alone, or vol. i. of the second edition combined with vol. ii. of the first. This copy was of especial rarity and interest because it contained four leaves bound up at the end of vol. i. which are said to be unique. They are entitled “An Amendment, or Correction of the History of the Bucaniers in relation to the actions of Sir Henry Morgan, Knyght." This is the publisher William Crooke's apology, printed by order of the Court, for calling Morgan a pirate.-Catalogue.] 5420 Florida. A Relation of the Invasion and Conquest of Florida by the Spaniards under the Command of Fernando de Soto, written in Portuguese by a gentleman of the Town of Elvas, now Englished. With some discoveries made by the Spaniards in the Island of California in the year 1683, calf, r. e., John Lawrence, 1686, small 8vo. (100)

H. Stevens, £7 12s. 6d. 5421 Foster (Nicholas). A Briefe Relation of the Late Horrid Rebellion acted in the Island of Barbadas in the West Indies, anno 1650, fine copy, morocco, gilt over marbled edges, by David, I. G. for Richard Lowndes, 1650, small 8vo. (101) Essex, 10 155. 5422 Fox (George, and others). The Secret Workes of a Cruel People made manifest, whose little finger is become heavier than their persecutors the bishops Loyns, who have set up an Image amongst them in New England, which all that will not bow down unto, and worship, must undergo all such sufferings as can be invented and inflicted by the hearts and hands of such men whose tender mercies are cruel. . . . uncut copy, first leaf of text re-margined on the fore-edge, levant morocco extra, by Lortic, Printed in the year 1659, 4to. (103) Quaritch, £29 5423 Fox (George). Cæsar's Due Rendered unto Him according to his Image and Superscription and God and Christ's Due rendered unto their Image, and Superscription, etc., morocco, g. e., by Zaehnsdorf, Printed in the year 1679, 4to. (105) H. Stevens, £19 10s. [Partly an answer to "Roger Williams his Slanderous Book of Lyes concerning Cæsar and of giving Cæsar his due."-Catalogue.]

5424 Fox (George, and John Burnyeat). A New-England Fire Brand Quenched, Being an answer unto a Slanderous Book, Entituled, George Fox digged out of his Burrowes, etc., Printed at Boston in 1676 by Roger Williams, of Providence, in New-England, 2 parts in I volume, fine copy, morocco, tooled to a Roger Payne pattern, g. e., by Francis Bedford, Printed in the year 1679, 4to. (106)

Quaritch, £30 [The second part has a separate title dated 1678.—Catalogue.] 5425 Foxe (Luke). North-West Fox, or Fox from the North-West passage with briefe Abstracts of the voyages of Cabot, Frobisher, Davis, Waymouth, Knight, Hudson, Button, Gibbons, Bylot, Baffin, Hawkridge . . . Mr. Iames Hall's

three Voyages to Groynland, etc., fine copy, with the leaf of the sphere before the title, and a fine and perfect impression (mounted on linen) of the rare map with the Fox in the corner, morocco super extra, by F. Bedford, enclosed in a morocco slip case, B. Alsop, etc., 1635, 4to. (107)

Quaritch, £20 5426 Franklin (Benjamin). M. T. Cicero's Cato Major, or his Discourse of Old Age, with Explanatory Notes, original marbled boards, leather backs and corners, entirely uncut, in slip case, Philadelphia, printed and sold by B. Franklin, 1744, 4to. (109) Hawkins, £87

[This volume is the most celebrated example of Benjamin Franklin's press. He wrote the preface, and in it says that he has printed the book, “in a large and fair Character, that those who begin to think on the Subject of Old Age (which seldom happens till their Sight is somewhat impair'd by it's Approaches) may not, in Reading, by the Pain small Letters give the Eyes, feel the Pleasure of the Mind in the least allayed."-Catalogue.]

5427 Franklin (Benjamin). What is Sauce for a Goose is also Sauce for a Gander. Being a small Touch in the Lapidary Way, or Tit for Tat, in your own Way. An epitaph on a certain great man. Written by a departed spirit, and now most humbly inscrib'd to all his dutiful sons and children, who may hereafter choose to distinguish him by the name of a Patriot, portrait of Franklin inserted, morocco extra, g.e., by Bedford, Philadelphia [A. Armbruster], 1764, small 8vo. (11) H. Stevens, £8

[By Hugh Williamson. "The publication of this brutal attack on Franklin was one of the incidents of the political contest in Philadelphia in 1764, when the proprietary party succeeded in defeating, by a small majority, Franklin's election as representative in the Assembly." The above note was appended to this copy in the Brinley sale in New York in 1880. No copy, it is believed, has appeared at public auction since that time.-Catalogue.]

5428 Gibson (James). Journal of the Late Siege by the Troops from North America, against the French at Cape Breton, the City of Louisbourg, etc. Surrendered to the English on the 17th June, 1745, after a siege of Forty Eight Days, large folding engraved plate, engraved by B. Cole-"A Prospect of the City of Lewisbourg, also the Harbours and Garrisons on the Island of Gaspey," morocco extra, by Bedford, J. Newbery, 1745, 8vo. (115) Quaritch, LI 5429 Gordon (William). The History of the Rise, Progress and Establishment of the Independence of the United States of America, including an account of the late war and of the thirteen colonies from their origin to that period, uncut copy, 4 vol., maps, half morocco, t. e. g., Printed for the Author, 1788, 8vo. (116) Quaritch, £2 125. 5430 Gorton (Samuel). Simplicities Defence against Seven-Headed Policy, or Innocency Vindicated, being unjustly accused

and sorely censured by that Seven-Headed ChurchGovernment united in New-England, or that Servant so Imperious in his Master's Absence Revived and now thus re-acting in New England. Or the Combate of the United Colonies not onely against some of the Natives and Subjects, but against the Authority also of the Kingdome of England morocco, g. e., by W. Pratt, Printed by John Macock and sold by Luke Fawne, 1646, 4to. (117) H. Stevens, £22 10s. 5431 Gray (Robert). A Good Speed to Virginia, few leaves slightly cut into, half russia, Felix Kyngston for William Welbie, 1609, 4to. (119) H. Stevens, £12 10s.

[This seems to be the third piece relating to the Jamestown Colony, having been preceded by "Smith's True Relation," published in 1608, and "Nova Britannia," published in February, 1609. This tract was probably issued in May. The Dedication, "To the Right Noble and Honorable Earles, Barons and Lords, and to the Right Worshipfull Knights, Merchants and Gentlemen, Adventurers for the Plantation of Virginea," is dated "London, April 28. Anno 1609," and is signed R. G.-Catalogue.] 5432 Hakluyt (Richard). The Principall Navigations, Voiages and Discoveries of the English nation, made by Sea or over Land, to the most remote and farthest distant Quarters of the Earth at any time within the compasse of these 1500 yeeres, morocco extra, g. e., small holes in last two leaves, George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, 1589, folio (120) Edwards, £15 5s.

[A good copy of the first edition containing the first issue of "The Ambassage of Sir Hierome Bowes" and the six rare suppressed leaves of Drake's " Voyage round the World." As usual, the map was missing.-Catalogue.] 5433 Hale (John). A Modest Enquiry into the Nature of Witchcraft and how Persons Guilty of that crime may be convicted, etc., first edition, original wooden boards covered with sheepskin, preserved in a morocco slip case, Boston in N. E., printed by B. Green and J. Allen for Benjamin Eliot, 1702, small 8vo. (121) Quaritch, £35

[On the fly-leaf is the autograph inscription: "Johannis Webb, liber 1713." Webb was pastor of the North Church in Boston. This copy also belonged to Samuel G. Drake, the historian, whose autograph is also on the fly-leaf.— Catalogue.]

5434 Hale (John). A Modest Enquiry into the Nature of Witchcraft and how Persons guilty of that crime may be convicted, etc., uncut copy, calf, t. e. g., Boston, Kneeland and Adams, 1771, small 8vo. (122) Maggs, £3 35. 5435 Hamor (Ralph). A True Discourse of the present estate of Virginia and the successe of the affaires there till the 18th of June, 1614, crushed morocco, panel sides, g. e., by F. Bedford, John Beale for William Welby, 1615, 4to. (124) H. Stevens, £98

[There are two issues of Hamor's "Virginia," a fact apparently not recorded by any American bibliographer, till Mr. H. N. Stevens pointed it out in 1898. On page 60, the concluding paragraph in this edition contains thirteen lines and consists of a criticism of the clergy, "but I much more muse that so few of our English Ministers that were so hot against the Surplis and.Subscription: come hither where neither spoken of," etc. In the other edition this was cancelled and twelve lines of other matter of a noncritical nature substituted.--Catalogue.]

5436 Harcourt (Robert). A Relation of a Voyage to Guiana describing the Climat, Scituation, fertilitie, provisions and commodities of that country, first edition, morocco,

by Thibaron-Joly, John Beale for W. Welby, 1613, 4to. (126) Essex, £29 10S. 5437 Harcourt (Robert). The Relation of a Voyage to Guiana. Now newly reviewed, and enlarged, by addition of some necessary Notes, for the more ample explaining of some things mentioned in the said Relation, original limp vellum, preserved in a neat morocco slip case, Edw. Alde, 1626, 4to. (127) Maggs, £14

[This is the second edition. The first contains only 71 pages of text, while this has 84. The new matter is mainly descriptive of the country and its products.-Catalogue.] 5438 Harrisse (Henry). Notes on Columbus, 13 plates, consisting of a portrait of Columbus and facsimiles of books and MSS., morocco extra, t. e. g., uncut, New York, privately printed, 1865 (129) Quaritch, £5 15s. [Only ninety-nine copies were printed-all for private disiribution.-Catalogue.]

5439 Hartlib (Samuel). The Reformed Common-wealth of Bees, presented in several letters and observations to Samuel Hartlib, Esq., with the Reformed Virginian Silkworm, two parts in one volume, woodcuts, etc. in the text, few sidenotes cut into in the second part, morocco, by Francis Bedford, in the Roger Payne style, Giles Calvert, 1655, 4to. (132) H. Stevens, £10

["The Reformed Virginian Silk-Worm" has a separate title page, register and pagination, and is often found separately. In the first part is a long letter from the famous Christopher Wren describing a transparent beehive, with an engraving of it from his design. The last leaf of the second part is entitled, "A comparison between the gain and labor of Tobacco and Silk."-Catalogue.]

5440 Hayman (Robert). Quodlibets, lately come over from New Britaniola, Old Newfoundland. Epigrams and other small parcels both morall and divine, in limp vellum gilt, preserved in a morocco slip case, E. Allde, 1628, 4to. (134)

Quaritch, £41

[The first four books (64 pages) are "the author's owne"; the others are translations from John Owen and from Rabelais. Catalogue.]

5441 Haywood (John). The Natural and Aboriginal History of Tennessee, up to the First Settlements therein by White People in the Year 1768, levant morocco extra, g.e., by Stikeman, Nashville, 1823, 8vo. (135) H. Stevens, £13 5s. 5442 Haywood (John). The Civil and Political History of the State of Tennessee, from its Earliest Settlement up to the year 1796, including the Boundaries of the State, morocco, g. e., by Stikeman, Printed for the author by Heiskell and Brown, Knoxville, Tenn., 1823 (136) H. Stevens, £7 155. 5443 Hazard (Ebenezer). Historical Collections, consisting of State papers and other authentic Documents intended as materials for an History of the United States of America, 2 vol., boards, uncut, Philadelphia, T. Dobson for the author, 1792, royal 4to. (137) H. Stevens, £6 5444 Hellier (Thomas). The Vaine Prodigall Life and Tragical Penitent Death of Thomas Hellier, born at Whitchurch, near Lyme, in Dorset-shire, who for murdering his Master, Mistress and a Maid, was Executed according to Law at Westover, in Charles City, in the Country of Virginia, neer the Plantation called Hard Labour, where he perpetrated the said murders. He Suffr'd on Munday, the 5th of August, 1678, and was afterwards Hanged up in Chains at Windmill Point on James River, morocco extra, g.e., by Gruel Engelmann, Sam Crouch, 1680, 4to. (138)

Quaritch, £11 5445 Hennepin (Louis). A New Discovery of a vast country in America, extending above four thousand miles between New France and New Mexico, with a description of the Great Lakes, Cataracts, etc., with the engraved frontispiece, 6 plates and 2 large folding maps mounted on linen, morocco extra, g. e., by F. Bedford, Tonson, 1698, 8vo. (139) Edwards, 13 155.

5446 Hennepin (Louis). A New Discovery of a vast country in America, another edition, frontispiece, 6 plates, and 2 folding maps mounted on linen, morocco extra, g.e., by F. Bedford, 1698, 8vo. (140) Edwards, £14

[This edition is quite distinct from the "Tonson one described above. The first line of the imprint ends "H. Bon-". The four plates in the second part are from different coppers to the foregoing "Tonson" edition, as they are reversed and have different letterings, and none of them bear the engraver's name. In the "Tonson" edition they are marked to be placed at page 9, page 33, page 98 and page 161, while in the present "H. Bon" edition they are marked Cont. Pag. 9, Cont. Pag. 33, Cont. Pag. 89, Cont. Pag. 157.—Catalogue.]

5447 Higgeson or Higginson (Francis). New England's Plantation, or a Short and True Description of the Commodities and Discommodities of that Country. Whereunto is added a letter, sent by Mr. Graves, an Enginere out of New England, the second edition enlarged, half russia, T. and R. Cotes for Michael Sparke, 1630, 4to. (142) Quaritch, £46