otherwise a fine copy in the original paper wrappers, uncut, Privately printed (1835), 8vo. (1228) Denham, £30 [Presentation copy from the author, with the inscription in ink in his own autograph on the fly-leaf, "E. Cookson from Wm. Wordsworth."-Catalogue. This was the same copy that realised £28 on November 21st last. See ante No. 808. It is there stated that no other copy is known, but there is one in the library of Mr. Thomas J. Wise, another in that of Professor Dowden, and a third at South Kensington.-ED.]

3058 Wordsworth (W.) Two Letters reprinted from the Morning Post, with additions, first edition, morocco extra, fore-edges slightly trimmed, the outer blank margins of several pages dust-soiled, otherwise sound, Kendal (1844), 8vo. (1229) Denham, £2 195.

[This rare pamphlet of 24 pages had an original sonnet, beginning "Is there no nook of English ground secure," and signed, "William Wordsworth, Rydal Mount, October 12, 1844."-Catalogue.]

(c) The Property of the Bedford Literary and Scientific Institute and General Library.

Sold by Order of the Council.

3059 Caxton (William). The Ryal (or Royall) Book, or Book for a King [at end on 9). This book was compyled & made atte requeste of Kyng Phelyp of Fraunce in the Yere mcclxxix., & translated or reduced out of frensshe in to Englysshe by me Wyllyam Caxton, atte requeste of a Worshipful Marchaunt a mercer of London. whyche translation or reducying was achyeved fynysshed and accomplysshed the xiii. day of Septembre in the yere of thyncarnacyon of Our lord mcccclxxxiv., and in the Second yere of the regne of Kyng Rychard the thyrd, black letter (Blades' type 5), long lines, 33 to a full page, containing 160 printed leaves (a ii.- 9), the two blanks AI and U10 being wanting, with six elegant outline woodcuts; in Caxton's binding in oaken boards, leather, stamped in diagonal compartments of dragons and roses (the back missing), [Printed by Wm. Caxton at Westminster, circa 1487], small folio (987) Quaritch, £2,225

[This is probably the largest and finest copy existing of Caxton's Ryal Book, of which Blades enumerates five perfect copies. It is evidently in the state in which it was originally issued, having all the edges unshaved, many with the shorter rough edges. The leaves measure 11 by 8 in., and are all entirely uninjured by damp or dust. Its only blemishes are a few ink and rust stains, but no portion of the text is injured. Some writings in English and Latin in several margins are in the hand of "Thomas Archer, parson of Houghton Conquest, in Bedfordshire" (temp. Queen Elizabeth), to whom the volume formerly belonged. It was

exhibited at the Caxton Exhibition in 1877. Of the other perfect copies known, one was sold last year for £1,550. The others are in public libraries, and it is, therefore, very improbable that another copy will ever occur again for sale by auction. Catalogue.]

3060 [Caxton (William).] The Indulgence issued by the Authority of Pope Sixtus the Fourth for Assistance against the Turks, by his English Protonotary, lit. goth., headed, "Johannes de Giglis juris utriusque doctor Sanctissimi dñi nostri dñi Sixti divina providentia Papæ Apostolicæ Subdiaconus, nec non in regno Angliæ fructuum redditum et aliorum Jurium Camere apostolica debita ac nuncius et Commissarius generaliter ad infra scripta deputatus et Constitutus dilecto nobis in Cristo," printed upon vellum, on a single leaf of 24 lines (6 by 8in.), Anno dñi millesimo quadringentesimo octuagesimo primo, ac pontificatus Prefati Sanctissimi domini nostri dni Sixti Pape Quarti anno undecimo [W. Caxton at Westminster, 1481], (985) Quaritch, £265

[The extremely rare Caxton "Indulgence," which Blades describes as No. 4 type. The words after "Sixti divina" in the top line have been cut into, and the right hand margin has cut letters. Catalogue.]

3061 Caxton (William). A similar Indulgence to the last, with the three lines of the official heading cut off, beginning "Prefatus Sanctissimus," and ending with the same date, but with the outer margin intact, lit. goth.. printed upon vellum, a single sheet, 21 lines (534 by 8in.), [W. Caxton, at Westminster, 1481], (986) Sotheran, £145

[This copy has a contemporary English note at end of datum, "Wold yow not can yow not let it be,” and the case marks of the book, "Livre Royal, Thomas Archer, Parson of Houghton Conquest," from whose library came the copy of the "Ryal Book" above named, which contained these two "Indulgences" in the binding.-Catalogue.]

(8) Morris (William). Original Holograph MSS.

[The following three manuscripts were sold by order of the executors of the late Mr. F. S. Ellis, and are the only Morris MSS. in his collection which were not sold privately.]

3062 Morris (William). A Dream of John Ball, the author's autograph manuscript, on 95 pages and 3 inserted pages, complete, signed by the author in three places, bound in Kelmscott vellum, with ties, 4to. (1094) Burton, £166 3063 Morris (William). The Friendship of Amis and Amile, done out of French into English by William Morris, the author's autograph manuscript, written on 19 pages foolscap, for the Kelmscott Press in 1894, Kelmscott boards, small folio (1095) Burton, £130 3064 Morris (William). The Art of the People (in Hopes and Fears for Art), (a Lecture), 23 pages-The Beauty of Life (in Hopes and Fears for Art), (an Address), 31 pages

Making the Best of It (in Hopes and Fears for Art), 33 pages [given to the Trade Guild of Learning at the Society of Arts-The Prospects of Architecture in Civilization [a Lecture at the London Institution], 38 pages-Westminster Abbey [a Lecture to the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings], 12 pages, 1893, with printed pamphlet -Preface to Arts and Crafts, July, 1893, signed William Morris, all the author's original autograph MSS., in foolscap, bound in 1 vol., Kelmscott vellum, small folio (1096) Burton, £160

(e) Essex Press Publications.

3065 Keats (J.) Eve of St. Agnes, coloured frontispiece by R. Savage and capitals, 125 copies printed and all on vellum, uncut, 1900, 8vo. (1131) Bain, £3 15s. 3066 Gray (T.) An Elegy written in a Country Churchyard, coloured frontispiece by George Thomson and capitals, 125 copies printed and all on vellum, uncut, 1900, 8vo. (1132) Maggs, £3 3067 Whitman (W.) President Lincoln's Funeral Hymn, coloured frontispiece and capitals by C. R. Ashbee, 125 copies printed and all on vellum, uncut, 1900, 8vo. (1133) Denham, £2 17s. 6d. 3068 Castilis (Baldessar). The Courtyer, divided into foure bookes very necessary and profitable for Yonge Gentilmen and Gentilwomen abiding in Court, Palaice or Place, done into Englyshe by Thomas Hoby, edited from the Editio Princeps by Janet E. Ashbee, woodcut capitals, limp vellum, uncut, 200 copies printed, 1900, 4to. (1134) Bain, £2 12s. 3069 Ashbee (C. R.) An Endeavour towards the Teaching of John Ruskin and William Morris, being a brief Account of the Work, the Aims and the Principles of the Guild of Handicraft in East London, woodcut and capitals by G. Thomson, vellum, uncut, only 350 copies printed, 1901, 4to. (1135)

Dobell, £1 1S.

3070 Erasmus. The Praise of Folie. Moriæ Encomium, a Booke made in Latin by that great Clerke Erasmus Roterdame, Englished by Sir Thomas Chaloner, Knight, anno 1549, edited by Janet E. Ashbee, illustrations by W. Strang, engraved by Bernard Sleigh, ornamental vellum binding, uncut, only 250 copies printed, 1901, small folio (1136)

Walter, £2 12s. 3071 Penn (W.) Some Fruits of Solitude in reflections and maxims relating to the Conduct of Human Life, woodcut by T. Sturge Moore, and capitals, vellum, uncut, only 250 copies printed, 1901, small 4to. (1137) Shepherd, £1 198. 3072 Woolman (J.) Journal of Travels in the Service of the Gospel, frontispiece by R. Savage, vellum, uncut, only 250 copies printed, 1901, small 4to. (1138) Walter, £2

() Vale Press Publications.

3073 The Dial, an occasional publication, edited by C. S. Ricketts

› for Art.

and C. H. Shannon, numerous illustrations, 5 parts, part i. original cloth as issued, the remainder in the original wrappers, uncut, 1889-97, 4to. (1139) Matthews, £6 15s. 3074 Blake (W.) The Book of Thel. Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, woodcut borders and initial letters, original boards, unopened leaves, 210 copies printed, 1897 (1140) Edwards, 11IS. 3075 Field (M.) Fair Rosamund, borders, initial letters in red, original boards, unopened leaves, 210 copies printed, 1897 (1141) Matthews, 175. 3076 Vaughan (H.) Sacred Poems, being a Selection, frontispiece, border and initial letters, original boards, unopened leaves, 210 copies printed, 1897 (1142) Matthews, £1 25. 3077 Keats (J.) Poems, edited by C. J. Holmes, borders and initial letters, 2 vol., buckram, unopened leaves, 217 copies printed, 1898 (1143) Matthews, £3 1553078 Blake (W.) Poetical Sketches, woodcut borders and initial letters, original boards, unopened leaves, 1899 (1144)

Matthews, I IS. 3079 Rossetti (D. G.) Hand and Soul, borders and initial letters, original boards, unopened leaves, 1899 (1145) Matthews, £i 3080 Guérin (M. de). The Centaur, the Bacchante, translated from the French by T. S. Moore, illustrations, buckram, unopened leaves, only 150 copies printed, 1899 (1146)

Matthews, I IS. 3081 Shakespeare (W.) Sonnets, seen through the press by T. S. Moore, border and initial letter, etc., buckram, unopened leaves, 1899 (1147) Edwards, £175. 3082 Shakespeare (W.) Works, seen through the press by T. S. Moore, decorated by Charles Ricketts, 21 vol., original cloth, unopened leaves, 1900 (1148) Matthews, 15 155. 3083 Cellini (Benvenuto). Life, translated from the Italian by J. A. Symonds, seen through the press by C. J. Holmes, and decorated by C. S. Ricketts, 2 vol., uncut, 1900, small folio (1149) Matthews, £3 6s. 3084 Tennyson (Alfred Lord). Lyric Poems, seen through the press by C. J. Holmes, woodcut border and initials by C. S. Ricketts, buckram, uncut, 1900 (1150)-In Memoriam, seen through the press by C. J. Holmes, woodcut border and initials by C. S. Ricketts, buckram, uncut, 1900 (1151)

Mathews, £2 14s. 3085 Flaubert (G.) La Légende de Saint Julien l'Hospitalier, woodcut and border, one of 226 copies, uncut, 1900 (1152) Mathews, 155.

3086 Rubáiyát (The) of Omar Khayyám, translated by Edward Fitzgerald, woodcut frontispiece and border, etc. by C. S. Ricketts, uncut, 1901 (1153) Quaritch, £2 165. 3087 Villon. Autres Poésies de Maistre François Villon et de son École, woodcut, coloured border, and initials, uncut, one of 226 copies, 1901 (1154) Mathews, 1 IOS. 3088 Field (Michael). The Race of Leaves, a Play, ornamental woodcut border, initial and scroll-work, uncut, 1901 (1155) A. Smith, L

3089 Flaubert (G.) Une Cœur Simple, woodcut and borders by L. Pissarro, uncut, one of 226 copies, 1901 (1156)

Mathews, 135.

3090 Flaubert (G.) Hérodias, woodcut and borders by L. Pissarro, uncut, one of 226 copies, 1901 (1157) Mathews, 15s. 3091 Verhaeren (Emile). Les Petits Vieux, Japanese vellum paper, one of 230 copies, coloured frontispiece and ornamental initial letters, designed by L. Pissarro, uncut, 1901, oblong (1158) Mathews, 18s. 3092 Amorum Cupidinis et Psyches, e Lucii Apulei Metamorphoseon Libris, Textum recensuit C. J. Holmes, woodcuts and borders by C. S. Ricketts, uncut, 1901, small folio (1159) Edwards, 1 IIS. 3093 Arnold (Matthew). Empedocles on Etna, uncut, 1896 (1160) Dobell, 125.

3094 Drayton (M.) Nimphidia and the Muses Elizium, uncut and unopened edges, 1896 (1161) Crawshaw, 13s.

3095 Field (Michael). Fair Rosamund, original issue, uncut and opened edges, 1897, 8vo. (1162) Crawshaw, 135.

3096 Chatterton (T.) The Rowley Poem, 2 vol., original issue, uncut and unopened edges, 1898, 8vo. (1163)

3097 Sidney (Sir Philip).

Crawshaw, £ 5s. Sonnets, uncut and unopened edges, Edwards, 15s.

1898 (1164) 3098 Tennyson. In Memoriam-and Lyric Poems, 2 vol., buckram, uncut and unopened edges, 1900 (1165)

Shepherd, 1 IOS. 3099 Field (Michael). The Race of Leaves, uncut and unopened edges, 1901 (1166) Crawshaw, 14S. 3100 Apuleius (Lucius). De Cupidinis et Psyches Amoribus, edited by C. J. Holmes, border and 5 woodcut illustrations, uncut and unopened edges, 1901, imperial 8vo. (1167)

Crawshaw, LI 4s. 3101 Verhaeren (Emile). Les Petits Vieux, coloured frontispiece, printed on pure Roman vellum, uncut, 1901 (1168)

Parker, 16s. 3102 Fifty Songs by Thomas Campion, chosen by John Gray, woodcut border and initial letters by C. S. Ricketts, uncut, 1896 (1170) Crawshaw, £12 3103 The Poems and Songs of Sir John Suckling, edited by John Gray, woodcut border and initial letters by C. S. Ricketts, uncut, 1896 (1171)

Quaritch, £13

3104 Rossetti (D. G.) The Blessed Damozel, limited to 210 copies, uncut, 1898, 8vo. (1173) S. C. Brown, £1 6s.

3105 Symonds (J. A.) Life of Cellini, 2 vol., small folio, uncut, 1900 (1176) J. Bumpus, £3 35.

(n) Other Properties.

3106 Ackermann (R.) History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's, Westminster, 2 vol., coloured engravings by Pugin, Mackenzie, etc., russia gilt, g. e., 1812, 4to. (645)

J. Bumpus, £5 17s. 6d.