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gentii Placiadis (48 leaves, I blank, wormed), Mediol., U. Scinzenzeler, 1498, in 1 vol., oaken boards, stamped ornamental leather, bevelled edges (repaired), (the Sunderland copy), small folio (1209) Stechert, £3 4249 Jardin de Plaisance (Le) et Fleur de Rethoricque (sic), lettres bâtardes, double columns, grotesque initial on title, with cut on reverse and woodcuts in the text (a short copy, but perfect and in good state), morocco super extra, full gilt floreate back and ornamental borders, doublé, g. e., by Rivière, Paris, Michel le Noir, s. d., small folio (1218) Leighton, £7 4250 Jerrold (Douglas). Time Works Wonders, a Comedy in two Acts, autograph MS. and original copy, performed at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 26 April, 1845 (120 pp.), morocco extra, given by the author to F. G. Tomlins, who presented it to L. Hermann, 1845, 8vo. (1222)

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Pickering, £8 10s. 4251 [Johnson (Dr. S.)] The Idler, in two volumes, first edition, 2 vol., morocco extra, t. e. g., by Tout, J. Newbery, 1761, small 8vo. (1233) Sotheran, £2 6s. 4252 Jonson (Ben.) The Workes of Benjamin Jonson [as first published in one volume], portrait by Vaughan and engraved title by Hole (inlaid), russia super extra, g.e., F. Bedford, Printed by W. Stansby, and are to be sold by R. Meighen, 1616, small folio (1238) Pickering, £20 IOS. 4253 Keats (John). Poetical Works, and other writings, with notes and appendices by H. B. Forman, portraits, plates and facsimile sketches, 4 vol., tree calf extra, g. e., Reeves and Turner, 1883, 8vo. (1257) Sotheran, £4 16s. 4254 Keats (John). Endymion, a Poetic Romance, first edition, calf gilt, m. e., no half title, Taylor and Hessey, 1818, 8vo. (1258) Spencer, £5 4255 Keble (Rev. John). The Christian Year, Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holidays throughout the Year, first edition, 2 vol., morocco super extra, g. e., by Rivière, Oxford, for J. Parker, 1827, small 8vo. (1259)

Sotheran, £4 6s. 4256 Keble (Rev. John). Lyra Innocentium, Thoughts in Verse on Christian Children, their ways and their privileges, first edition, calf extra, t. e. g., uncut, Oxford, 1846, small 8vo. (1260) Maggs, £1 4257 Knapp and Baldwin. The New Newgate Calendar, being interesting Memoirs of Notorious Criminals, extra illustrated with 172 portraits, views, etc., 5 vol., half russia gilt, m. e., Cundee, n. d., 8vo. (1274) C. A. White, £6 5s. 4258 Lacroix (Paul). XVIIIe Siècle, Institutions, Usages et Costumes. France, 1700-1789, LARGE PAPER edition, 650 copies printed, chromos and other illustrations, 2 vol., morocco extra, g. e., by Rivière, Paris, 1875, 4to. (1292) Rimell, £2 16s. 4259 Lacroix (Paul). XVIIIe Siècle, Lettres, Sciences et Arts. France, 1700-1789, édition tirée à 650 exemplaires sur

grand papier (No. 106), numerous chromos and other illustrations, 2 vol., morocco extra, gilt backs, ornamental frame sides, g. e., by Rivière, Sir E. Sullivan's copy, Paris, 1878, 4to. (1293) Maggs, £2 16s. 4260 Lacroix (Paul) et Ferd. Seré. Le Moyen Age et la Renaissance, chromo-lithographs and other illustrations, 5 vol., morocco extra, inside dentelles, g.e., Paris, 1848-51, 4to. (1294) Sotheran, £7 155. 4261 Lactantius. Opera, printed in roman letter, long lines, 38 to a full page, without marks, 9 painted and illuminated initials, the margin of first page of text decorated, ornamental pen-letters and rubrications, numerous xvith century MS. notes throughout, probably by the Monk who had written on the title the following: "Ex libris fris. Alphonsi Urbevetani (?) Ordinis Heremitarum Sti., Aug., 1555," old morocco, with line scroll ornaments, g. e. (Roger Payne), (from the Wodhull library), Romæ, in domo Petri de Maximo per C. Sweynheym et A. Pannartz, 1468, folio (1296)

Cockerell, £80

[The second edition of Lactantius. In this edition the titles to the chapters are printed and Greek type used for the Greek quotations throughout.-Catalogue. Another

copy, in morocco extra, by Lortic (from Didot's collection), realised £79.-ED.]

4262 Lafontaine (Jean de). Contes et Nouvelles en Vers, réimpression l'édition des Fermiers généraux, LARGE PAPER, portrait by Savart, plates by Eisen (unlettered), some with rough edged margins, 2 vol., morocco, full gilt ornamental backs and broad and rich side borders, g. e., inside dentelles, joints, g.e., Amst., 1764, 8vo. (1302)

Hirsch, £5 10S. 4263 Lafontaine (Jean de). Contes et Nouvelles en Vers, nouvelle édition, by Mathieu Marais, thick paper, portraits, frontispieces and the series of plates after Eisen as proofs before letters, inserted, 2 vol., morocco extra, g. e., bound by Bauzonnet, Paris, A. Delahays, 1858, crown 8vo. (1303) £4 4264 Lafontaine (Jean de). Fables Choisies, mis en Vers, papier d'Hollande, 245 plates after Oudry, with frontispiece containing portrait of Lafontaine (no Oudry portrait), 4 vol., old calf, the Prince of Wales's (afterwards George IV.) copy, with his arms on sides, feathers on backs, and Carlton House Library" ex-libris in covers, gilt and marbled edges, Paris, Desaint et Saillant, 1756, etc., folio (1306) Thorp, £11 4265 Lafontaine (Jean de). Fables, avec 276 figures par Vivier, gravées par MM. Simon et Coiny, papier vélin, with proofplates, the borders and the vignettes below printed in pale green, 6 vol., old French morocco, g. e. (Dérome), Paris, Didot, 1787, crown 8vo. (1307) Thorp, £4 4266 Lambarde (William). A Perambulation of Kent, written in 1570, and now increased by the Author, first edition, black letter, map (margins cut into), Rı damaged, title with

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signature of “Thomas Chapman,” and other writings, old MS. notes in margins, morocco extra, inside dentelles, g.e., by L. Broca, R. Newberrie, 1576, small 4to. (1313) Sotheran, £7 4267 Landor (W. Savage). Works and Life, photo, 8 vol., half morocco gilt, t. e. g., uncut, Chapman and Hall, 1876, 8vo. (1316) Sotheran, £6 5s. 4268 Lasso (Orlandus de). Patrocinium Musices. Missæ aliquot quinque Vocum, woodcut title, containing arms of royal patrons of music with an orchestra playing below, with mark | and numerous large figured initials, printed in missal type, with large square and diamond-shaped musical notes, contemporary pigskin, stamped with panels of arabesque ornaments, Monachii, Adam Berg, 1589, large folio (1321) Leighton, £6 5s. 4269 Lavater (J. C.) Essays on Physiognomy, translated from the French by H. Hunter, engravings by Thomas Holloway, etc., original impressions, 3 vol. in 5, russia extra, m. e., J. Murray, etc., 1789-98, royal 4to. (1323) Thorp, £4 8s. 4270 Leach (Dr. W. E.) Malacostraca Podophthalmata Britanniæ; and Arrangement of the Crustacea, coloured figures of all the species by James Sowerby and many original coloured drawings, morocco extra, g. e., J. Sowerby, 1815, 4to. (1329) Quaritch, £3 3s.

4271 Le Maire de Belges (Jehan). Le Premier (le second et le tiers) Volume des Illustrations de la Gaule Belgique, Antiquitez du Pays de Haynau et de la Grand Cité des Belges, etc., lettres bâtardes, titles in red and black within woodcut borders, large woodcuts, ornamental woodcut initials and devices, morocco, with antique gilt ornaments, Paris, Galiot du Pré, 1531-2, small folio (1341) Pickering, £7 10s. 4272 Le Maire de Belges (Jehan). Les Illustrations de Gaule et Singularitez de Troy, trois Livres-Le traicte de la difference des Scismes et des Concilles de Leglise-Lepistre du Roy a Hector du Troye, etc., lit. goth., woodcut devices, etc. and ornamental initials, French morocco, doublé, g. on m. e., by Belz-Niedrée, in morocco open case, Paris, Nic. Hicman pour Ambr. Girault, 1533, small folio (1342)

Leighton, £7 10s. Illustrated Library reChapman and Hall, etc., Maggs, £9 5s.

4273 Lever (Charles). Various Novels, prints, 18 vol., calf extra, t. e. g., 1872, etc., 8vo. (1351) 4274 Lingard (Dr. John). History of England, fifth edition, revised and enlarged, portrait, io vol., morocco extra, g.e., by White, of Pall Mall, Dolman, 1849, 8vo. (1355) E. Ellis, £6 4275 Lipscombe (Dr. George). History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham, views, pedigrees, woodcuts, etc., 4 vol., russia gilt, g. e., by Hayday (joints rubbed), J. and W. Robins, 1847, 4to. (1356) Thorp, £12 15s. 4276 Livius. Romanæ Historiæ quæ exstant lib. xxxv., etc. in Collegio Lugdunensi Soc. Jesu, old French morocco, the back and sides covered with semis of alternate fleurs-de-lis

and H's, the devices of Henri de Bourbon Condé, perè du Grand Condé, g. e. (A. Ruette), well preserved, Lugd., Th. Soubron, 1620, small 4to. (1363) Everett, £5 5s. 4277 Livius. Romanæ Historiæ lib. xxxv. [ut supra], old French morocco, the back and sides covered in elaborate gilt leafy scrolls and geometrical ornaments, the arms of Louis XIII. on under cover and religious devices on the upper, g. e. (Le Gascon), well preserved, Lugd., 1620, small 4to. (1364) Pickering, 10 5s.

4278 Livius. Romanæ Historiæ qui exstant quinque et triginta libri, in Collegio Lugd. Soc. Jes., old French morocco, covered with a coronetted monogram, "F.V.C.E.," with alternate $'s and an archbishop's arms on sides, g. e., well preserved, Lugd., 1621, 4to. (1365) Maggs, £4 4s. 4279 Lloyd (Charles). Poems on the Death of Priscilla Farmer, by her Grandson, Charles Lloyd (the Introductory Sonnet by S. T. Coleridge), original edition (wormed), original wrapper, uncut, Bristol, N. Biggs, 1796, folio (1368) Everett, £20 4280 Locke (John). An Essay Concerning the Human Understanding, in four Books, first edition, morocco, g. e., by Zaehnsdorf, Eliz. Holt for T. Basset, 1690, folio (1370) Sotheran, £5 5s. 4281 Lodge (Edmund). Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain, with Memoirs (second edition, first in 4to.), 240 portraits, India proofs, 12 vol. in 6, morocco super extra, inside dentelles, joints, g. e., Harding and Lepard, 1823-34, 4to. (1371) Edwards, £13 4282 London. Modern London, being the History and Present State of the British Metropolis, map and 54 plates, including 31 coloured plates of the "Cries of London," russia gilt, g. e., R. Phillips, 1804, 4to. (1375) Sotheran, £35s. 4283 London (Old and New), by W. Thornbury and E. Walford -and Greater London, by E. Walford, illustrations, and maps (in a separate vol.), 9 vol., calf extra, g. e., Cassell, 4to. (1376) Rimell, £2 6s. 4284 Lorris (Gul. de) et Jehan de Meung. Cy est le Rommant de la Roze, lettres bâtardes, double columns, title in red and black within woodcut border, with Petit's name, numerous woodcuts and ornamental initials, Petit's device on a single leaf at end, morocco extra, g. on m. e., by Trautz-Bauzonnet, Imprime a Paris le IXe jour de Juing lan mil vexxxi. (1531), small folio (1380) Leighton, £7 15s. 4285 Loutherbourg (P. J. de). Romantic and Picturesque Scenery of England and Wales, from drawings made expressly for this undertaking, descriptions in English and French, 18 coloured plates, marbled calf gilt, m. e., R. Bowyer, 1805, imperial folio (1382) Roche, £4 8s. 4286 Lucianus Samos. Dialogi, Græcè, editio princeps (attributed to the press of Fr. de Alopa), old calf, (Wodhull copy), Florent. (s. n. imp.), 1496, folio (1386) Maggs, £5 12s. 6d. 4287 Lucretius. De Rerum Natura lib. vi., first edition with a

date, printed in roman letter, long lines, with signatures (Aj blank), old morocco extra, g. e. (Syston Park), Verona, Paulus Friedenberger, 1486, small folio (1389)

Leighton, £5 5s. 4288 Luther (Dr. Martin) and contemporary German Protestant Reformers. A collection of the original editions of 72 rare and interesting Tracts by Luther, Melanchthon, Zwinglius, Erasmus, Wimphferling, Justus Jonas, Carlostadius, Urbanus Rhegius, in German or Latin, lit. goth., each with a woodcut title and many with other woodcuts, the first being a presentation copy from Luther, with his autograph inscription and notes, in 3 vol., morocco, g.e., small 4to. (1392) Sotheran, £30 [The catalogue gives a complete list of these 72 pieces, with dates and other details.-ÈD.]

4289 Lutheran Tracts in German, 1518-23, all printed in German gothic, in vol., morocco, doublé, g.e., by Zaehnsdorf, small 4to. (1393) Sotheran, £12 10S.

[A collection of very rare German Reformation tracts, all fine copies, but having the stamp of the Royal Society. A complete list of the titles, with dates and other particulars, is given in the catalogue.-ED.]

4290 Luther (Martin). Enchiridion Piarum Precationum cum Calendario et Passionale ut vocant, etc., woodcuts, coloured by hand, and ornamental initials, numerous MS. notes throughout the volume, bound in perforated wrought silver ornamental work, with centre brass ornaments containing 2 monograms of the initials G. M. R. and C. S. R., with date 1711 in the back, with clasp, Witeberga, 1560, thick 12mo. (1395) Leighton, £9

[An interesting volume, which the owner, who had it bound in 1711, had converted into a sort of "Album Amicorum," having several blank leaves bound up, which contain autographs, mottoes, epitaphs, etc. in Greek, Latin and German, by friends of the owner. He had also inserted 15 small original woodcuts, one a head by Rembrandt, some by H. S. Beham, Jacques Callot, etc., 2 illuminations, a drawing of John Huss, and an emblazoned coat-of-arms, etc.--Catalogue.]

4291 Magna Carta Regis Johannis XV. Die Junii Anno Regni xvii., A.D. mccxv., edidit Johannes Whittaker, printed upon vellum in letters of gold, richly decorated, within painted and illuminated ornamental borders, numerous emblazoned arms and heraldic devices, etc., produced under the direction of Thomas Willement, with highly coloured portraits of King John and the Prince Regent, interleaved with blank leaves of thin vellum, sumptuously bound in morocco, London, Jo. Whittaker, 1815, atlas folio (1410) Pickering, £22 4292 Magnus (Olaus). Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus, etc., woodcuts and historiated initials, morocco extra, g. e.,

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