Verlaine (P.) Jadis et Naguère, one of 500 copies, hf. mor., Danielson, £7 2s. 6d. Edwards, £6 plates and maps, with Index, 6 vol., cl. gt., t.e.g., 19001914, sm. folio (343), Feb. 2, Hodgson £4 12s. 6d. Victoria History of the County of Hertford, edited by W. Page, photo.-plates, cuts and maps, 4 vol., cl. gt., t.e.g., 1902-14 (296), June 2, Hodgson £3 35. Victoria History of the County of Lancaster, edited by W. Farrer and J. Brownbill, plates and other illustrations, 8 vol., cl., g.t., 1904-14, folio (441), Dec. 2, Sotheby Bumpus, £7 5s. Victoria (Queen). Fores' Grand Coronation Procession, Queen Victoria, June 28th, 1838, col. panorama, 57 feet long, 8vo. (132), Oct. 20, Puttick A. Brown, £14 [Another copy, Dec. 1, £6 10s.] Victoria (Queen). Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, from 1848 to 1861, edited by Arthur Helps, first ed., 2 engravings of Balmoral Castle, green cl., uncut, Smith, Elder & Co., 1868 (304), June 28, Sotheby Dixon, £5 [The presentation copy from Queen Victoria to (her cousin) Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, with signed inscription in the Queen's autograph, as follows: "To Edward of Saxe-Weimar, in recollection of Balmoral, from his affectionate cousin, Victoria Rg., Jan. 9, 1868."] Viel Castel (Le Comte Horace de). Collection des Costumes, Armes et Meubles pour servir à l'Histoire de France, orig. ed. of the first vol. only, 100 lithographs, 54 of which are in colours, mor. gt., g.e., by Madame Gruel, Paris, 1827, sm. folio (132), Dec. 13, American Art Association Vieillot (L. P.) Histoire Naturelle des plus beaux oiseaux chanteurs de la zone torride, 72 col. plates (numbered 1-70, but 2 plates numbered 28*, 28**), straight-grained red mor., gt. border round edges, ornamental panel on sides, full gt. back, inside border, g.e., fine copy, Paris, chez J. E. Gabriel Dufour, 1805, large folio (995), April 25, Sotheby Bolton, £14 10S. $15 [March 1, 11_10S.; July 27, £13.] Vigerius (Marcus). Decachordum Christianum, roman letter, brown mor. ex., g.e., by F. Bedford, In urbe Fani, Hieronymus Soncinus, 1507, folio (1466), May 25, Sotheby Tregaskis, £6 10S. [Another copy, March 17, defective, £3 5s.] Vigon (J.) The most excellent workes of Churyrgerie, translated into English [by Richard Traheron], black letter, old cf. (worn), T. East and H. Middleton, 1571, folio (533), July 21, Hodgson Maggs, £8 15s. Villanova (Arnoldus de). De virtutibus herbarum, roman letter, 172 11., with last blank, long lines, 150 woodcuts (a few ll. slightly wormed), a few MS. notes, old stamped cf., gt. back [Hain *1807, Proctor 5415], Venetiis per Simonen Papiensen dictum Bivilaquam, 1499, 4to. (606), March 17, Sotheby Quaritch, £42 Villard (Th.) Les Fleurs à travers les âges, aquarelles de Madeleine Lemaire, éd. de luxe, one of 100 copies on papier du Japon, with a duplicate set of the plates and an orig. water-col. by Madeleine Lemaire, crushed brown mor., with blue inlays to a flower design on upper cover, inside line tooled borders, mor. doublures, g.e., by René Kieffer, Paris, 1900, 4to. (840), April 25, Sotheby Avery, £8 5s. Villon (F.) The Poems of Francis Villon, now first done into English verse by John Payne, first ed., front. (only 157 copies printed), Villon Soc., 1878, 8vo. (560), Nov. 3, Hodgson Bain, £6 [Anderson Galleries, Oct. 4, $33; Sotheby, Nov. 15, £8; May 25, £3 10s.] Villon (F.) Poems, now first done into English Verse by 1892, 8vo. (832), Bain, £4 IOS. May 18, £2 15s.] [Oct. 27, £4 4s.; Feb. 23, £2 15s.; Villon Society. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, now first completely done into English prose and Verse by John Payne, 9 vol., one of 500 copies, 1882-4Tales from the Arabic of the Breslau and Calcutta (1814-18) editions of the Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night not occurring in the other printed text of the work, done into English by J. Payne, 3 vol., 1883-4— Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp, done into English by John Payne, 1889, together 13 vol., white parchment gt., uncut, t.e.g., For the Villon Society, 1882-9, 8vo. (290), Jan. 17, Sotheby Quaritch, £13 10S. [See also p. 38.] Villon Society. The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio, done into English by J. Payne, 3 vol., vell. gt., uncut, t.e.g., Printed by private subscription and for private circulation, 1886, 8vo. (893), May 18, Sotheby Dobell, £5 10S. [See also p. 113.] Vincent de Beauvais. See Vincentius Bellovacensis Vincentius Bellonacensis. Speculum Historiale, gothic letter, double columns, 67 lines, the first page of the text with a finely painted historiated initial and a coat-of-arms, the text surrounded by a border of fruit and flowers in gold and colours, a similar border to the first page of text of Vol. ii., with an initial and large miniature (lower border of Vol. ii. defective and some 11. damaged, Vol. i. and ii. only, not subject to return), cf., [Strassburg, The "R" Printer, circa 1475], (446), Feb. 23, Sotheby Meynell, £8 5s. Vincentius Bellovacensis. Vincent de Beauvais. The Myrrour of the world, [colophon] Caxton me fieri fecit, black letter, 88 11., with signature marks, long lines, 31 to the page, woodcuts and diagrams, old stamped cf. (edges worn, back rehinged), [Westminster, William Caxton, circa 1490], sm. folio (173), Dec. 20, American Art Association $210 [Imperfect, leaves ai to [a5], giiij [g5], lj and [18], 9 11., including the last, with Caxton's device, are lacking, cij, ciij, dij and diij are defective, giij and [g6] trimmed to margin, not injuring text, however, and tear in giiij mended. Second ed. Very rare in any state. De Ricci lists only 19 copies known, of which II are imperfect. The present copy is the 19th in de Ricci's list. See Seymour de Ricci, A Census of Caxtons," No. 95.] [Vincent (Philip).] A True Relation of the Late Battell fought in New England between the English and the Pequet Salvages, red mor., by Bradstreet (a few paginations cut into and margin of last leaf repaired), London, M. P. for Nathaniel Butter, 1638, sm. 4to. (647), Jan. 24, Anderson Galleries $1,200 [Second ed., of which the text is precisely the same as the first, printed the previous year.] Vincentius. Quatuor Speculum Vincencii doctrinalis compositum per alphabetum, manuscript on vell. [English, xvth century], 98 11., long lines, 26 to a page, written in gothic characters, headings in red, initials in blue, with pen ornamentation, hf. cf., [colophon] Explicit speculum fratris vincentii belnacensis ordinis Predicatorum per distinctiones ad materias distinctum. Sub anno domini 1430 in London, 8vo. (276), March 1, Sotheby Davis & Orioli, £8 5s. Viollet-le-Duc (E.) Dictionnaire Raisonné de l'Architecture Française du xre au xvie Siécle, illustrations, 10 vol., hf. mor., g.e., Paris, 1854-68, 8vo. (637), June 15, Sotheby Thorp, £4 15S. [March 17, 6 vol., 1858-75, £4 10s.; Oct. 25, 10 vol., 1873, £6; July 25, 10 vol., 1875, £3 10s.] Viollet-le-Duc (E.) Dictionnaire Raisonné du Mobilier Français de l'époque Carlovingienne à la Renaissance, plates, some col., 6 vol., hf. mor., g.e., Paris, 1872-5, 8vo. (333), Oct. 25, Sotheby Descours, £7 Virgil. The XIII. Bukes of Eneados, translated out of Latyne verses into Scottish metir by Mayster Gawin Douglas, Bishop of Dunkel and unkil to the Erle of Angus. Every buke having hys perticular Prologe, black letter, orig. binding of stamped leather (joints cracked), MS. inscription on title, Richardi Argalli Liber," Imprinted at Londo, 1553, sm. 4to. (1468), May 25, Sotheby " [Another copy, Nov. 15, £75.] Maggs, £85 Virgil. Thee First Fovre Bookes of Virgil his Aeneis translated intoo English heroical verse by Richard Stanyhurst, wyth oother Poetical diuises theretoo annexed, orig. ed., dedicated "To thee Right Honourable my verie looving Broother thee Lord Baron of Dunsanye (last 2 11. defective and mended, green mor. ex., with doublures of the same, g.e., Leiden in Holland by Iohn Pates, 1582, sm. 4to. (316), March 10, Sotheby Rosenbach, £400 [“The only other copy recorded is that which occurs in the Harleian Catalogue." The Ashburnham copy, imperfect, sold for £108.] Virgil. The whole xii. Bookes of the Aeneidas of Virgil, whereof the first IX. and part of the tenth were converted into English Meeter by Thomas Phaër, Esquier, and the residue supplied, and the whole worke together newly set forth by Thomas Twyne, Gentleman. There is added, moreover, to this edition, Virgil's Life out of Donatus, and the Argument before every booke, first ed., black letter, title within border and head-letters (last leaf missing), hf. cf., 1573, 4to. (265), May 9, Sotheby Dobell, £6 Virgil. L'Enéide, traduite par Jacques Delille, text in Latin and French, plates after Moreau le Jeune and others, 4 vol., contemp. red mor. gt., gt. back, blue silk linings, g.e., Paris, 1804, 4to. (444), Dec. 2, Sotheby Michelmore, £17 Virgil. Vergilius (Publius Maro). Opera, 124 ll. only, roman letter, on vell., initials in gold and colours, with white ornamental vine work, a vell. leaf inserted with an ornamental border of white vine leaf on a background of gold and colours, after the Italian style of the xvth century (the margins of several ll. repaired, wants 38 11., not subject to return), velvet [not in Hain, Copinger 6003, Proctor *4027], Venezia, Johann Wendelin of Speier, 1470, folio (141), Nov. 9, Sotheby Hiertin, £128 Virgilii Maronis Opera interpret. et notis illust. C. Rubæus, contemp. red mor., gt. panelled back and panelled sides with fleurons and petit-fers, powdered with minute dots, g.e., a beautiful specimen from the J. W. Mackenzie library, 1687, 8vo. (78), Nov. 15, Sotheby Maggs, £7 5s. Virgilius Maronis (Publius). Opere, roman letter, numerous fine woodcuts (some 11. stained, some headlines cut into, a few interleaved, MS. notes, some 11. wormed, last leaf torn and mounted), panelled cf. gt., arms on upper cover, [colophon] Impressum regier in ciuitate Argenten ordtiatione, elimatione ac relectone Sebastieni Brant: operaque and impensa... J. Grieninger, 1502, folio (738), March 17, Sotheby Leighton, £1 IOS. Virgil. The Works of Virgil, containing His Pastorals, Georgics and Eneis, translated into English verse by Mr. Dryden, adorn'd with above a hundred sculptures, fourth ed., port. and numerous copperplate engravings by Vander Gucht, 3 vol., claret polished calf, fillets on sides, gt. backs and tops, by Zaehnsdorf, London, Jacob Tonson, 1716, 8vo. (357), Jan. 25, American Art Association $45 Virginia. A True and Since[re] declaration of the purpose and [ends] of the Plantation begun in Virg[inia], olive mor., by Rivière, London, I. Stepneth [1610], sm. 4to. (648), Jan. 24, Anderson Galleries Hill, $1,400 [Only three other copies known. The Halsey copy.] |