6795 Fencing, Boxing and Wrestling, by W. H. Pollock, E. B. Michell, Walter Armstrong and others, 1889 (1124)

Shepherd, 13s.

6796 Skating, Figure Skating, Curling, Tobogganing, etc., by J. M. Heathcote and others, 1892 (1125)

Maggs, 75.

Ricketts, 10s.

6797 Archery, by C. J. Longman and Colonel H. Walrond, 1894 (1126) 6798 Dancing, by Mrs. Lily Grove, with musical examples, 1895

Hunt, 11s.

(1127) 6799 Riding, by Captain R. White-Polo, by J. Moray Brown, 1891

(1128) Shepherd, 10s. 6800 The Poetry of Sport, selected and edited by Hedley Peek, 1896 (1129) Leighton, 175.

6801 Balzac (Honoré de). La Comédie Humaine, translated by K. P. Wormeley, 40 vol., with numerous illustrations, on India paper, by French artists, reproduced in photogravure, edition limited to 250 sets, uncut, t. e. g., 1898, 8vo. (985) Roche, £8 5s. 6802 Beaumont and Fletcher. The Elder Brother, a Comedie, first edition, J. K. for J. W. and J. B., 1637, 4to. (1199) Hazlitt, £9 1OS.

6803 Beauties of England and Wales, by Brayley and Britton, with Introduction by J. N. Brewer, complete, 19 vol. bound in 26, with upwards of 700 engravings by Storer and Greig, and woodcuts, russia gilt, m. e., 1801-18, 8vo. (142)

Maggs, £3 11s. 6804 Besant (Walter). South London, etched frontispiece and 119 illustrations, morocco super extra, g. e., by Fazakerley, with a painted view of Lambeth Palace from the river on the fore-edge, 1899, 8vo. (423) Maggs, £2 16s. 6805 Biblia Sacra Latina, cum Prologis S. Hieronymi, gothic letter, double columns, painted initials, old oak boards, Nuremberga, A. Coburger, 1477, folio (401) Mackie, £6 15s. 6806 Biblia Sacra Latina, cum Prologis S. Hieronymi, gothic letter, double columns, initials in red and blue, sound and clean copy, Venet., Nic. Jensen, 1479, folio (402) Ridler, £9 15s. 6807 Biblia Sacra Latina, with the Prologues of S. Jerome, gothic letter, initials in blue and red, many heightened with gold, the first leaf ornamented with a border composed of flowers, fruit and scroll work, and a large initial letter illuminated in gold and colours, a leaf imperfect, else a large and sound copy, old oak boards, covered in stamped leather (rebacked), with all faults, Venet., 1480, 4to. (391) Ridler, £2 12s. 6808 Biblia Sacra Latina, gothic letter, in double columns, 58 lines to a full page, numerous painted initials, old oak boards, covered with stamped leather (re-backed), clasps, a large and sound copy, s. l. aut a (Bas., B. Richel), 1486, folio (409) Ridler, £5 6809 Biblia Sacra Latina cum Postillis Nic. de Lyra, lit. gotb., 4 columns, woodcuts painted, rubricated, capitals painted in

blue and red, 3 vol., oaken boards, half leather, Nuremb., A. Koberger, 1487, folio (358) Ridler, £1 12s. 6810 Boccaccio (Giov.) Il Decamerone, edited by Ugo Foscolo, printed throughout on India paper, with proof impressions of the portrait and series of plates by Stothard, 3 vol., in full crushed morocco, gilt leaves, Pickering, 1825, 8vo. (988) Walford, £2 10S. 6811 Bohn (Henry G.) The Biography and Bibliography of Shakespeare (including an Account of every known Edition of his Works, either together or separately printed, Translations and Commentaries), illustrated with 10 engravings, including accurate copies of the Droeshout head, portrait by Jansen, the Chandos head and the Stratford bust, uncut, original cloth, 1863, folio (1244) Ripley, £21

[This rare volume was printed for the members of the Philobiblon Society, limited to forty persons of wealth and rank. Catalogue.]

6812 Borrow (G.) Wild Wales, 3 vol., first edition, original cloth, with labels, 1862, 8vo. (744) J. Bumpus, £3 12s. 6813 Boswell (J.) Life of Dr. Samuel Johnson, new edition, edited by J. W. Croker, 5 vol., best edition, portraits, calf gilt, 1831, 8vo. (761) Ellis, £2 5s. 6814 Boydell (J. and J.) Illustrations to Shakespeare, portrait, frontispiece and 94 plates after Hamilton, Stothard, Smirke, Wheatley, Northcote, Westall, etc., good impressions, morocco gilt, g.e., 1798, imperial 4to. (230) Roche, £3 35. 6815 Burton (J. Hill). History of Scotland, Library Edition, 7 vol., half russia gilt, t. e. g., Blackwood, 1867-70, 8vo. (481) Bumpus, £3 17s. 6d. 6816 Burton (Robert). The Anatomy of Melancholy . by Democritus, junior, first edition, half calf, Oxford, 1621, 4to. (194) Pickering, £20

6817 Byron (Lord). Fare Thee Well, 1815, 4to. (507)

Sabin, £3 5s.

[The first edition of this poem. No doubt it was privately issued for distribution amongst the author's friends previous to his departure from England early in 1816, with the intention of never returning. It is printed on two quarto leaves, page (1) 2, 3 (4), last page blank, the watermark on paper is 1815. It is stated that only 50 copies were struck off, the previously accepted first edition being that of 1816, which was published in an octavo volume with other poems.-Catalogue. See ante No. 5397.-ED.] 6818 Carlyle (Thomas). Works, "Centenary Edition," portraits on India paper, 30 vol., LARGE PAPER, one of 300 copies, uncut, t. e. g., 1896-99, 8vo. (1035) Quaritch, £9 6819 Charles I. Eikon Basiliké, the Pourtraicture of his Sacred Maiestie in his Solitudes and Sufferings, plate, the genuine first edition (?), published in February, 1648-9, several leaves soiled, and last one mended, sold not subject to return, old calf (rebacked), 1648, 8vo. (385)

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Mackie, £3 7s. 6d.

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6820 Chaucer (Geoffrey). Workes, newlie printed, with divers addicions, whiche were never in print before, with the Siege and Destruction of the Citee of Thebes by Jhon Lidgate (edited by John Stow), black letter. title within woodcut border, with the King in Council above and Grafton's Device below, genealogical titles, woodcuts and ornamental initials, plain margins of 2 leaves after title mended, some leaves written in by "Misteris Ann Byham," whose signature is on back of title, oaken boards, stamped ornamental leather (rebacked), a fine, large and sound copy, Jhon Kyngston for John Wight, 1561, folio (1210) Maggs, £15 10s. 6821 Chaucer (Geoffrey). Works, now newly imprinted, edited by F. S. Ellis, ornamented with pictures designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, numerous elaborate woodcut borders and fine initial letters, boards, uncut, presentation copy, with inscription on fly-leaf, "To Kate Faulkner, from William Morris, July 7th, 1896," 1896, royal folio (1227) Leighton, £72 6822 Chesterfield (Earl of). Letters to his Son, portrait by Vitalba, 2 vol., original boards, 1774, 4to. (539) Denham, £10 155. 6823 Cicero (M. T.) Orationes, illuminated in gold and colours, vellum, editio princeps, Printed by Valdarfer, Venice, 1471, folio (544) Quaritch, £10 6824 Colden (Cadwallader D.) Memoir, prepared at the request of the Common Council of the City of New York at the Celebration of the completion of the New York Canals, 47 maps, portraits and plates, including views of towns and villages on the route, engravings of the various fire engine companies in the procession, medals and badges, etc., original embossed calf gilt, New York, printed by the Corporation, 1825, 4to. (1140) Denham, £2 12s. 6825 Cromwell. Proclamations by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell for Prohibiting Horse-Races for Six Months, 1654-Declaration appointing a Council of State, 1653Against Drunkenness, Profane Swearing, etc. (single sheets), folio (265) Pickering, £2 2s.

6826 Cupid (The). A Collection of Love Songs, in twelve parts, suited to twelve different sorts of Lovers, plates, original calf, 1736, 8vo. (977) Pickering, 1 175. 6827 Cussans (J. E.) History of Hertfordshire, containing an Account of the Descents of the various Manors, Pedigrees of Families, Antiquities, etc., LARGE PAPER, bound in 8 vol., numerous engravings, uncut, Hertford, 1870-81, folio (1249) Cooke, £20

[This copy was illustrated with about 600 old and modern engravings, autograph letters, old parchment deeds (some with the seals), a great quantity of cuttings from newspapers and periodicals, extracts from various historical and topographical works, autograph memoranda, funeral sermons, pedigrees, advertisements of sales of land, old and most interesting transcripts of deeds, rubbings from brasses, monuments, church notices, etc.- Catalogue.]

6828 D'Avenant (Sir W.) Works. (Poems and Plays.) Consisting of those which were formerly printed and those which he designed for the press, now published out of the original copies, first collected edition, portrait by Faithorne, morocco extra, g. e., 1673, folio (898) W. Brown, £2 18s. 6829 De Foe (Daniel). The Memoirs of an English Officer, Who serv'd in the Dutch War in 1672, to the Peace of Utrecht, in 1713. Containing Several Remarkable Transactions, both by Sea and Land, . . . . Together with a Description of many Cities, Towns, and Countries in which he resided; their Manners and Customs, as well Religious as Civil . . with. . Observations on their Monasteries and Nunneries, more particularly of the famous one at Montserat. On the Bull-Feasts and other publick Diversions; etc., LARGE PAPER, old morocco extra, g. e., first edition, 1728, 8vo. (82) Sabin, £4 4s. Novels and Miscellaneous Works, 20 vol. (wanted Moll Flanders), half vellum, m. e., Oxford, 1840, etc., 8vo. (831) Edwards, £2 25. 6831 Dennis (John). Letters upon Several Occasions, written by and between Mr. Dryden, Mr. Wycherly, Mr. . . Mr. Congreve and Mr. Dennis, with a New Translation, etc., annotated by Malone, 1696, half calf, 8vo. (1018)

6830 Defoe (D.)

Ripley, £12 6832 Dibdin (Rev. T. F.) The Bibliographical Decameron, or Ten Days' pleasant Discourse upon Illuminated Manuscripts and Subjects connected with Early Engraving and Topography and Bibliography, 3 vol., plates and other illustrations, half morocco, g. t., uncut, 1817, 8vo. (803)

Ellis, £8 5s. 6833 Dickens (Charles). Nicholas Nickleby, first edition, illustrations by "Phiz," presentation copy with inscription, “Mrs. George Cattermole, from hers faithfully, Charles Dickens," also an autograph letter from Charles Dickens to Mrs. Cattermole inserted, morocco gilt, 1839, 8vo. (32)

Sabin, £25 10s. 6834 Dickens (Charles). Works, "Gadshill Edition," 34 vol., with Introductions, General Essay and Notes by Andrew Lang, and all the original illustrations, uncut, t. e. g., 1897, 8vo. (1036) Hammond, £5 15s. 6835 Dorat. Les Baisers, précédés du Mois de Mai, poëme, frontispiece by Eisen, engraved by Ponce, plate by Eisen, engraved by De Longueil, vignettes, fleuron on the title, and culs-delampe by Eisen and Marillier, engraved by Aliamet, etc., morocco, doublé after a pattern by Derome by Belz-Niédrée, La Haye et Paris, 1770, 8vo. (85) Quaritch, £25

[A copy on large Holland paper, with the title in red. One of the vignettes and 3 culs-de-lampe were tirage à part. -Catalogue.]

6836 Drollery. The Loves of Hero and Leander, a mock Poem, with Marginall Notes, and other choice Pieces of Drollery, fine large copy, unbound, 1653, 8vo. (86)

Pearson, £6

6837 Dugdale (Sir W.) Monasticon Anglicanum, a History of the Abbies and other Monasteries, Hospitals, Frieries, etc. in England and Wales, enlarged by Caley, Ellis and Bandinel, 8 vol., 250 engravings and woodcuts, half morocco, g.t., uncut, 1846, folio (914) Roche, £12 6838 Dumas (Alex.) Une Visite de Noces, Comédie en un acte, portrait by Legenisel, first edition, half morocco, uncut, Paris, 1872, 8vo. (947) B. F. Stevens, £2 155.

[The dedication copy printed on Holland paper, with (signed) autograph inscription from the author to Henri Mirault, to whom the book is dedicated.--Catalogue.] 6839 Dumas (Alex.) Une Visite de Noces, Comédie en un acte, original wrapper, uncut, Paris, 1884, 8vo. (949)

Pickering, £2 IS.

[One of the 25 examples printed on Whatman paper, with (signed) autograph inscription from the author to Albert Wolff.-Catalogue.]

6840 Dumas (Alex.) La Femme de Claude, Pièce avec Préface, first edition, original wrapper, uncut, Paris, 1873, 8vo. (951) B. F. Stevens, £2 16s.

[Special edition, limited to 31 copies, the present being one of the 25 printed on Holland paper with (signed) autograph_inscription from the author to Ernest Doré.-Catalogue.] 6841 Dumas (Alex.) Les Idées de Mme. Aubray, Comedie en quatre Actes, en prose, first edition, morocco extra, g. e., Paris, 1867, 8vo. (952) B. F. Stevens, £3 5s.

[One of the few copies printed on China paper, with (signed) autograph inscription from the author to Ernest Doré. Catalogue.]

6842 Dumas (Alex.) L'Ami des Femmes, Comédie en cinq Actes, en prose,.first edition, morocco extra, watered silk linings, g. e., Paris, 1864, 8vo. (953)

Maggs, £2 25.

[With (signed) autograph inscription from the author to Mme. E. Doré.-Catalogue.]

6843 Ellis (G.) Specimens of the Early English Poets, morocco, inlaid with blue and red, 1790, 8vo. (87) Sharp, £3 14s.

[This binding, executed at the end of the last century, was an exact pattern of one of Padeloup's masterpieces.—

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6844 Emaux (Les) de Pelitot du Musée Impérial du Louvre, 2 vol., LARGE PAPER, numerous oval portraits of celebrated personages of the time of Louis XIV., engraved by Ceroni, India proofs before the letters, morocco super extra, g. e., by Holloway, 1862, 4to. (209) Parsons, £8 15s. 6845 Evelyn (John) and S. Pepys. Memoirs, Diaries and Correspondence, edited by W. Bray and Lord Braybrooke, both works, 10 vol., extended to 11 vol. by the insertion of upwards of 650 portraits and illustrations, many scarce, mostly inlaid, morocco gilt, t. e. g., 1827-28, 8vo. (572) Sotheran, L16 105. 6846 Fergusson (James). Tree and Serpent Worship, or Illus