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and engraved by Marillier and 24 plates by Gaucher, de Ghendt, Le Gouaz, Delaunay, Lebeau, Masquélier, Née and Ponce after Marillier. Some copies were printed on vellum, others on Dutch paper, all with plates before the numbers.-ED.]

579 Bewick (T.) History of British Birds, 2 vol., numerous woodcuts, uncut, Newcastle, 1847-Memoir of Thos. Bewick, written by himself, woodcuts, ib., 1862, 8vo. (19) Andrews, £i 580 Boccace. Le Décameron, edition de grand luxe, illustrations de J. Waagrez, traduction et notes de F. Reynard, including the series of etchings engraved by P. Teysonnières, in 12 portfolios, 1890, folio (223) Wharton, £2 18s. 581 Book-Prices Current, a Record of the Prices at which Books have been sold at Auction [1886-1898], 12 vol., 1888-98, 8vo. (26) Leighton, £12 IOS. 582 Books about Books. Books in Manuscript, by F. MadanEarly Illustrated Books, by A. W. Pollard-Book-Binding, by H. P. Horne, etc., LARGE PAPER, 150 printed, numerous illustrations, half parchment, uncut, a set, 6 vol., 1893-4, 8vo. (27) Denham, £2 18s. 583 Booth (E. T.) Rough Notes on the Birds observed during 25 years' Shooting and Collecting in the British Islands, 3 vol., numerous large coloured plates from drawings by E. Neale, taken from specimens in the author's possession, half blue morocco, t. e. g., 1881-87, folio (224) Bain, £17 584 Bouchot (H.) Les Reliures d'Art à la Bibliothèque Nationale, Japanese vellum paper, numerous illustrations, uncut, 1888, 8vo. (30) Maggs, £I IS. 585 Bouchot (H.) De la Reliure exemples à imiter ou à rejeter, facsimile illustrations, original wrapper bound up, morocco super extra, uncut, t. e. g., by Zachnsdorf, in his best style, 1891, 8vo. (31) Denham, 15s. 586 Brown (John). Horæ Subsecivæ, both series, 2 vol., first editions, morocco extra, g. e., Edinburgh, 1861, 8vo. (35)

587 Bryan (M.)

Pentland, £1 Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, new edition, revised and enlarged by R. E. Graves, 2 vol., 1886, imperial 8vo. (158) Cartwright, I 195. 588 Burns (Edward). The Coinage of Scotland, illustrated from the Cabinet of Thomas Coats, of Ferguslie, etc., 3 vol., LARGE PAPER, one of 45 copies, numerous plates, half morocco gilt, uncut, t. e. g., Edinburgh, 1887, 4to. (160) W. Brown, £4 589 Burns (Robert). Selected Poems, edited by Andrew Lang, morocco super extra, uncut, t. e. g., ornamented with thistles (in coloured leather), on upper side and back, 1891, 8vo. (36) Tregaskis, £1 9s. 590 Buxton (E. N.) Short Stalks; or Hunting Camps, North, South, East and West, 2 vol., illustrations and maps, uncut, 1892-98, 8vo. (39) Sotheran, 1 IS. [Includes the second series, comprising Trips in Somaliland, Sinai, the Eastern Desert of Egypt, etc., 1898, imperial

16m0., pp. 238. The first volume bears the title above given.-ED.]

591 Byron (Lord). Don Juan, Cantos I. to V., coloured plates by J. R. Cruikshank, calf extra, g. e., by Morrell, Fairburn, n. d., 8vo. (40) Leon, £3 3s. 592 Campaigns of the Duke of Wellington, with an equestrian portrait and 24 engravings by J. Duplessis-Bertaux, uncut, n. d.-The Campaign of Waterloo, coloured plates and portraits, 8 original water-colour drawings by John Clark inserted, half morocco, 1816, together 2 vols., folio (225)

Tregaskis, £2 14s.

593 Campbell (Capt. W.) The Old Forest Ranger, or Wild Sports of India on the Neilgherry Hills, etc., first edition, tinted plates, half bound, uncut, 1842, 8vo. (42) Hornstein, £2 6s. 594 Cannon (R.) Historical Records of the 4th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 23rd, 46th, 71st, 77th and 88th Foot, 1st and 6th Dragoons, Royal Marines, Royal Horse Guards, by E. Packe-Princess Royal's Dragoon Guards, 82nd Regiment, by Jarvis-26th Cameronian Regiment, by T. Carter-42nd Royal Highland Regiment, coloured plates, together 20 vols., 1834, 8vo. (43) Hornstein, £6 12s. 6d.

595 Carroll (W.) The Angler's Vade Mecum, with 12 coloured plates of flies, calf, 1818-The Whole Art of Fishing, frontispiece, half morocco, E. Curll, 1714, 8vo. (44)

Young, L1 6s. 596 Celebrated Etchings by Contemporary Artists, a series of 30 plates on Japan paper, after Haigh, Macbeth, and others, mounted on cardboard, with letterpress, complete in 10 portfolios, Virtue, n. d., folio (226) Quaritch, £3 5s. 597 Chambers (R.) Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen, 4 vol., portraits, half morocco, uncut, t. e. g., 1835, 8vo. (48) Greene, £1 Is. 598 Collection Secrétan. Catalogue de Tableaux, etc., 2 vol., edition de luxe, printed on Japanese vellum paper, one of 300 copies, with 120 photogravure plates, uncut, 1889, folio (228) Maggs, £2 12s. 599 [Combe (W.)] Life of Napoleon, a Hudibrastic Poem, by Doctor Syntax, with 30 engravings by Geo. Cruikshank, half bound, uncut, 1817, 8vo. (52) Sabin, £3 12s.

["The Life of Napoleon" is generally ascribed to Combe, but it is doubtful whether he had any hand in it. The first edition appeared in 1815, and, like the one mentioned above, contains 30 coloured engravings by George Cruikshank, inclusive of title.-ED.]

600 Constable (J.) English Landscape Scenery, 40 mezzotinto engravings on steel by D. Lucas, with descriptions, half morocco, t. e. g., Quaritch, 1855, folio (229)

£2 25. 601 Cosway (Richard, R.A.) and his Wife and Pupils, Miniaturists of the Eighteenth Century, numerous illustrations, uncut, t. e. g., 1897, 4to. (168) J. Bumpus, £6 15s. 602 Craig-Brown (T.) The History of Selkirkshire, or Chronicles

of Eltrick Forest, 2 vol., one of 250 copies, map, portraits and illustrations, uncut, 1886, 4to. (170) Douglas, £2 6s. 603 Crane (Walter). Eight Illustrations to Shakespeare's Tempest, and Eight Illustrations to Two Gentlemen of Verona, on china paper, in 2 portfolios, 1893-94, folio (230) Denham, I IOS. 604 Crealock (Lieut.-General H. H.) Deer-Stalking in the Highlands of Scotland, one of 255 copies, 40 full-page plates and other illustrations, uncut, t. e. g., 1892, folio (231) Hatchards, £19

[This work has greatly increased in price lately. It contains pp. xviii., 194.-ED.]

605 Cruikshank (George). Points of Humour, both series, LARGE PAPER, proof impressions of the etchings, the woodcuts to a second series duplicated in proof state, morocco super extra, uncut, t. e. g., by Riviere and Son, 1823-24, 8vo. (58)

Sotheran, £3 12s. 6d. 606 Cruikshank (George). Comic Almanack, 1835 to 1853, complete set, numerous etchings and woodcuts by George Cruikshank, original wrappers bound up, mottled calf extra, uncut, t. e. g., by Riviere and Son, together 19 numbers, 8vo. (59) Hill, £16 607 Cruikshank (George). Twenty Etchings illustrating the Life of Sir John Falstaff, in wrapper (damaged), n. d., 8vo. (60) Sotheran, £15s. 608 Daudet (A.) Tartarin sur les Alpes, coloured and other illustrations, wrappers bound up, morocco super extra, t. e. g., by Amand, 1885, 8vo. (61) Maggs, £2 609 Daniell (S. and W.) Sketches representing the Native Tribes, Animals, and Scenery of Southern Africa, one of 25 copies, with the illustrations on India paper, with descriptive text, morocco super extra, by Simier, with the arms of the Duchesse de Berry on sides, 1820, 4to. (172) Maggs, £5 15s. 610 Daniel (W. B.) Rural Sports, 3 vol., numerous plates, chiefly by J. Scott, one of 80 copies, russia gilt, joints, g. e. (a few leaves in vol. i. stained, and some plates slightly spotted), 1805, 4to. (173) Hatchards, £3 18s.

[A supplement was published in 1813, in 8vo., 4to. and imperial 4to. It was missing in this instance.-ED.]

611 Delange (Carl). Recueil des principales pièces connues de la Faience Française dite de Henry II. et Diane de Poitiers, 52 fine plates, with text, in portfolio, 1861, folio (233)

Quaritch, £1 4s.

612 De Quincey (T.) Impressions of an English Opium-Eater, morocco super extra, inside borders, Zaehnsdorf, 1875, 8vo. (66)

613 Dickens (C.) Oliver Twist, or the Parish

uncut, t. e. g., by

J. Bumpus, £2 Boy's Progress, by

Boz," 3 vol., first edition, etchings by George Cruikshank, original cloth, uncut, 1838, 8vo. (67) Tregaskis, £2 25.

["Oliver Twist" originally appeared in Bentley's Miscel lany, vol. i. to v. inclusive, and was first published in a seperate form as above. There are 24 illustrations by George

Cruikshank, of which 9 are in the first volume, 7 in the second, and 8 in the third. A second edition made its appearance in 1839, and a third in 1841. There are two issues of the original edition, the title of the later reading "Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens."-ED.]

614 Dictionary of National Biography, edited by Leslie Stephen, vol. i. to lviii. [A-Wak], uncut, 1885-99, 8vo. (69)

Quaritch, £35 5s.

615 Dorat (J.) Les Baisers, précédés du Mois de Mai, Poëme, LARGE PAPER, 47 plates, vignettes and culs-de-lampe, by De Launay, Massard, etc., from the designs of Ch. Eisen, first edition, morocco super extra, in the style of Le Gascon, g. e., by Riviere and Son, La Haye, 1770, 8vo. (71)

Maggs, £24 10S. 616 Dorat (J.) Fables Nouvelles, 2 vol. in 1, with the two frontispieces after Marillier, vignettes and tailpieces, from designs by the same artist, engraved by De Ghendt, De Longueil, Ponce, etc., large and fine copy in morocco super extra, g. e., La Haye, 1773, 8vo. (72) Maggs, £4 18s.

617 Douglas (Sir R.) The Baronage of Scotland, engravings of arms, uncut, Edinburgh, 1798, folio (234) Sotheran, £3 10s. 618 Douglas (Sir R.) Peerage of Scotland, enlarged by J. P. Wood, 2 vol., engravings of arms, best edition, half bound, Edinburgh, 1813, folio (235) Edwards, £3 5s. 619 Drake (Capt. Peter). Memoirs, containing an Account of many Strange and Surprising Events, which happened to him through 60 years, etc., title written on and last leaf mended, half calf, Dublin, 1755, 8vo. (73) Douglas, LI 620 Dumas (Alex.) Les trois Mousequetaires, 2 vol., numerous illustrations by Maurice Leloir, uncut, 1894, 4to. (182)

Vyt, £I IS. 621 Dumas (Alex.) La Dame aux Camélias, numerous illustrations, some in tints, uncut, Paris, Quantin, n. d., 4to. (183) Foulard, I IS. 622 Du Rosoi. Les Sens Poëme en six Chants, plates after Eisen, Wille, etc., old French calf, m. e., Londres (Paris), 1766, 8vo. (75) Maggs, £1 18s. [Contains 7 plates after Eisen and Wille, 6 vignettes after the same, and 2 tailpieces after Eisen and De Longueil. The work was reprinted in 1767 with a new title page, engraved by De Longueil after Eisen.-ED.]

623 Egan (Pierce). Life in London, first edition, 36 coloured plates and numerous woodcuts by J. R. and G. Cruikshank, original illustrated wrappers and advertisements bound up at end, morocco extra, g. e., fine copy, 1821, 8vo. (76)

Hornstein, £11 158. 624 Elliot (Geo. F. S.) The Border Elliots, and the Family of Minto, portraits and illustrations, one of 125 copies, privately printed, half morocco, uncut, t. e. g., Edinburgh, 1897, 4to. (184) Douglas, £4 625 Fergusson (Robert). Poems, both parts, first edition, edited

by T. Ruddiman, half morocco gilt, t. e. g., Dutch end papers, Edinburgh, 1773-79, 8vo. (77) W. Brown, £3 6s. 626 Fergusson (Robert). Poems, first edition, part i., morocco super extra, g. e., by Riviere and Son, Edinburgh, 1773, 8vo. (78) W. Brown, £2 11s. 627 Finden. Landscape and Portrait Illustrations to the Life and Works of Lord Byron, 3 vol., numerous engravings, with descriptive Text by W. Brockedon, half morocco, uncut, t. e. g., 1833, 8vo. (79) Maggs, £1 2s. 628 Flaubert (Gustave). Hérodias, illustrations by G. Rochegrosse, in three states, 1892-Un Coeur Simple, illustrations by E. Adan, in three states, 1894-La Légende de Saint Julien l'Hospitalier, the illustrations by Luc-Olivier Merson, in three states, 1895, uncut, limited issue, 8vo. (80)

Foulard, £4 6s. 629 Fletcher (W. Y.) English Bookbindings in the British Museum, illustrations of 63 examples, selected on account of their beauty or historical interest, the plates printed in facsimile by W. Griggs, uncut, t. e. g., 1895, folio (241) Barrett, £2 6s. 630 Folk-Lore Society's Publications, 1887, 1889 to 1893, 1895 and 1897, in 10 vol.-Folk-Lore Journal, 6 parts, 1889-FolkLore, 32 Nos., 1890-98, a parcel, 8vo. (81) Thorpe, £4 12s. 631 Franck (Richard). Northern Memoirs, calculated for the Meridian of Scotland-with the Contemplative and Practical Angler, etc., first edition, stamped russia, g. e., 1694, 8vo. (84) Quaritch, £10 IOS. 632 Fur and Feather (and Fin) Series, edited by A. E. T. Watson, LARGE PAPER: The Grouse-Hare-Partridge-PheasantRed Deer--Rabbit-Salmon-Trout, 157 copies printed, numerous illustrations, half parchment, uncut, 1893-8, together 8 vol., 8vo. (88) Quaritch, 20 633 Gander (J.) The Glory of Her Majesty Queen Anne, in the Royal Navy, and her absolute Sovereignty as Empress of the Sea, asserted and vindicated, etc., frontispiece, old morocco, with geometrical tooling and daisies, Printed for the Author, 1703, 4to. (191) Leighton, £3 634 Gautier (T.) Le Roi Candaule, illustrations by Paul Avril, in three states, 1893-Une Nuit de Cléopatre, illustrations by Paul Avril, in three states, 1894-Jean et Jennette, illustrations by Ad. Lalauze, in three states, 1894, uncut, limited issue (92) Foulard, £6 5s.

635 Gibson Craig Library. Auction Catalogue, LARGE PAPER, with numerous facsimiles of rare and beautiful bindings, half morocco, uncut, t. e. g., 1887, 4to. (194) Maggs, £1 6s. [The sale of the Gibson Craig Library will be found very fully reported in BOOK-PRICES CURRENT, vol. i. and ii.—ED.] 636 Giffart (P.) L'Art Militaire Françoise pour l'Infanterie, frontispiece and 85 curious figures, top of last one shaved, vellum, Augsbourg, 1697, 8vo. (94) Pickering, £2 18s. [The illustrations are from copperplates, and are seen to better advantage in the Paris edition of 1696, small 8vo.-ED.]

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