De l'Imprimerie de la Societe Littéraire-Typographique, 1785 (14), March 17, Sotheby Parsons, £8 10s. Beaumont (A.) Travels through the Lepontine Alps, col. plates and map, 1880, roy. folio (576), Feb. 23, Sotheby Spencer, £6 Beaumont (E. de). L'Épée et les Femmes, illustrations by Meissonier (one of 50 copies on papier de Hollande, with the plates in two states), crushed mor. ex., with arms on sides, t.e.g., by Chambolle-Duru, Paris, 1881, imp. 8vo. (543), June 2, Hodgson Maggs, £3 15S. [Beaumont (Francis) and Fletcher (John).] The Maides Tragedy, as it hath beene diuers times Acted at the Blacke-Friers by the Kings Maiesties Seruants, brown mor., by Rivière, London, Francis Constable, 1619, sm. 4to. (19), Nov. 11, Anderson Galleries $380 [Beaumont (F.) and Fletcher (J.)] The Scornefvl Ladie, a Comedie, as it was now lately Acted (with great applause) by the Kings Maiesties Seruants, second ed., olive mor., by Rivière, London, M. P., 1625, sm. 4to. (20), Nov. II, Anderson Galleries $45 [Beaumont (F.) and Fletcher (J.)] Philaster, or Love lies a Bleeding, acted at the Globe and Blackfriers, by his Majesties Servants, fourth ed., olive mor., by Rivière (last line of imprint cut away), London, E. Griffin for William Leak [16341, sm. 4to. (21), Nov. 11, Anderson Galleries $35 [Beaumont (F.) and Fletcher (J.)] The Knight of the Burning Pestle, full of Mirth and Delight, second ed., olive mor., by Rivière, London, N. O. for I. S., 1635, sm. 4to. (22), Nov. 11, Anderson Galleries $60 [Beaumont (F.) and Fletcher (J.)] Wit without Money, a Comedie, as it hath beene presented with good applause at the private house in Drurie Lane by her Majesties Servants, first ed., crimson mor., by Rivière, London, Thomas Cotes, 1639, sm. 4to. (23), Nov. 11, Anderson Galleries

$55

Beaumont (F.) and Fletcher (J.) Works, with Notes and a Biographical Memoir by A. Dyce, ports., II vol., polished tree cf., E. Moxon, 1843-46 (94), April 29, Hodgson Maggs, £12 15S. Beaumont (F.) and Fletcher (J.) Works, first octavo ed., ports. and numerous illustrations, 7 vol., orig. cf., s.e. (rubbed), Jacob Tonson, 1711, 8vo. (545), Oct. 25, Sotheby Dobell, £5 5s. Beaumont (F.) and Fletcher (J.) Comedies and Tragedies, port. by W. Marshall, Printed for H. Robinson and H. Moseley, 1647-The Wild-Goose Chase, a Comedie, For H. Moseley, 1652, first eds., in 1 vol., large copies, measuring 13 by 8gins., orig. sheep, 1647-52, folio (79), May 25, Sotheby Pickering, £104

[American Art Association, April 20, Lot 45, $105; Sotheby, July 20, Lot 1011, 23; Sotheby, March 17, Lot 255, £31; Anderson Galleries, Feb. 8, Lot 16, $160.]

Beauty, The Book of (era King Edward VII.), edited and arranged by Mrs. F. Harcourt Williamson, éd. de luxe, 300 copies for sale, ports., contains "Roses red and roses white, by R. K., orig. cl., 1902, folio (166), April 4. Sotheby B. F. Stevens, IOS. Beaux and Belles of England, being a Series of Reprints of Society and Theatrical Biographies of the 17th and 18th Century, including Count Grammont's Memoirs-Colley Cibber's Life, by himself, 2 vol.-Goldsmith's Life of Beau Nash-Jesse's Beau Brummell, 2 vol.-Lady Hamilton and Lord Nelson, by Cordy Jeaffreson, 2 vol.-Life of Mrs. Siddons, 2 vol.-Life of Mrs. Jordan, 2 vol., etc., together 29 vol., col. fronts., also ports. and plates on Japanese vell., hf. mor. gt., t.e.g., Grolier Society, n.d., 4to. (806), Oct. 27, Hodgson £18 10s. Bec (J. du). The Historie of the Great Emperour Tamerlan, wherein are expressed Encounters, Skirmishes, Battels, etc., translated into English by H. M. (title frayed), hf. cf. gt. (one leaf imperfect), W. Ponsonby, 1597, sm. 4to. (124), Dec. 1, Hodgson Quaritch, £16 10S. Beck (Lewis C.) A Gazetteer of the States of Illinois and Missouri, containing a general view of each State, a general view of their counties, and a particular description of their towns, villages, rivers, etc., map and 5 engraved plans, orig. hf. cf., Albany, 1823, 8vo. (88), Jan. 10, Anderson Galleries

$230

[The extremely rare first ed. The only copy cited by Sabin is that in the Harvard University Library. In the general view of Illinois, occupying nearly 60 pages, will be found references to such rare works as Brackenridge's View of Louisiana, Ohio and Mississippi navigator, Fulton's Treaties on Canals, Hennepin, Charlevoix, Tonti's Account of the Voyage of La Salle, etc.]

Becke (Louis). Novels and Tales, 27 vol., various, v.y. (741), Feb. 23, Sotheby Danielson, £9 15s.

Becket (St. Thomas à). Vita et processus sancti Thome cantuariensis martyris super libertate ecclesiastica, gothic letter, 98 11., double columns of 44 and 45 lines [Hain 15510], fine copy, Paris, Johann Philippi, 1495-6Bertrandus. Liber contra Petrum de Cugneris, gothic letter, 18 ll., double columns of 45 lines [Hain 3002], Paris, Johann Philippi, 1495-6, in 1 vol., red mor. gt., 1495, 4to. (80), May 25, Sotheby Ellis, £10 Becket (St. Thomas à). The Life or the Ecclesiasticall Historie of S. Thomas, Archbishope of Canterbury, by A[nthony] B[att], old cf., blind tooled, Colloniae, 1639, sm. 8vo. (30), Dec. 6, Anderson Galleries [Beckford (P.)] Thoughts on Hunting, in a series of Familiar Letters to a Friend, first ed., engraved front. by Bartolozzi after Cipriani, and 2 plates, cf. gt. (loose in cover), Sarum, 1781, sm. 4to. (154), March 31, Hodgson Dobell, £5

$65

Beckford (P.) Thoughts upon Hare and Fox Hunting, plates, hf. cf., 1796 (463), Feb. 2, Hodgson Maggs, £2 12S. [Beckford (P.)] Thoughts on Hunting, first ed., front. by Bartolozzi and plates of kennels, tree cf. gt., ochre edges, 1781, 4to. (151), May 20, Puttick Thorp, 11 IOS. Beckford (P.) Thoughts upon Hunting, plates, mottled cf., Sarum, 1782, 4to. (281), Feb. 9, Puttick Lewis, £2 15s. Beckford (P.) Thoughts on Hunting, woodcut on title and plates by J. Scott, hf. russ., 1810 (494), Feb. 23, Sotheby Griffiths, £2 15s. Beckford (P.) Thoughts on Hunting, in a series of Familiar Letters to a Friend, engraved front. and plate, sapphire mor., 1820, 8vo. (156), Jan. 25, American Art Association

$37 [Beckford (W.)] An Arabian Tale (Vathek), from an unpublished manuscript, with Notes, Critical and Explanatory, first ed., cf. ex., g.e., 1786, 8vo. (6), Nov. 24, Sotheby Dobell, £3 18s.

[Anderson Galleries, Jan. 20, Lot 11, $60.] Becon (Thomas). The Pōmaunder of Prayers, black letter, russ., g.e., with bookplate of C. W. Michel, Iohn Daye, n.d., 16mo. (81), May 25, Sotheby Drake, £15 Beda (Venerabilis). Historia de gestis Anglorum Ecclesiastica, Gildas, surnamed the Wise. De excidio et conquestu Britanniae, etc., MSS. on vell., English XIV. cent., 88 11. in all (12 by 8 inches), written in clear gothic characters, 42 long lines to a page, with four large ornamental initials in colours illuminated with burnished gold, other capitals painted in blue with red pen flourishes, textual ornament of red and blue flourishes, orig. oak bds. covered red sheepskin (worn), with autograph signa ture," Richardus Goldesbrowkus,' on fly-leaf, XIV. cent., folio (13), Oct. 21, Sotheby Cope, £100

[Sotheby, May 25, Lot 82, c. 1470, £64.] Bede (Cuthbert). The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, green mor., by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, London, James Blackwood, 1857, 12mo. (18), Jan. 25, American Art Association

$15

Beddoes (T. L.) The Bride's Tragedy, first ed., hf mor., g.e., 1822, 8vo. (37), May 18, Sotheby Dobell, £1 16s. Beddoes (T. L.) Poetical Works, edited by E. Gosse, etchings, LARGE PAPER, one of 225 copies, 2 vol., hf. parchment, uncut, 1890, etc., together 5 vol., 8vo. (36), May 18, Sotheby Davis & Orioli, £1 6s. Bedford. Fisher (T.) Bedfordshire Collections, engraved title and 114 plates-Monumental Remains of the County, 37 tinted lithos (limited to 50 copies), mounted on guards and bound to size, in 1 vol., hf. mor., 1812-36, folio (305), Dec. 16, Hodgson Vinall, £1 175. Beechey (F. W.) Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait in H.M.S. "Blossom," 1825-8, plates (somewhat foxed and stained), 2 vol., with the Zoology

of the Voyage," with col. plates by Sowerby, together 3 vol., hf. green roan and hf. mor., 1831-9, 4to. (542), March 1, Sotheby Wheldon, £6

[Anderson Galleries, Feb. 1, Lot 39, $10.] Beeverell (Jas.) Délices de la Grande Bretagne et de l'Irlande, many plates and maps, 8 vol. in 4, mottled cf. ex., g.e., by F. Bedford, Leide, 1707, 8vo. (56), Nov. 15, Sotheby Bain, £7 Beham (Sebald). Biblisch Historien fürgebildet, engraved title and 68 woodcuts only (4 ff. being missing), old cf., Zu Franckfurt am Meyn, bei Christian Egenolph, n.d., 8vo. (926), Nov. 24, Sotheby Gregny, £I 14S. Behmen (Jacob). Aurora, that is, the Day-Spring, or Dawning, of the Day in the Orient, or Morning-Rednesse in the Rising of the Sun, that is the Root or Mother of Philosophie, Astrologie & Theologie, front. by W. Hollar, cf. (few headlines shaved), 1656, 4to. (389), Oct. 20, Puttick Heffer, £4 15S.

Behmen (Jacob). Jacob Behmen's Theosophick Philosophy unfolded... by Edward Taylor, port. (mounted, and a few headlines very slightly cut into), old mor. gt. (repaired and rebacked), Printed for Thos. Salusbury, 1691, 4to. (510), July 13, Sotheby Arthur, £2 2s. Behmen (Jacob). Works, with Figures illustrating his Principles, left by the Rev. W. Law, port. and plates, some col., 4 vol., a clean copy of this scarce book, in sound old cf. binding, 1764-81, 4to. (670), July 27, Hodgson

[Sotheby, April 25, Lot 265, 10.] Harding, II 12s. 6d. Bekker (B.) The World Bewitch'd, or an Examination of the Common Opinions concerning Spirits, first ed, Vol. i. (all pub.), mor., red edges, 1697, 8vo. (445), Oct. 20, Puttick Heffer, £1 15S.

$17

Behn (Mrs. Aphra). Works, edited by Montague Summers, port., one of 50 copies on handmade paper, 6 vol., bds., cl. backs, uncut and unopened, London, Heinemann, 1915, 8vo. (36), May 9, Anderson Galleries Behn (Mrs. A.) Plays. The City Heiress, 1698-The Town Fopp, 1677-The Roundheads, 1682-Sir Patient Fancy, 1678—The Young King, 1683-The Rover, 2 parts, 1677-81-Emperor of the Moon, 1687-The Amorous Prince, 1671-The Dutch Lover, 1673-The Debauchee, 1677-The Widdow Ranter, 1690—Abdelazer, 1677— The False Count, 1682-The Younger Brother, 1696The Feign'd Curtizans, 1679-The Forc'd Marriage (title defective and date cut away), all first eds., except the first and (?) last (several have lines shaved), together 2 vol., russ., panelled gt. sides, gauffred edges, contents lettered, sold not subject to return, 4to. (145), Jan. 17, Sotheby Dobell, £5 Belanger (C.) Voyage aux Indes-Orientales par le Nord de l'Europe, 1825-9-Zoologie, atlas of col. plates only, hf. roan, Paris, 1834, 4to. (543), March 1, Sotheby Quaritch, £1 12S.

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Belcari (Feo). Vita del Beato Giovanni Colombino, roman letter, long lines, 32 to a page, with signatures, large ornamental initial on first page, painted in gold and colours, other capitals painted in red, oak bds. hf. covered sheepskin Hain 2747], Florence, Nicolaus Laurentii [c. 1480], folio (459), June 28, Sotheby Ashby, £8 5s. Belcher (Sir Edward). The Last of the Arctic Voyages, with Notes on the Natural History by Sir John Richardson, etc., first ed., illustrated with charts, woodcuts and 36 col. plates, 2 vol., cl., uncut, London, 1855, 8vo. (41), Feb. 1, Anderson Galleries $10.50 Belcher (J.) and Macartney (M. E.) Later Renaissance Architecture in England, 170 plates and 153 illustrations in the text, 2 vol., hf. mor., g.t., 1901, roy. folio (583), May 9, Sotheby Edwards, £6 Bell (M.) Edward Burne-Jones, plates, one of 390 copies, buckram gt., 1892, 4to. (180), March 17, Sotheby

Witt, £1 128 Bell (Mrs. A.) Thomas Gainsborough, plates, 1897-Modern Etchings, Mezzotints and Dry-Points, edited by C. Holme, plates, The Studio, 1913, together 2 vol., roy. 8vo. (38), May 18, Sotheby Danielson, I 8s. Bell (T.) Kalogynomia (with the secret plates), buckram, uncut, Walpole Press, 1899 (761), Dec. 1, Hodgson

£3 12s. 6d. Bellamy (George Anne). Memoirs, by a Gentleman of CoventGarden Theatre, cf. ex., uncut, t.e.g., by F. Bedford, J. Walker, 1785, 8vo. (455), March 14, Sotheby Raphael, LI Bellangé (H.) Costume of the French Army, the rare series of 102 col. lithographs by Villain, hf. bd. (4 plates slightly defective and mended), chez Gihaut [c. 1845], 4to. (217), Nov. 25, Hodgson Parsons, £33 Bellarmin (Robert, Cardinal). Traite de l'eternelle felicited des saints, divise en cinq livres: Et traduit du Latin du grand Cardinal Belarmin, vignette on title-page, engraved head-pieces with the arms of Louis XIV and tail-pieces with the initials " P. R.," full red French mor., exquisitely gold tooled, Paris, P. Rocolet, 1656, 8vo. (12), jan. 20, Anderson Galleries

$385

A superb specimen of Le Gascon's beautiful workmanship. A name has been cut from title. With the S. P. Avery bookplate.]

Bellasis (G. H.) Views of Saint Helena, 6 finely col. engravings by R. Havell, orig. wrapper, uncut (but wrapper loose), 1815 (611), June 2, Hodgson £5 5s. Bellay (J.) Xenia seu illustrium quorundam Nominum allusiones, his accessit Elegia ad fanum Morellum Ebredun, Pyladem suum, cf., repaired, with MS. inscription on titlepage, Claudii Puteani Donum Jo. Morelli Ebredunensis," Parisiis, 1569, 8vo. (83), May 25, Sotheby Ellis, £3 10s. Bellay (J.) Recueil de Poésie, presente à tresillustre Princesse Madame Marguerite, seur vnique du Roy . . . reueu