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woodcuts, wants the title and sig. A 5, sig. 00 5 defective and mended, 4 ll. cut round and re-margined (A 2-4, b 2), and the margin of 13 ll. repaired (b1, b 6, f 1, k 6-8, li, 02, q8, M I-4), in several cases slightly affecting the text, a few ll. very slightly wormed, and a few other minor defects, brown mor., gt. panelled tooling on sides with gt. centre ornament, g.e., by F. Bedford [Wynkyn de Worde, Westminster, 1495], folio (329), Mar. 30, Sotheby [See also Lot 330, ed. 1535, £46.] Quaritch, £58 Glanvill (J.) Saducismus Triumphatus, or Full and Plain Evidence concerning Witches and Apparitions, 2 parts, with front. by Faithorne to each part, front. to Part ii. slightly torn, orig. cf., with bookplate of Richard Jackson, D.D., London, printed for J. Collins, 1681, 8vo. (328), Mar. 30, Sotheby Rosenbach, £4 Glapthorne (Henry). Argalus and Parthenia, first ed., inner margins of title and I preliminary leaf slightly defective, 3 or 4 head-lines cut into, last torn and repaired, affecting 2 or 3 letters, hf. cf. (joint broken), R. Bishop for Daniel Pakeman, 1639, sm. 4to. (491), July 20, Sotheby Leighton, £2 Glapthorne (H.) The Hollander, first ed., catchword touched on 12, cl., I. Okes for A. Wilson, 1640, 4to. (419), Mar. 17, Sotheby Birrell, £2 2s. [Glasse (Hannah)]. The Art of Cookery made Plain and Easy by a Lady, first ed., signature of Mrs. Glasse on title, some 11. repaired slightly affecting the text, mottled cf. gt., Printed for the Author, 1747, sm. folio (583), April 20, Sotheby Quaritch, £15 IOS. Glauber (Joh. Rudolph). Description of New Philosophicall Furnaces, or a New Art of Distilling, with a Description of the Tincture of Gold, etc. [trans. by John French, M.D.], with woodcuts and titles, old sheep (worn), with auto. of T. Willughby and contemp. MS. notes, 1651, 4to. (326), June 15, Christie Batsford, £3 15s.

[See also Lot 327, worn, £3 10s.] Gobinet (Charles). Instruction sur la Religion où l'on traite des Sentimens qu'il faut avoir Dieu de Jesus Christ, 1687 -Addition à l'Instruction de la Jeunesse, 1689-Instructions sur la vérité du Saint Sacrement, 1691-Instructions sur la Penitance, 1695, together 4 vol., uniformly bound in contemp. red mor. gt., a 3-line fillet round sides, the arms of Madame de Brou in the centre, g.e., sold as bindings, Paris, 1687-95, 8vo. (524), Dec. 8, Sotheby Dobell, £12 [Godefroy (Théodore)]. Histoire dv Chevalier Bayard, first ed., port., contemp. cf. gt., badge of Henry Percy, ninth Earl of Northumberland (1564-1632) on sides, Paris, A. Pacard, 1616, 4to. (315), April 6, Sotheby

Barnard, £7 5s. Godfrey (John). A Treatise upon the Useful Science of Defence, connecting the Small and Back-Sword . . . with

some Observations upon Boxing, and the Characters of the most able Boxers (A-K I in fours), last 2 ll. torn, hf. mor., Printed for the Author by T. Gardner, 1747, 4to. (644), July 20, Sotheby Ellis, £4 Godlie Garden (A), out of which most comfortable hearbes may be gathered for the health of the wounded conscience of all penitent sinners, first ed., black letter, wants E 7 and P 8, part of 9 6 torn away, printed throughout within woodcut borders, hf. mor., H. Middleton, 1581, 16mo. (420), Mar. 17, Sotheby Quaritch, £2

[See also Mar. 23, ed. 1621, needlework binding, £40.] Godman (Frederick Du Cane). A Monograph of the Petrels (Order Tubinares), 106 col. plates by J. G. Keulemans, No. 174 of 225 copies, panelled green mor. gt., inside borders, t.e.g., orig. wrappers bound in, 1907-10, 4to. (703), June 29, Sotheby Quaritch, £8 Gods Handy-worke in wonders. Miraculously shewen vpon two Women lately deliuered of two Monsters, with a most strange and terrible Earth-quake, by which Fields and other grounds were quite remoued to other places: The prodigious births being at a place called Perre-farme, within a quarter of a mile of Feuersham in Kent, the 25. of July last, being S. Iames his day, 1615, black letter (A-B 4, C3), large woodcut on title, somewhat waterstained, hf. cf., Towneley-Heber copy, London, printed for I. W., 1615, 4to. (332), Mar. 30, Sotheby Rosenbach, £14 Godwin (W.) Things as they are, or The Adventures of Caleb Williams, first ed., 3 vol., orig. boards, uncut (a clean copy, but rebacked at an early period), 1794 (99), Jan. 28, Hodgson Pickering, £6 Goethe (J. W. von). Auserlesene Lieder Gedichte und Balladen Ein Strauss, 185 copies only, printed in red and black, orig. vell., Doves Press, 1916, 4to. (788), June 22, Sotheby [See also Hodgson, Feb. 11, £14.] Maggs, £12 IOS. Goethe (J. W. von), Die Lieden des, printed in black and red, brown mor., g.e., by the Doves Bindery, Doves Press, 1911 (546), Mar. 26, Hodgson Maggs, £15 Goethe (J. W. von). Faust, eine Tragoedie, printed in red and black, 2 vol., orig. limp vell., Doves Press, 1906-10, 4to. (483), Nov. 3, Sotheby Maggs, £21 IOS.

[See also June 22, 15 10s.; Hodgson, Oct. 15, £7 7s. ; April 1, £7 10S.]

Goethe (J. W. von). Iphigenie auf Tauris, ein Schauspiel, one of 200 copies on paper, printed in black and red, vell., Doves Press, 1912, 4to. (299), July 20, Sotheby

Maggs, 11 IOS. [Inscribed on fly-leaf: "To Lalla at Cadenabbia. C. S. 13 April, 1912." See also June 22, £9 10s.] Works, and Life by G. H. Lewes, plates, together 14 vol., buckram, t.e.g., 1903, 8vo. (316), Nov. 10, Sotheby

Goethe (J. W. von).

Edwards, £9

[See also Hodgson, Nov. 26, £8 10s.; June 17, £9 5s.]

Goffe (Thomas). Three Excellent Tragoedies, viz. The Raging Turk... The Courageous Turk . . . Orestes, title defective and mounted, some head-lines cut into, orig. sheepskin, 1656, sm. 8vo. (47), Feb. 23, Sotheby Pickering, I 12s. Gohory (Jacques). Instrvctions svr lherbe petvm ditte en France l'herbe de la Royne au Medicée: Et sur la racine Mechiocan principalement (auec quelques autres Simples rares & exquis), 2 woodcuts of the herb (I shaved), pagination of 2 ll. slightly shaved, à Paris, par Galiot du Pré, 1572-with others, in I vol., old vell. (binding loose), 8vo. (404), Oct. 27, Sotheby Maggs, £17 Gold Diggers' Portfolio (The), title and 13 plates of sketches of the Victoria Gold Fields by T. Ham, hf. crushed mor., t.e.g., Melbourne, 1854 (13), Mar. 26, Hodgson Edwards, £7 155. Golden Meane (The) Enlarged by the first Authour. As it was formerly written to the Earle of Northumberland . . . The second ed., margins of 2 ll. repaired, wanting 3 blank ll., cf. (Heber VII. 2388), London, printed for Ieffery Chorlton, 1614 (265), Mar. 23, Sotheby Rosenbach, £7 [Goldsmith (Oliver)]. An Enquiry into the Present State of Polite Learning in Europe, first ed., with the half-title, vignette engraving on title-page, full contemp. cf., London, 1759, 12mo. (592), Mar. 30, American Art Association $42

[On the fly-leaf is the following signed inscription, in ink: “This volume was presented to a brother of mine by Doctor Oliver Goldsmith. Wm. Pearce. 1838." On the next fly-leaf is the following inscription, in ink : "W. R. Smee, 18th October 1838, given me by my respected friend Willm. Pearce, Esqr. of Cadogan Place." See also Sotheby, Nov. 24, £2 5s.]

Goldsmith (O.) The Citizen of the World, first ed., 2 vol., red mor. gt., a 3-line fillet round sides, g.e., fine copy, Printed for J. Newberry, 1762, 12mo. (530), Dec. 8, Sotheby Halliday, £8 15s.

[See also Nov. 10, £7 7s.; Christie, June 15, £6 10s.; Puttick, Oct. 22, £3 5s.] Goldsmith (O.) The Deserted Village, first published ed., vignette on title, wants half-title, red crushed levant mor., with linings and end-leaves of the same, bold design in gt. on sides, device of the Carrick House Library, Ayr, inside upper cover, t.e.g., by Maclehose, For W. Griffin, 1770, 4to. (251), Feb. 23, Sotheby Maggs, £26

[See also American Art Association, Dec. 1, $135; April 14, $270; Hodgson, April 1, ed. 1904, £5 7s. 6d.] Goldsmith (O.) Essays, Poems, and Plays, with a Biographical Preface, one of 2 copies printed on vellum, orig. vell. tooled in blind and gold, Printed for T. & J. Allman, 1826, 12mo. (529), Dec. 8, Sotheby Dobell, £3 IOS. [This copy belonged to the botanist and antiquary,

Dawson Turner, and has his signature and the words "2 copies printed" in his handwriting on the fly-leaf.] Goldsmith (O.) The Good Natur'd Man, a Comedy, first ed. (inner margin of first and last ll. slightly defective), unbnd., W. Griffin, 1768 (63), July 9, Hodgson Spencer, £11 5S.

[See also American Art Association, April 23, $105.] Goldsmith (O.) The Haunch of Venison, a Poetical Epistle to Lord Clare, first ed., etched port. by Bretherton after Bunbury, "Price One Shilling and Sixpence" on halftitle (some copies have "Price One Shilling"), half-title soiled, otherwise a fine copy, measuring 10in. by 8 in., For G. Kearsley & J. Ridley, 1776-bound with 8 other Tracts and Poems, hf. cf., 4to. (107), May 25, Sotheby Dobell, £82

[See also American Art Association, April 23, $80.] Goldsmith (O.) The Life of Richard Nash, of Bath, Esq., first ed., port., 4 pp. of advts. at end, polished cf. gt., inside dentelles, g.e., by Bedford, from the library of John Pearson, 1762 (319), Nov. 10, Sotheby Young, ₤4 10s. [See also American Art Association, April 23, $22.50.] Goldsmith (O.) History of Little Goody Two-Shoes, front. and woodcuts, orig. boards (back defective), Printed for T. Carnan and F. Newbery, 1772, 24mo. (183), Dec. 15, Sotheby Tregaskis, £5 158. Goldsmith (O.) Poetical and Dramatic Works, now first collected, with Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, 2 vol., orig. cf., 1780, sm. 8vo. (589), Dec. 18, Sotheby Tregaskis, £2 25. Goldsmith (O.) Poetical Works and Essays, engraved front. and title, with auto. of Robert Browning on engraved title-page, mottled sheep (worn and one cover loose), London, 1819, 16mo. (107), Nov. 10, Anderson Galleries

$55

Goldsmith (O.) She Stoops to Conquer, or The Mistakes of a Night, a Comedy, as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden, early issue of the first ed., crimson mor., uncut, London, 1773, 8vo. (200), Dec. 4, American Art Association $195

[See also April 23, $145; Sotheby, Nov. 24, £15 10S.; April 20, £16.]

Goldsmith (O.) The Traveller, first published ed., with leaf of advts. at end, green crushed levant mor. gt., panelled back and sides, inside dentelles, g.e., by Bedford, fine copy, from the library of John Pearson, For J. Newbery, 1765, 4to. (250), Feb. 23, Sotheby Pickering, £30

[See also American Art Association, Dec. 4, $205; April 14, $200; April 23, $250.] Goldsmith (O.) The Vicar of Wakefield, first ed., first issue, 2 vol., with the Waekcfield head-line in Vol. ii., p. 95, 4 lower blank margins in Vol. i. very slightly defective, very small slits in 3 or 4 ll., otherwise a good copy in orig. cf.,

Salisbury, printed by B. Collins for F. Newbery, 1766, 8vo. (518), June 29, Sotheby Spencer, £170

[This copy is of the Variant A class (the catchword on P. 39, Vol. ii. excepted) described in Mr. Williams' "Seven XVIII. Century Bibliographies," 1924. See also Nov. 10, fine, 150; Feb. 23, def., £32; Hodgson, Aug. 5, first London spurious ed., £7 5s.; Aug. 5, second ed., £2 2s.; Sotheby, Dec. 8, Dublin ed., £5 5s.] Goldsmith (0.) The Vicar of Wakefield, with 24 illustrations in colour by Thomas Rowlandson, boards, vell. paper back, gt. top, uncut, London, 1804, roy. 8vo. (928), Jan. 5, American Art Association

$20

[See also Nov. 20, ed. 1817, $110; Dec. 4, $122.50; Feb. 5, $115; April 23, $125; Sotheby, May 18, £15; Hodgson, Nov. 12, £9 15s.; American Art Association, Mar. 30, ed. 1823, $110; Sotheby, Feb. 23, £20; Dec. 15, ed. 1843, £1 18s.; American Art Association, Jan. 20, ed. 1890, $100.]

Goldsmith (O.) The Vicar of Wakefield, a Collection of 21 Early Editions (of which 7 were unknown to Austin Dobson, and 8 are not in the British Museum; 17 were printed and published before 1800), sold as a collection (545), June 29, Sotheby Walton, £40

[For full details see the auctioneers' catalogue.] Goldsmith (O.) The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B., containing all his Essays and Poems, first collected ed., containing the half-title which is not mentioned by Mr. Iola A. Williams in his "Seven XVIIIth Century Bibliographies," orig. thick grey wrappers (back defective), uncut (max. size 9in. by 5 in.), London, printed for W. Griffin, Catherine-Street, in the Strand, MDCCLXXV., 8vo. (504), July 6, Sotheby Pickering, £105 [See also Hodgson, Feb. 25, ed. 1837, 4 vol., £3 17s. 6d.] Goldsmith (O.) Works, edited by Peter Cunningham, 4 vol. -Life, by John Forster, 2 vol., illustrated, 6 vol., hf. red mor., gt. backs, uncut, London, 1854, 8vo. (174), Jan. 12, Anderson Galleries

$19

[See also Hodgson, Oct. 22, 4 vol., £4; June 17, 4 vol. I IIS.; Sotheby, June 15, 4 vol., £1 8s. ; American Art Association, Feb. 24, ed. 1908, 10 vol., $205.]

Goltzius (Hubertus). Fastos Magistratuum et Triumphorum Romanorum ab urbe condita ad Augusti obitum ex antiquis tam numismatum quam marmorum Monumentis restitutes S.P.Q.R., engraved title and 234 plates of monuments, coins, etc. of ancient Rome, red mor., gt. ll., bound for Count Hoym, with his arms on the sides (9 ll. re-margined), sold as a binding, Bruges, 1566, folio (685), June 29, Sotheby Hood, £7 75.

Gomara (Francisco Lopez de). La Historia general delas Indias. Y La Conquista de Mexico y de la Nueua España, 2 vol., woodcut of a buffalo on fol. 288 of Vol. i., orig. cf.

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