 1875-84 (255), May 26, Hodgson

Aster, £ 18s.

Lea (H. C.) The Inquisition of the Middle Ages, 3 vol., buckram backs (joints worn), 1888 (228), Mar. 16, Hodgson Fletcher, £1 18s. Lea (H. C.) A History of the Inquisition of Spain, 4 vol., presentation stamp on titles, 16 pp. of notes for a review in Brown's hand inserted loose, other notes on end-papers, orig. cloth, t.e.g., New York, 1906-7, 8vo. (121), Feb. 21, Sotheby Harvey, £45s. Leader (John Daniel). Mary Queen of Scots in Captivity, a Narrative of Events from January, 1569, to December, 1584, col. front. portrait of the Queen after Chasselat, and engraved portraits, extra-illustrated by the insertion of 34 engraved portraits and views, some inlaid to size, I vol. extended to 2 vol., full polished cf., triple fillets on sides, gt. panelled backs, inside gt. borders, g.e., by Broca, in chamois lined cloth slip-case, with the Thomas W. Lawson bookplate, Sheffield, 1880, 8vo. (189), Nov. II, Anderson Gall.

$15 Leather. A Proclamation to restraine the Unlawfull Transportation of Hides and Leather, black letter, 2 sheets, unbound, edges uncut, in fine condition, very rare, London, Bonham Norton and Iohn Bill, 1626, broadside (1112), Mar. 28, Sotheby Johnson, £7 10S. Le Blanc (M. Charles. Manuel de l'Amateur d'Estampes, 4 vol., some portraits and views inserted, hf. mor., orig, wrappers preserved, g.t., Paris, n.d., 8vo. (884), Dec. 6, Sotheby

Le Brun (Corneille). Voyages par la Moscovie, en Indes Orientales, numerous plates, 2 vol., 1718, folio (637), Jan. 12, Hodgson

Thorp, £6 Perse et aux old cf. gt., Kent, £1 98.

[See also Feb. 23, £3 10s.; Ed. 1737–Nov. 22, £23 9s.; Ed. 1878-90-Oct. 27, £2 28.]

Lecky (W. E. H.) History of England in the 18th Century, library ed., 8 vol., cloth, with J. G. Hodgson bookplates, 1878-90, 8vo. (466), Jan. 31, Sotheby Edwards, £3

[See also Ed. 1879-80-Jan. 31, 1 12s.; May 23, £2; Dowell, April 25, 4; Ed. 1888-90-Sotheby, July 20, £2 10s.; July 28, £1 10s.]

Lecky (W. E. H.) Historical Writings, 14 vol., hf. maroon mor., gt. backs, by Root, London, 1866-96, 8vo. (126), Dec. 13, Anderson Gall.

$40

[An attractive set. See also Ed. 1866-90, 14 vol.-Feb. 14, $22.50.] Le Clerc (Vean). Atlas Antiquus, Sacer, Ecclesiasticus at Profanus, 92 double-page maps, including one of America, with engraved and Latin titles, but wants French title, boards, Amsterdam [1705], folio (270), May 30, Sotheby Edwards, £5

Le Coq (Anton von). Chotscho, Facsimile-Wiedergaben der Wichtigeren Funde der Ersten Koniglich Preussischen Expedition nach Turfen in Ost-Turkistan, 75 full-page plates, many of which are magnificent reproductions in

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