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uncut, with the advertisements and orig. dark-green and pink cloth binding bound in, John Macrone, 1836-37, 8vo. (17) Groome, £25 [Inserted in the first vol. is an autograph letter of John Forster (the biographer of Dickens) to George Cattermole "Will you dine with me at the Club on Saturday? I have asked Boz,' who makes his first appearance there on that occasion."-Catalogue.]

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5293 Dickens (C.) Sketches by "Boz," 40 plates by G. Cruikshank, hf. mor. ex., 1839, 8vo. (168) Shepherd, £2 8s. 5294 Dickens (C.) Overs (J.) Evenings of a Working Man, Preface by C. Dickens, first ed., library stamp on half-title, advertisement leaf at end, orig. cl., g. e., 1844, 8vo. (542) J. Bumpus, Li 5295 Domesday Book. [Vol. i.-ii.], orig. ed., 2 vol., old cf. gt., y. e. (no titles as published), 1783, folio (326) Hughes, £1 8s. 5296 Donne (Dr. J.) Poems, by J. D., title inlaid, old cf. (back repaired), J. Marriot, 1633, 4to. (109) Ellis, £2 18s.

[First ed., with the preliminary leaves found in but few copies, viz., "The Printer to the Understanders," besides the usual prose epistle. On Y iii. is found the well-known epitaph on Shakespeare.-Catalogue.]

5297 Donne (Dr. J.) Poems, first 8vo. ed., port. by Marshall, with eight lines in verse inlaid, orig. cf., Printed by M. F. for John Marriott, 1635 (547)

Ellis, £3 16s. 5298 Dryden (J.) A Poem upon the Death of His Late Highness Oliver, Lord Protector, first ed., large copy, mor. ex., W Wilson, 1659, 4to. (111) Maggs, 1 15s. 5299 Dryden (J.) Britannia Rediviva, a Poem on the Birth of the Prince, first ed., fine copy, J. Tonson, 1688, 4to. (97) Maggs, 10s. 5300 Dryden (J.) The Life of St. Ignatius, Founder of the Society of Jesus, written in French by the Rev. Father Dom. Bouhours, translated into English by a Person of Quality (John Dryden), first ed., orig. cf., with blanks, Printed by Henry Hills, Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty, for his Household and Chappell, 1686 (578) Tregaskis, 10s.

[On the fly-leaf is written, "To Mrs. Catherine Prue," believed to be in the neat handwriting of Dryden. One of the Roman books printed for James II.'s "Household and Chappell."-Catalogue.]

5301 Dryden (J.) The Tempest, first ed., hf. mor., 1670, 8vo. (137)

Wilson, £21OS.

5302 Dryden (J.) An Evening's Love, or the Mock Astrologer, first ed., 1671-Cleomenes, the Spartan 1692, 8vo. (138)

Heroe, first ed.,
Ellis, 175.
Lost, first ed.,

5303 Dryden (J.) All for Love, or the World well
hf. mor. (a few headlines shaved), 1678, 8vo. (139)

Ellis, 15s.

5304 Durandus (Guliel.) Rationale Divinorum Officiorum, lit. goth., title within Holbeinesque border, with Fradin's device in centre, ornamental woodcut initials, contemp. MS. notes

(few leaves at end stained), contemp. English oak bds., leather, with panel stamps of wiverns and other grotesque birds, etc., and mark of John Reynes, clasp catches (rather worn and damaged), Lugduni, impressum Const. Fradin, 1521, 4to. (409) Leighton, £4 45. 5305 Dugdale (Sir W.) History of Imbanking and Draining, second ed., plates, cf. ex., 1772, folio (217)

Edwards, £2 18s. 5306 Dugdale (Sir W.) Origines Juridiciales, third ed., ports. by Hollar, Loggan, White, etc. (two or three leaves repaired), hf. mor. ex., 1680, folio (224) Walford, 1 125. 5307 Eden (Honble. Miss). Portraits of the Princes and People of India, 24 lithographs, col. and mounted like drawings, loose in cover, Dickenson and Son, 1844, atlas folio (329) Edwards, £2 6s.

5308 Eden (Sir F. M.) The State of the Poor, 3 vol., hf. russ., B. and J. White, 1797, 4to. (276) Harding, £4 4s. 5309 Edinburgh. Cries of Edinburgh Characteristically Represented, accompanied with Views of several principal Buildings of the City, 20 plates, orig. paper wrapper, Edinb., L. Scott, 1803, 12mo. (572) Hornstein, £2 125. 5310 Eliot (John). The Indian Grammar Begun, or an Essay to bring the Indian Language into Rules (portion of imprint on title and small pieces of signatures A 2, H2, H 4, I, I 2 and I3 repaired), mor., gilt centre medallion on upper cover, g. e., by Rivière, Cambridge (N.E.), Marmaduke Johnson, 1666, 4to. (435) Quaritch, £200 5311 Erasmus. In Acta Apostolorum Paraphrasis nunc primum recens & nata et excusa, contemp. English black leather with stamped panels, the upper panel representing the Baptism of Christ by S. John the Baptist, the Deity and Dove in the clouds above, with legend, "Hir est filius meus dilectus," the under panel representing St. George on horseback slaying the dragon, etc., both panels within borders, with mark joined by a lovers' knot [see Weale's "English Rubbings," 168], the upper panel damaged), the stamps apparently first used c. 1520, Basil. in Off Jo. Frobenii, 1524 (382) Leighton, £8 15s. 5312 Fane (Violet). Denzil Place, first ed., orig. cl., the Authoress' own copy, with her autograph on title, and several MS. notes and dates of the pieces, 1875, 8vo. (562)

Hornstein, 1 18s. 5313 Femmes de Versailles (Les). Texte par Pierre de Nolhac, 32 ports., printed in colours (the complete works should have 50 ports.), text printed on Japanese vell., edition limited to 100 copies, in 5 flowered silk portfolios (published at 5,000 francs complete), Paris, Goupil, 1906-07, atlas folio (651) Graves, £41

5314 Forbes (Jas.) Oriental Memoirs, port. and plates, the Natural History subjects col., 4 vol., old English mor., g. e. (backs rubbed), White and Cochrane, 1813, 4to. (274) Edwards, £3 16s.

5315 Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes, etc.,. orig. ed., 110 col. plates by Howitt, Atkinson, etc., orig. hf. mor., g. e., E. Orme, n. d. (1814), roy. 4to. (588)

Maggs, £3 125. 5316 Fuller (Thos.) Worthies of England, port., extra illustrated with 200 ports., views of cities, etc., and a series of maps, 2 vol., old russ., g. e., 1811, thick roy. 4to. (315)

Phillips, £5 17s. 6d. 5317 Fuller (Thos.) A Collection of Sermons, first ed., separate title and pagination to each part, orig. cf. (rebacked), J. Stafford, 1656, 8vo. (564) Fuller, £2 2s. 5318 Fur, Feather and Fin Series, ed. by A. E. T. Watson, illustrated, 10 vol., 1893-1903, 8vo. (164) Tregaskis, 1 4s. 5319 Gay (John). Fables [vol. i.], first ed., vignettes after Jas. Wootton and W. Kent, orig. cf., Tonson and Watts, 1727, 4to. (283) Howell, £1 1S. 5320 Gage (J.) History and Antiquities of Hengrave in Suffolk, ports. and plates, mor. ex., uncut, 1822, roy. 4to. (591) Edwards, £2 145. 5321 Gage (J.) History and Antiquities of Suffolk. Thingoe Hundred, LARGE PAPER, map, ports. and plates, uncut, 1838, imp. 4to. (592) Burgon, 16s. 5322 Galerie des Peintres Flamandes, Hollandais et Allemands, 201 proof plates, 3 vol., old russ. gt., uncut lower margins, à Paris, chez l'Auteur, etc., 1792-6, folio (319) Vyt, £6 5323 Gerson (Jo.) Donatus Moralizatus-Epistola Abagari regis ad Jesum Christum-De Secundo Philosopho et eius pertinari Setentio, lit. goth. (13 leaves), long lines, 30 to a full page, with signs. (not in Hain or Procter), Finit iste libellus jam primo Anno scz. dñi MCCCCXCVIII. Colonie impressus (1498), 8vo. (534) Leighton, £195. 5324 Goodwin (P.) The Mystery of Dreames, Historically Discoursed, orig. cf. (rebacked), 1658, 8vo. (565) Shepherd, 195. 5325 Gould (John). Handbook of the Birds of Australia, 2 vol., orig. cl., 1865, 8vo. (566) J. Bumpus, £ 4s. 5326 Gregorius (S.) Omelie in duutschen, lit. goth. (lettres bâtardes), long lines, 24 to a full page [begins "Dit is die prologus of die Voersprake in sinte Gregorius Omelie in duutschen," ends Opten XX. sonnendach Mathews"], without signs. but leaves numbered 1.-CXCI. [? Hain, 7954], (119 leaves wanted), not subject to return, old cf. [Ultrajecti, Jo. Veldener, 1479?], sm. 4to. (314) Leighton, £5 5s. 5327 Grevillea, a Monthly Record of Cryptogamic Botany, ed. by M. C. Cooke, port. and col. and other plates, vol. i. to x., in 5 vol., hf. cf., m. e., 1872-81, 8vo. (183) 5328 Griffiths (A. F.) Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica, the orig. corrected proof sheets, a large portion printed on one side only, with title and index, hf. cf., uncut, 1815 (479) Tregaskis, 16s. 5329 Guicciardini (Fr.) Histoire des Guerres d'Italie traduite par Hierosme Chomedy, nouvelle édition (augmentée), 2 vol., old French mor., elaborately tooled, doublé, g. e. (Padeloup), [Genève,] Heritiers d'E. Vignon, 1593, 8vo. (248) Quaritch, £6 6s.

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Quaritch, £1

5330 Hakluyt (R.) The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, black letter, vol. i. (title cut down, inlaid and loose, first leaf of dedication shorter than the rest, wanted Voyage to Cadiz at end), old cf., portcullis, lion and rose on back, large gilt crowned Tudor rose at each corner and large royal arms (worn), G. Bishop, R. Newberie and R. Barker, 1599-1600, sm. folio (356) Quaritch, £26 10s. 5331 Hakluyt (R.) The Third and Last Volume of the Voyages, etc., first ed., black letter, old cf., centre gilt ornaments and initials L. D. S. (rebacked), G. Bishop, R. Newberie and R. Barker, 1600, folio (357) H. Stevens, £5 5332 Hamilton (Lady Emma). Attitudes, drawn from Nature at Naples, 15 plates, parts i.-iii., orig. wrappers, Random and Stainbank, 1807, obl. 4to. (302) Abrahams, £1 IIS. Catechisme, first ed., Oxford (no name), Vaughan, LI IS.

5333 Hammond (Dr. Henry). A Practical cf., with ex-libris of Wm. Cowper, printed in the yeare 1645 (480) 5334 Harris (Dr. John). Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels, charts, maps and plates, 2 vol., old cf. gt., T. Osborne, etc., 1744-8, folio (347) Grant, LI 5335 Homerus. Ilias lib. XXIV., Graecé, contemp. oak bds., leather, stamped panels of grotesque animals, etc., Lovanii, Theodorus Martin Alostensis, 1523 (no date on title), sm. 4to. (403) Barnard, £2 125. 5336 Homerus. Opera Omnia Graecé, editio princeps (cum Prefatione Latine Bern. Nerlii et Prefatione Graecé Demetrii Chalcondylae), (lower plain margin of Nerlius's Epistle cut off and supplied, outer margins of Riiii.-v. cut close), (121⁄2 by 9in.), 19th century, mor., tooled back and sides, g. e., Florentiae Sumptibus Bern. et Nerliorum, 1488 (380) Mahon, £245

5337 Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis ad usum Ecclesiae Romanae, French XVth century, illuminated manuscript on vellum (164 leaves, 7% by 54 in.), gothic letter, long lines, 15 to a full page, calendar in French in red and black, every page within a decorated margin, 13 illuminated arched miniatures within borders, old French mor., g. e., Sæc. XV. (early), square 8vo. (427) Hornstein, £76 5338 Hora Beatæ Mariæ Virginis ad Usum Romanum, Flemish XVth Century, illuminated manuscript on vell. (144 leaves, 64 by 44 in.), gothic letter, long lines, 14 to a full page, with wide margins, full Calendar in French in blue, red and gold, red rubrics in French and Latin, text decorated throughout, numerous illuminated initials, 12 illuminated semi-arched miniatures (3 by 21⁄2 in.), surrounded by borders, old French cf. gt., g. e., Sac. XV. (428) Ellis, £54 5339 Horae B.V.M. ad Usum Ecclesiae Parisiensis, cum Calendario, lit. goth. (lettres bâtardes), long lines, 30 to a full page, printed within woodcut borders, Vostre's large device on title, Skeleton Man, Stem of Jesse, Adoration of the Virgin, Death of Uriah in battle, Day of Judgement, etc.

(all these within borders), and 14 full-page woodcuts of the Passion without borders, apparently wanted last leaf, inner plain margins of first 2 leaves and last leaf guarded (a few leaves stained), new mor. ex., Paris, S. Vostre, s. a. [Almanack, 1515-1530], sm. 4to. (437) Hess, £6 5340 Horatius. [Opera], accedunt nunc D. Heinsii De Satyra Horatiana lib. II. et Notas, editio Elzeviriana prima, 3 vol. in 1, old French mor., au pointillé, centre and corner ornaments, leather and metal shell clasps (Le Gascon), Lugd. Bat. ex off. Elzeviriana, 1629, 12mo. (550) C. Johnson, £5 5s. 5341 Houbraken and Vertue. Heads of Illustrious Persons, LARGE PAPER, 108 ports., 12 additional ports. inserted, 2 vol. in 1, old English mor. ex., J. and P. Knapton, 1743-51, imp. folio (318) Rimell, £16 5s. 5342 Hughes (Thos.) Tom Brown's School Days, illustrated by Arthur Hughes and Sydney P. Hall, orig. cl., very clean, 1889, 8vo. (461) Maggs, £4 2s. [Presentation copy, with inscription on half-title, "Fanny Hughes, March, 1890," and attested as follows: "This was written by the Author, and is now given by his wife, Fanny Hughes, to Mary Hannah Hughes, on Jan. 12, 1898."Catalogue.]

5343 Hunt (Leigh). The Town, first ed., 45 illustrations, 2 vol., orig. orange cl., clean copy, 1848, 8vo. (462)

Shepherd, 1 8s. 5344 Jeake (Saml.) Charters of the Cinque Ports, Two Ancient Towns, and their Members, translated into English, leaf at end of books printed by B. Lintot, old cf., B. Lintot, 1728, folio (228) W. Daniell, 18s. 5345 Johnson (S.) Irene, a Tragedy, first ed., with half title, and advertisement leaf at end, cf. ex., R. Dodsley, 1749, 8vo. (488) Shepherd, 1 16s. 5346 Johnson (S.) Dictionary, first ed., 2 vol., old cf., Knapton, etc., 1755, folio (348)

Tregaskis, £4

5347 Johnson (S.) Life, by Boswell, ed. by Percy Fitz-Gerald, port., 3 vol., cf. ex., 1874, 8vo. (171)

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Shepherd, 10s.

Rimell, £1 6s. 5348 [Johnson (S.)] The False Alarm, first ed., hf. bd., uncut, with the half title, Written. upon the expulsion of Wilkes and the seating of his opponent Luttrel," 1770 (23) 5349 Jonson (Ben.) Works, port. by W. Elder, old cf., T. Hodgkin for H. Herringman, etc., 1692, folio (350) Howell, £2 5350 Justinianus (Imp.) Corpus Juris Civilis, cum Annotationibus, etc., lit. goth., 4 columns, red and black, Chevallon's device on title, woodcut before the text, ornamental initials (a few leaves at end wormed), new mor. antique, Paris, ap. Claudium Chevallonium, 1538, large folio (417)

Barnard,

1 8s.

5351 Keats (John). Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and other Poems, first ed., with half-title and 8 pages of advertisements at the end, beautifully clean, in the orig. bds.,

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