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pers, with the silhouettes, etc. on front cover, New York,
Slote, Woodman and Co. [1878], 16mo. (104), Nov. 24,
American Art Association
$105

[Autographed "Mark Twain" in his handwriting on title-page. Laid in is an A.L.s., 2 pp., 8vo.]

Clemens (S. L.) The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson, and the Comedy, Those Extraordinary Twins, publisher's copy of the first ed., attested and signed by Mr. Bliss, with port. and marginal illustrations, hf. mor., g.e., Hartford, 1894, 8vo. (188), Nov. 10, Anderson Galleries

$200 [Inscribed on the fly-leaf "Yours truly, Frank Mayo. First representation of Pudd'nhead Wilson, Hartford, Conn., April 8th, 1895." Beneath this inscription the author has written 'The above signature is genuine & is that of a genuine man, too. Truly yours, Mark Twain.” An A.L.s. from Frank Mayo regarding the play is laid in.] Clemens (S. L.) The Writings of Mark Twain [with a Biographical Criticism by Brander Matthews], etched ports. and title-pages by W. H. W. Bicknell, other ports. and illustrations on India paper, 25 vol., full Antwerp blue mor., g.t, uncut, Hartford, American Publishing Company, 1899-1907, 8vo. (123), Jan. 20, American Art Association

$800

[Set of the autograph ed., with author's signature in Vol. i., "S. L. Clemens (Mark Twain)." Limited to 512 copies, of which this is No. 441. Inserted in Vol. i. are 2 pp. of the original MS. of "The Gilded Age," one by Mark Twain, the other by Charles Dudley Warner, his collaborator. See also Nov. 20, 22 vol., $200; Feb. 24, $175; May 7, 25 vol., $200; Sotheby, Mar. 2, 22 vol., £8 5s.; American Art Association, ed. 1922, Mar. 18, $160; April 14, $285; April 28, $315; Anderson Galleries, Jan. 12, $155.] Clement X. Privilegia exemptiones, et indulta, printed on vellum, brown mor., line and ornamental borders round sides, in the centre the arms of Pope Clement X., arched above and below, and the ground being filled in with a semis of small stars, Rome, 1670, sm. 4to. (416), Dec. 8, Sotheby Dobell, £3 Cleonides. Harmonicum introductorium-Vitruvii de architectura libri, etc., roman letter, 94 11. including 1 blank (B.M.V. 522), woodcut initials and diagrams, Venice, Simon Bevilaqua, 3 Aug., 1497-Frontinus. De re militari, etc., roman letter, Bologna, Franciscus [Plato] de Benedictis, 1496-and another, in 1 vol., old cf. (rebacked, worn and one cover loose), folio (50), May 4, Sotheby Maggs, £16 IOS. Clereville (Bartholomaeus de). The Copye of the letter folowynge which specifyeth of ye greatest and meruelous visyoned batayle that euer was sene or herde of And also of the letter yt was sent frome the great Turke vnto our holy fad' ye pope of Rome, 4 woodcuts, wants last leaf,

corner torn from fol. 2 removing a few words, a smaller fragment torn from fol. 3 removing a few words on verso (cut into at foot), some stains, unbnd., [Antwerp, Jan van Doesborgh, 1518], 4to. (134), Mar. 23, Sotheby

Rosenbach, £50

[There is a perfect copy in the Bodleian, and an imperfect copy was sold in the Evans sale in 1823. The present copy appears to be the only other known to Proctor (Jan van Doesborgh, p. 27). Fourteen books or tracts in English are known to have been printed at this press.] Clerke (William). The Trial of Bastardie. That Part of the second part of Policie, or manner of Gouerement of the Realme of England: so termed, Spirituall, or Ecclesiasticall, first ed., printer's device on title and 4 folding diagrams, new wrappers (first line on title and running heads trimmed, tear in title, small hole in last few 11.), London, Adam Islip, 1594, 4to. (63), Dec. 2, Anderson Galleries $15

[The Huth copy had but 3 of the 4 folding diagrams.] Cleveland (Duchess of). The Battle Abbey Roll, plan,

vol.,

cl., 1889, 8vo. (718), July 1, Hodgson Harding, £2 12S. Cleveland (John). Poems by J. C., with Additions, never before printed, port., orig. cf., fine copy, Printed in the Year 1654, sm. 8vo. (37), Oct. 27, Sotheby

Quaritch, £4 5s. [See also Christie, June 15, ed. 1659, £6 15s.; Sotheby, Oct. 27, £3 15s.; Christie, June 15, ed. 1677, £1 12s.; Sotheby, Oct. 27, ed. 1687, £2 2s.]

Clever (William). The Flower of Phisicke.

Where in is

perfectlie comprehended a true introduction and method for mans assured health with three bookes of Philosophie for the due temperature of mans life, first ed., black letter (4 11. without sig., B-R 4), a few head-lines shaved, a few Il. slightly water-stained, a small rust-hole in B 2, crushed blue mor. gt., Miller arms on sides, g.e., by Rivière, Printed at London by Roger Ward, 1590, 4to. (175), Mar. 30, Sotheby Rosenbach, £175 Clifford (Christopher). The Schoole of Horsmanship, wherein is discouered what skill and knowledge is required in a good Horseman . . . briefely touching the knowledge of the Breeder, Sadler, Smith, and the Horseleach, black letter, first ed., signature on title "Geo: Gooch" in an old hand, Herbert's copy with his initials on title, sig. z 3 in facsimile, worm-holes through upper margin of some 11. (in some cases neatly filled in), small hole in 3 ll. (sig. s 2, X 4, z 2), and a small hole in 3 or 4 11. at end, modern blind tooled cf., ¶ Imprinted at London for Thomas Cadman, 1585, 4to. (262), May 25, Sotheby Pickering, £5 Closet (A) for Ladies and Gentlewomen. Or, the Art of preseruing, Conseruing, and Candying (A-H 12), printed within woodcut borders, border on A 8 verso very slightly rubbed, a few 11. faintly water-stained, London, printed for

Iohn Parker, 1624-Platt (Sir Hugh). Delights for Ladies, to adorne their Persons, Tables, Closets, and Distillatories (A-H 12, last leaf a blank except for the woodcut border), printed within woodcut borders, rust-stain in E 8-9, a few ll. faintly water-stained, London, printed by Humfrey Lownes, 1624, in 1 vol., orig. vell. gt., angel with a scroll in gold on sides, fine copies, 12mo. (176), Mar. 30, Sotheby Rosenbach, £60 Clouston (W. A.) Arabian Poetry for English Readers, one of 70 copies on LARGE PAPER, front., 1881-The Book of Sindbad, from the Persian and Arabic, No. 3 of 50 copies on LARGE PAPER, 1884-A Group of Eastern Romances from the Persian, Tamil and Urdu, No. 24 of 52 copies on LARGE PAPER, 1889, together 3 vol., uniformly bnd. in crimson mor., t.e.g., Glasgow, privately printed, 1881-9, 8vo. (179), Nov. 10, Sotheby Maggs, £5 Clowes (William). A briefe and necessarie Treatise, touching the cure of the disease called Morbus Gallicus, or Lues Venerea by Vnctions and other approued waies of curing, black letter (A 4, first leaf blank, except for the sign. ; A-Q 4, last leaf with colophon and coat of arms), 2 woodcuts, polished cf. gt., g.e., by G. Lewis, Bolland copy, [colophon] Imprinted at London by Thomas East, for Thomas Cadman, 1585. 4to. (177), Mar. 30, Sotheby Quaritch, £100 Clowes (W.) A prooued practice for all young Chirurgians, concerning burnings with Gunpowder, and woundes made with Gunshot, Sword . . . Heereto is adioyned a Treatise of the French or Spanish Pockes, written by Iohn Almenar, a Spanish Physition, first ed., black letter (¶4; A-B 4; no sig. c (? wanting); D-P 4; 92; Q-Ee 4; Ff 2), woodcuts, 4 words on title inked over, the full-page cut "The surgeones chest" cut into, red mor., panelled tooling on sides, g.e., by Rivière, Miller arms on sides, ¶ Printed by Thomas Orwyn, for Thomas Cadman, 1588, 4to. (178), Mar. 30, Sotheby Maggs, £19

[See also Lot 179, ed. 1596, £50.] Clowes (W. L.) The Royal Navy, a History, plates, 7 vol., cl., g.t., 1897-1903, 4to. (820), June 22, Sotheby

Edwards, £5 Clutterbuck (R.) History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford, plates, 3 vol., russ., 1815-27, folio (624), Feb. 2, Sotheby Thorp, £3' 5s.

[See also Nov. 3, £4 5s.; Feb. 9, £4 10s.; May 25, £4 5s.; Hodgson, April 1, £2 6s.; July 8, £3 12s. 6d.] Cobbett (W.) and Howell (T. B.) Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason, and other Crimes and Misdemeanours, with General Index by D. Jardine, 34 vol., cf., 1809-28, 8vo. (55), Dec. 18, Sotheby Joseph, £12 15S. Cobden-Sanderson (T. J.) Credo, limited to 250 copies, Niger mor., g.e., Doves Press, 1908 (240), Feb. 11, Hodgson Hollings, £3 7s. 6d.

Cobden-Sanderson (T. J.) The Ideal Book, or Book Beautiful. A Tract on Calligraphy, Printing, and Illustration, and on the Book Beautiful as a whole, edition limited to 300 copies (signed at the end in the autograph of Cobden-Sanderson), full red niger mor., gt. over rough edges, by The Doves Bindery, 1912, C[obden]-S[anderson], Hammersmith, 1900, 8vo. (121), Nov. 20, American Art Association $52.50 [See also Feb. 5, vell., $17.50; Nov. 24, vell., $22.50.] Cochlaeus (J.) Dialogus de bello contra Turcas, Valentinus Schumannus, Leipzig, 1528, 8vo.-Fasciculus calumniarum, Valentinus Schumannus, Leipzig, 1529, 8vo.-Antiqua regum rescripta, 1529, 8vo.-Autenticæ Justiniani commemorate, Nicolaus Faber, Leipzig, 1529, 8vo, fine impressions in very good condition, black cf., 3 bands, 2 panels, binder G. R. [Weale, p. 124, Nos. 117, 118], in a padded case (43), Mar. 16, Sotheby Quaritch, £35 Cockaine (Sir Thomas). A Short Treatise of Hunting, compyled for the Delight of Noblemen and Gentlemen by Sir Thomas Cockaine, Knight, 1591, edited by G. E. Cokayne, facs. reprint, roxburghe binding, Roxburghe Club, 1897, 4to. (347), May 25, Sotheby B. F. Stevens, £6 15s. Cockburne (Sir William). Respublica de Decimis, corrected by pen, blank corner torn from в 3, cl., Edinburgh, printed by John Wreittoun, Anno Domini 1627, sm. 4to. (139), Mar. 23, Sotheby Rosenbach, £6 Cocker (Edward). Cocker's Decimal Arithmetick, perused, corrected and published by John Hawkins, first ed., fore blank margin of title slightly defective, orig. cf. gt. (repaired), J. Richardson for Tho. Passinger, 1685, 8vo. (150), Dec. 8, Sotheby Heal, £5

[See also Nov. 10, £2 10s.; Mar. 30, £5 10S.] Cocker (E.) The Young Clerks Tutor enlarged, sixth ed., plates, lacks AI (? a blank), mottled cf. gt., g.e., by Rivière, 1670, 12mo. (149), Dec. 8, Sotheby Heal, £1 Cockton (Henry). Stanley Thorne, extracted from Bentley's Miscellany, a printed title and list of illustrations inserted, plates by G. Cruikshank and others, hf. mor. gt., g.t., by Rivière, 1840-2, 8vo. (66), Dec. 15, Sotheby Maggs, £1 5s. Cogan (Thomas). The Haven of Health, chiefely gathered for the comfort of students . . . Hereunto is added a Preseruation from the Pestilence, first ed., black letter (¶ 4, ¶¶4, A-PP 4), some head-lines slightly shaved, cf., g.e., by Rivière, Miller arms on sides, Heber copy, At London, printed by Henrie Midleton, for William Norton, 1584, 4to. (182), Mar. 30, Sotheby Rosenbach, £40

[See also Lot 183, ed. 1589, £18; Lot 184, ed. 1612, £2 10s.] Cohn (A. M.) George Cruikshank: a Catalogue Raisonné of his Work, with Collations, Notes, Values, etc., facs., limited ed., cl., t.e.g., 1924, 4to. (556), Aug. 5, Hodgson Thorp, £2 [See also Sotheby, Mar. 11, £2 15s.; July 20, £1 12s.]

Coignet (Matt.) Politiqve Discovrses vpon Trveth and Lying. An Instrvction to Princes to keepe their faith and promise

translated out of French ... by Sir Edward Hoby, Knight, first ed. (collation: 6, A-P 8, 96, last leaf blank), title somewhat soiled, slightly water-stained, about 10 ll. cut into at top (in most cases very slightly), old hf. cf., At London, printed by Ralfe Newberie, 1586, 4to. (185), Mar. 30, Sotheby Rosenbach, £20 Cokayne (Sir Aston). Small Poems of divers sorts written by Sir Aston Cokain, first ed., ornament, front. port. of Cokayne, London, printed by Wil. Godbid, 1658-A Chain of Golden Poems embellished with Wit, Mirth, and Eloquence, together with two most excellent Comedies, viz., The Obstinate Lady, and Trappolin suppos'd a Prince, written by Sr. Aston Cokayn, London, printed by W. G. and are to be sold by Isaac Pridmore, at the Golden-Falcon near the New Exchange, 1659, dark blue mor., gt. tooling and edges, gt. inside borders, by W. Pratt, sm. 8vo. (81), Dec. 8, Anderson Galleries $190

[With the genuine blank leaves A, T 7, and T 8. See also Anderson Galleries, Dec. 8, ed. 1659, $70; Sotheby, Mar. 23, £5 10s.]

C[okayne] (G. E.) Complete Peerage, 8 vol., hf. mor., g.t., 1887-98, 8vo. (18), April 20, Sotheby Walford, £8 15s.

[See also Hodgson, Feb. 11, ed. 1910-21, 5 vol. only, £5.] Coke (Sir Edw.) Third Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, port., title in woodcut border, cf., with contemp. manuscript notes at back reading "Ben Jonson was ye most judicious Poet," etc., also on end-papers, 1660, folio (426), Oct. 22, Puttick Myers, I Colden (Cadwallader). The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada, first English ed., folding map (very slightly defective), orig. cf., 1747, 8vo. (400), Oct. 27, Sotheby Bourne, £3 15s.

[See also Lot 236, ed. 1750, £2 10s.; American Art Association, Jan. 8, ed. 1755, $20.] Cole (Benjamin). A Book of the Antient Constitutions of the Free and Accepted Masons, engraved on 59 pp., including title, dedication and songs, contemp. cf. [1729], 8vo. (768), June 18, Christie Quaritch, £8

[See also July 29, £2 10s.] Coleridge (Samuel Taylor). Aids to Reflection, first ed., author's copy, with numerous corrections and additions in his autograph, the MS. note on p. 67 initialled by him, bds., uncut (back repaired), formerly in the possession of J. Hookham Frere, 1825, 8vo. (36), May 28, Hodgson

Spurr, £27 Coleridge (S. T.) The Ancient Mariner, edition-de-luxe, col. plates, signed by the artist, W. Pogany, leather ex., t.e.g., 1910, 4to. (263), Feb. 11, Hodgson Peel, £1 IOS. Coleridge (S. T.) Christabel-Kubla Khan, a Vision-The

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