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1598 Bewick. Select Fables, with cuts designed and engraved by T. and J. Bewick and others previous to the year 1784, with Memoir and descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Messrs. Bewick, largest size (imperial), mor. ex., t. e. g., uncut, by Bedford, Newcastle, 1820, 8vo. (31)

1599 Bewick.

Bowden, £17 105. Goldsmith and Parnell's Poems, with full-page plates and vignettes by Thomas and J. Bewick, Bulmer's ed., 1st ed. with these cuts, original bds., uncut as issued, 1795, 4to. (32) Robson, £3 10s. 1600 Bewick. Natural History of British Quadrupeds, Foreign Quadrupeds, British Birds, Water Birds, Foreign Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Serpents and Insects, with 247 engravings on wood by Thomas Bewick, the 7 parts complete, with the general title, I vol., cf. ex., gt. edge, by Bedford, with all the original covers preserved, Alnwick, W. Davison, 1809. (33) Maggs, £1 125. 1601 Bewick. Somervile (W.) The Chase: a Poem, with woodcuts by Bewick, and printed in large type by Bulmer, original bds., uncut, 1796, 4to. (34) Robson, £3 175. 6d. 1602 Bickham (G.) Collection of Bird's-Eye Views of the Several Counties in England and Wales, exhibiting a pleasing landscape of each county, front. and 46 plates, cf. ex., panel sides, gt. edge, by Rivière, 1796, 4to. (35) Ellis, £3 5s. 1603 Blades (W.) Enemies of Books, with plates, 1st ed., uncut, -1880, 8vo. (36) Molini, £1 16s. 1604 Boccaccio's Decameron, containing a Hundred Curious Novels, portrait, cf., gt. edge, 1684, fol. (37) Ridler, £1 6s. 1605 Bon Ton Magazine (The New), or Telescope of the Times, from May, 1818. to April, 1821, 36 numbers in 6 vol. complete, with 32 coloured plates, cf. ex., gt. edge, by Rivière, plates complete as issued, 1818-21, 8vo. (38) Ellis, £10 10s. 1606 Boxiana, or Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism, comprising the only Original and Complete Lives of the Boxers, by Pierce Egan, illustrated with numerous portraits of celebrated pugilists, including 5 illustrations by G. Cruikshank, 5 vol., mor. ex., tooled backs, t. e. g., uncut, by Rivière, n. d., 8vo. (40) Walford, £15. 1607 Boxing. Athletic Exercise, or the Science of Boxing displayed, an account of celebrated Boxers from the time of Broughton, 1742 to 1788, front., cf. gt., uncut, 1788, 8vo. (41) Grego, £1 11s. 1608 Boyd (Zacharie). Last Battle of the Soul in Death, edited with Life by G. Neil, portrait on India paper and facsimiles, 300 copies printed, uncut, Glasgow, 1831, 8vo. (42) Bull, LI IS. 1609 Brassey (Sir T.) The British Navy, its Strength, Resources, and Administration, 5 vol., plates, plans and woodcuts, cl., 1882-3, 8vo. (45) Jackson, L2 85. 1610 Breviary (Roman). Reformed by order of the Holy Ecumenical Council of Trent, published by order of Pope St. Pius V, and Revised by Clement VIII and Urban VIII, translated by John, Marquess of Bute, 2 vol., cl., Blackwood, 1879, 8vo. (46)

Bull. £1 45.

1611 Bruce Family. Family Records of the Bruces and the Cumyns, with Historical Introduction and Appendix by M. E. Cumming Bruce, cl., 1870, 4to. (49) Bull, £1 6s. 1612 Brummell (Beau). Life of George Brummell, Esq., commonly called Beau Brummell, by Capt. Jesse, 2 vol., cl., 1844, 8vo. (50) Pearson, £1 125. 1613 Bucaniers of America, a True Account of the most remarkable Assaults committed of late years upon the Coasts of the West-Indies by English and French Bucaniers, written in Dutch by John Esquemeling, one of the Bucaniers, faithfully rendered into English, with the Second Volume, containing the Dangerous Voyage and Bold Attempts of Capt. B. Sharp, by B. Ringrose, the 4 parts complete in 2 vol. with portraits of the Bucaniers, maps and plates of battles, actions at sea, etc., tall copies in sprinkled cf. ex., gt. edge, by Bedford, 1684-5, 4to. (51) Bain, £18 10s. 1614 Bull Fights. Coleccion de las Principales Suertes de una Corrida des Toros Grabada por Luis Fernandez Noseret, 13 plates of Bull Fights, hf. rus., n. d., 8vo. (52) £2 195. 1615 Burney. Musical Travels through England, by Joel Collier (J. L. Bicknell), mor., gt. edge, a satire upon Dr. Burney, and bought up and burnt, 1785, 8vo. (55) Robson, £1 145. 1616 Burns (R.) Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, 2nd ed., considerably enlarged, with portrait, 2 vol., presentation copy from the Author "to Mrs. Riddell, of Woodley Park, Un gage d'Amitié le plus sincère-The Author," Edinb., 1793, 8vo. (56) Bain, £83. 1617 Burns (R.) Works (Poetry and Prose), edited by Wm. Scott Douglas, 6 vol. with 31 plates on India paper, and each plate being in duplicate, proofs on India paper before the letters, printed upon large imperial Whatman paper, cl., uncut, as issued, Edinb., 1877-9, 8vo. (57) Sotheran, £3 5s. 1618 Burns (R.) Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, portrait after Nasmyth, mor. ex., gt. edge, by Rivière, tall copy with rough 11., 1st Edinburgh ed., and 2nd ed. of the book, ib., 1787, 8vo. (58) Stevens, £7. 1619 Burton (J. H.) The Book Hunter, etc., 1st ed. on LARGE PAPER, 25 copies printed, mor. antique, tooled in blind and gold, by Rivière, Blackwood, 1862, 4to. (60) Ellis, £6 10s. 1620 Burton (J. H.) The Book Hunter, etc., new ed., with Memoir and Index, full length etched portrait, vignettes, etc., cl., as issued, 1882. 8vo. (61) Roe, £175. 1621 Butler (S.) Hudibras in Three Parts, written in the Time of the late Wars, edited, with Preface, by Z. Grey, 2 vol., portrait by Vertue, and plates by Hogarth, mor., gt. back and sides, gt. edge, best edition, Camb. and Lond., 1744, 8vo. (62)

1622 Byron (Lord). Waltz: an Apostrophic Hornem, Esq., 1st ed., mor. ex., gt. printed by T. Gosnell, 1813, 4to. (63)

Pearson, £2 10s. Hymn by Horace edge, by Bedford, Harvey £50.

1623 [Byron (Lord)]. Poems on Various Occasions, Virginibus
Puerisque, Canto, 1st ed., mor. ex., gt. back, gt. edge, by
Bedford, pp. 11 and 144, Newark, printed by S. and J.
Ridge, 1807, 8vo. (64)
F. Sabin, £46.

1624 Byron (Lord). Hours of Idleness, a series of Poems, original and translated, mor. ex., t. e. g., uncut, by Bedford, 1st ed., Newark, printed and sold by S. and J. Ridge, 1807, 8vo. (65) Holden, £7 15s. 1625 Byron (Lord). Hours of Idleness, a series of Poems, original and translated, Ist. ed., mor. ex., tooled back and sides, leather joints, doublé, by Rivière, Newark, printed and sold by S. and J. Ridge, 1807, 8vo. (66) Robson, £6 6s. 1626 Byron (Lord). Don Juan, Cantos 1 and 2, 4to.-Cantos 3 to 16, 8vo., all 1st eds., cf. ex., gt. edge, uniform, by Bedford, T. Davidson, 1819-21; John Hunt, 1823-24, 8vo. (67)

Ellis, £5 10s. 1627 Byron (Lord). Fugitive Pieces, a facsimile reprint of the suppressed edition of 1806, 100 copies privately printed by Whittingham, uncut as issued, 1886, 8vo. (68) Ellis, £2 115. Only three copies of the original are extant. 1628 Byron (Lord). Poetical Works, with plates after Turner, engraved by Finden, 10 vol., cf. gt., Murray, 1866, 8vo. (69) Rimell, £2 8s. 1629 Cardan (H. Medici Mediolanensis). Metoposcopia, libris tredecim et Octingentis faciei Humanæ Eiconibus Complexa, with 796 figures of male and female heads, mor. ex., gt. back and sides, gt. edge, by Bedford, Lutetiæ Parisiorum, 1658, fol. (72) Robson, £2 18s. 1630 Cardonnel (Adam de). Picturesque Antiquities of Scotland, the 4 parts complete, 100 plates quarto size, printed on one side only, early impressions, map inserted, hf. cf., 1788-93, 4to. (73) Maggs, £1 4s. 1631 Carlaverock (Nicolas N. H.) The Siege of Carlaverock in 28 Edward I, A.D. 1300, with the arms of the earls, barons, and knights who were present, with a History of the Castle, etc., arms emblazoned, some plates inserted, hf. mor., marbled edge, 1828, 4to. (74) Bull, £2 8s. 1632 Cash (Martin). Adventures, containing a Faithful Account of his Exploits while a Bushranger under Arms in Tasmania in company with Kavanagh and Jones in 1843, edited by J. L. Burke, mor. ex., gt. back, gt. edge, by Bedford, Hobart Town, 1870, 8vo. (75) Bain, £4 7s. 6d. 1633 Catalogue of the Classic Contents of Strawberry Hill, collected by Horace Walpole, sold in 1842-Catalogue of Rare Prints, Illustrated Works, and Engraved Portraits, collected by Horace Walpole, sold in 1842, the 2 Sale Catalogues with printed prices, cf., gt. edge, 4to. (90) Howell, £1. 1634 Catalogue of the Syston Park Library, sold Dec. 1884, ruled, with prices and names, hf. mor., uncut (91) £1 5S. 1635 Cervantes. History of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, translated from the Spanish by P. A. Motteux, 4 vol., with 37 full-paged etched plates by A. Lalauze, LARGEST PAPER, printed upon Whatman paper, imp. size, proofs of the plates upon India paper before the letters, and each plate in duplicate, 50 copies printed, cl., uncut as issued, Edinb., 1879, 8vo. (95) Roe, £2 18s.

1636 Chalmers (Geo.) Caledonia, or an Account, Historical and Topographic, of North Britain, from the most Ancient to the Present Times, with a Dictionary of Places, Chorographical and Philological, map and plates, LARGE PAPER, a few copies printed, rus. ex., tooled back and sides, t. e. g., uncut, 3 vol., 1807-24, 4to. (96) Hopkins, £9 15s. 1637 Charles I. The Oglio of Traytors, Including the Illegal Tryall of his late Majesty, with Catalogue of their Names that sat as Judges, with the proceedings against Col. J. Penruddock, etc., mor. ex., gt. edge, 1660 (98) Graves, £1 15s. 1638 Chifney (Samuel, of Newmarket). Genius Genuine, a fine part in Riding a Race known only to the Author, a Guide to Train Horses for Running, with account of the Prince's Horse Escape, mor., t. e. g., uncut, by Rivière, 1804, 8vo. (100) Ellis, £3 7s. 6d. 1639 Cobbold (Rev. R.) History of Margaret Catchpole, a Suffolk Girl, with 8 illustrations designed by the author, 3 vol., 1st ed., tree cf. ex., gt. edge, by Rivière, 1845, 8vo. (104) Sotheran, £2 16s. 1640 Cockfighting. Cocking and its Votaries, by S. A. T., privately printed, cf., t. e. g., n. d., 8vo. (106) Bain, £4 2s. 6d. 1641 Cockfighting. Directions for Breeding Game Cocks, with Methods of Treating them, and Instructions for Choice of a Cock and Hens for Breeding, etc., front. of a cockfight, mor. ex., t. e. g., uncut, by Bedford, 1780, 8vo. (107)

Howell, £20 17s. 6d. 1642 Cockfighting. The Royal Pastime of Cockfighting, or the Art of Breeding, Feeding, Fighting, and Curing Cocks of the Game, by R. H., front. of a cockfight, mor., emblematically tooled, gt. edge, 1709, 8vo. (108) Bain, £11 5s. 1643 Collier (J. Payne). Bibliographical and Critical Account of the Rarest Books in the English Language, alphabetically arranged, with an Index, 2 vol., a small number of copies printed, hf. rox., uncut, 1865, 8vo. (112) Bain, £1 18s. 1644 Cook (Capt.) Catalogue of the different Specimens of Cloth collected during the three Voyages of Capt. Cook to the Southern Hemisphere, with a particular Account of the Manufacture in the Islands of the South Seas, 1787, 4to. (113) Holden, £5 12s. 6d. 1645 Crimean War. The Seat of War in the East, by William Simpson, the 2 series in 1 vol., 81 large lithographic plates, hf. mor., gt. edge, Colnaghi, 1855-56, 8vo. (115)

Maggs, £1 35. 1646 Croker (T. Crofton). Walk from London to Fulham, edited by T. F. Dillon Croker, etc., Illustrated by F. W. Fairholt, cf. ex., gt. edge, by Bedford, 1860, 8vo. (116) Bumpus, £1. 1647 Cruikshank. Ainsworth (W. Harrison), Rookwood, a Romance, with illustrations by George Cruikshank and portrait by Maclise, mor. ex., full gt. back, t. e. g., uncut, by Bedford, J. Macrone, 1836, 8vo. (118) Robson, £775. 1648 Cruikshank. Ainsworth (W. Harrison), Jack Sheppard, a romance, 1st ed., with 27 illustrations by George Cruikshank and a portrait, 3 vol., mor. ex., full gt. backs, t. e. g., uncut, by Bedford, Bentley, 1839, 8vo. (119) Ellis, £11.

1649 Cruikshank.

Ainsworth (W. Harrison), The Tower of London, an Historical Romance, 1st ed., with 40 full-page and 58 woodcut engravings by George Cruikshank, hf. cf., 1840, 8vo. (120) Smith, £2 10s. 1650 Cruikshank. Illustrations to the Tower of London, 40 fullpage plates by G. Cruikshank printed upon LARGE PAPER, proofs upon India paper before the letters, a few sets taken off in this state, the last plate (placed first) being signed by the artist as first proof, bd. in mor. ex. by Rivière, fol. (121) Harvey, £49. 1651 Cruikshank. Ainsworth (W. Harrison), Guy Fawkes, or the Gunpowder Treason, an Historical Romance, 1st ed., with 22 illustrations by George Cruikshank, 3 vol., original cl., uncut, 1841, 8vo. (122) Bain, £21 5s. 1652 Cruikshank. Ainsworth (W. Harrison), Miser's Daughter, a Tale, 1st ed., with 20 illustrations by George Cruikshank 3 vol., presentation copy to "Mrs. George Cruikshank with the author's very kind regards," also George Cruikshank's autograph in each volume, original cl., uncut, 1842, 8vo. (123) Pearson, £42. 1653 Cruikshank. Illustrations to the Miser's Daughter, 20 fullpage plates by G. Cruikshank, taken off on LARGE PAPER, India proofs before the letters (the first two with the letters), the earliest state, a few copies issued, bd. in mor. ex., t. e. g., uncut, 1842, fol. (124) Harvey, £23 IOS. 1654 Cruikshank. Ainsworth (W. Harrison), Windsor Castle, an Historical Romance, 1st ed., with plates by George Cruikshank, 3 vol., original cl., uncut, 1843, 8vo. (125)

Pearson, £9. 1655 Cruikshank. Illustrations to Windsor Castle, 14 full-page plates by G. Cruikshank, proofs on India paper before the letters were engraved on the plates, earliest state on LARGE PAPER, a few copies issued, mor. ex., gt. edge, by Rivière, fol. (126) Harvey, £23. 1656 Cruikshank. Ainsworth (W. Harrison), Saint James's, or the Court of Queen Anne, an Historical Romance, 1st ed., with illustrations by George Cruikshank, 3 vol., cf. ex., t. e. g., uncut, 1844, 8vo. (127) Walford, £4 10s. 6d. 1657 Cruikshank. Anstey (C.), New Bath Guide, or Memoirs of the BN RD- Family in a Series of Poetical Epistles, 1st ed., with plates by G. Cruikshank, cf. ex., gt. edge, by Bedford, with Cruikshank's plates, 1830, 8vo. (128) Slater, £4 4s. 1658 Cruikshank. Bacchus and the Tee-Totallers, by Rumfusticus Bibulus, Esq., with six coloured illustrations by R. Cruikshank, tree cf. ex., gt. edge, by Bedford, 1841, 4to. (129) Holborn, £2 18s.

1659 Cruikshank. The Bachelor's Own Book, being the Progress of Mr. Lambkin, Gent., in the Pursuit of Pleasure and Amusement, and also in Search of Health and Happiness, designed, etched, and published by George Cruikshank, 24 designs on 12 plates, cf. ex., t. e. g., uncut, by Bedford, with the original cover bound up, 1884, oblong 12mo. (130)

Harvey, L4.

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