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No attempt has been made to include early editions of Shakespeare's works (apart from the First Complete and First Illustrated Edition of 1709), this having been outside the design of its founder ; but no expense was spared to obtain original editions of Elizabethan and Jacobean literature (both English and Foreign), many of them being of extreme rarity, which would assist the Student and add to his knowledge and appreciation of the Poet. Roughly speaking; the Library can be divided into the following seven sections : 1. Elizabethan; Jacobean and other extremely rare BOOKS WHICH VTEBE CONSULTED BY ShAKESPEARE WHILST COMPOSING HIS Plays and Poems. 2. Elizabethan and Jacobean books of the greatest RARITY which THROW LIGHT ON ShAKESPEARE's ENG- LAND. 3. First Editions op famous Old English Plays. 4. Francis Bacon Collection (26 entries). 5. "The Bond Story" and other "Foundation" books used by Shakespeare. 6. Publications between 1599-1700 which contain specific references either to Shakespeare himself or. to his Poems and Plays. 7. Plagiarisms, alterations, and adaptations of Shake- speare's Plays. With but twenty or thirty exceptions, all the books in this Library were printed before the year 1700, and mere reprints have been invariably rejected. The entire Collection comprises no less than 990 books (1,100 volumes), every book being quite perfect and in excellent library condition. Immense knowledge and research have been employed, not only in acquiring the books but also in describing them; and the reasons for the inclusion of every book are fully stated in the Catalogue. THE . SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY FORMED BY AN ENGLISH COLLECTOR FIRST SESSION Wednesday Afternoon, February 13, I9I8, at 2:30 o'clock LOTS I-242 1. ADAMS (THOMAS). The Gallants Burden. A Sermon preached at Paules Crosse, the twentie nine of March, being the fift Sunday in Lent, 1612. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Eiviere. London: Printed by W. W. for Clement Knight, 1612 See Hunter's "New Illustrations" of "King Eichard III" and his notes on "The Merchant of Venice." 2. ADDISON (J.). Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, etc., in the years 1701, 1702, 1703. Medallic illustrations. 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1705 First Edition. Cited by Dyee in his notes on "As You Like It" and "Hamlet." A fine, clean copy. 3. ^SOP. Aesopi Phrygis Fabulse, Elegantissimis ieonibus veras animalium species ad viuum adumbrantibus. Medallion portrait of the Author on title, and numerous wood-engrav- ings. Small 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. Apud loan Tomaesivm, 1605 A handsome copy. Green, in his "Shakespeare and the Emblem Writers," quotes from Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream" and "Henry VI," to show Shakespeare's general estimation of fables, and of those of ^sop in par- ticular. 4. ALABASTER (GULIELMO). Roxana Tragoedia, etc. Engraved frontispiece. 12mo, boards. Londini: Excudebat Gulielmus Jones, 1632 EiKST Edition. Has the final leaf, with the Errata. This EXCESSIVELY RAKE VOLUME has for a frontispiece the eaeliest REPRESENTATION OF THE INTERIOR 01" AN ENGLISH THEATRE. This engraving was reproduced in ' ' The Dramatic Souvenir, ' ' published in 1833, and by Halliwell-Phillipps in his edition of ' ' Romeo and Juliet. ' ' Mr. HalliweU-Phillipps possessed only an imperfect copy. 5. ALCIATI. Los Bmblemas, Tradueidos en Rhimas Espanolas. Anadidos de figuras y de fiiuevos Emblemas en la tereera Parte de la obra. Numerous woodcuts. 8vo, origi- nal vellum, carmine edges. En Lyon: For Guilielmo Eovillio, 1540 Green ("Shakespeare and the Emblem Writers") makes no less than thirty quotations from this volume in illustration of Shakespeare's plays; several of the wood-engravings are re- produced by him. IMPORTANT CONTEMPORARY ANNOTATIONS. 6. [ALLOT (ROBERT). J England's Parnassus; or, The Choysest Flowers of our Moderne Poets, with their PoetieaU comparisons. Descriptions of Bewties, Personages, Castles, Pallaces, Mountaines, Groues, Seas, Springs, Riuers, etc. Small 8vo, full green morocco, gilt edges. Imprinted at London for N. L. C. B. and T. H., 1600 First Edition. The first poeticai anthology of English LITERATURE, AND THE MOST VALUABLE. The Dedication and "To the Reader" are both signed "E. A." This is an important copy of an extremely rare volume, because it contains numerous annotations in a contemporary HAND, some being added to the Shakespearean portion. The WORK CONTAINS NO LESS THAN 70 EXTRACTS FROM SHAKE- SPEARE'S PLAYS AND POEMS. 7. AMADIS DE GAULE, mis en Francois par le Seigneur des Essars Nicolas de Herberay. Numerous woodcut vignettes. 12 vols, in seven. 8vo, old calf. A Paris, 1555-60 Brown ( " Athenseum, " 29 July, 1876) remarks "As in 'As You Like It' there are traces of the Charlemagne Bomanoes, so I think in 'The Winter's Tale' there are evidences of Shakespeare's familiarity with those of Amadis." 8. AMMAN (JOST). Omnium lUiberalium Mechanicarum aut sedentariarum artium genera eontinens, quotquot unquam vel a veteribus, aut nostri etiam seculi, celebritate excogitari potuerunt, breviter et dilucide oonfecta; carminum liber primus, tum mira varietate rerum vocabulorumqz, novo morum excogitatorum copia perquam utilis, lectuque perquam utilis, lectuque perincundus, aeeesserunt etiam Venustissimae Imagines omnes omnium artificum negociationes ad vivum Lectori representantes, etc. Numerous woodcuts illustrative of different trades and occupations, hy Jost Amman. 8vo, full brown levant morocco, gilt edges, by Bretault. Francofvrti ad Moenvm cum Privilegio Caesareo, 1568 Certain of these wood engravings were used by Halliwell- Phillipps to illustrate Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" and "Measure for Measure." 9. [ANDERTON (JAMES).] The Protestant Apologie for the Roman Church. Divided into three severall Tractes. By John Brereley, Priest. Small thick 4to, full mottled calf, gilt tooled, ,gilt edges, by Bedford. Permissu Superiorum, 1608 Secretly printed at the Roman Catholic Press, in Lan- cashire, destroyed in 1621. An interesting account of this very rare volume will be found in the Transactions of the New Shakespeare Society. The author, James Anderton, published this and several other learned works under the name of "John Brereley, Priest." The "Apologie" is an historically impor- tant work, reminiscent of the- Roman Catholic Mission in Eng- land during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth and James I. 10. ANDRES (GIOVANNI). Dell' Origine, Progressi e Stato Attuall d'Ogni Letteratura. ' 7 vols, 4to, original calf, rebacked (some hinges weak). Parma: Delia Stamperia Reale, 1785-1799 The first Italian publication which contains a mention of Shakespeare. See Mr. Lee's "Life of Shakespeare" (illus- trated edition), page 293. 11. [ANEAU (BARTH).] Pieta Poesis. Ab authore denuo reeognita. Vt. pictura poesis erit. Illustrated with numerous woodcuts. Small 12mo, full old green morocco gilt, gilt over marbled edges. Lugduni : Apud Matthiam Bonhomme, 1556 Green ("Shakespeare and the Emblem Writers") quotes this volume in illustration of ' ' Titus Andronieus, " " Mid- summer Night 's Dream, " " Taming of the Shrew, " " Troilus and Cressida, " " Hamlet, ' ' etc. , Several of the wood engravings are reproduced by him. LOUIS PHILIPPE'S COPT. 12. ANECDOTES DRAMATIQUBS, Oontenant:I° Toutes les Pieces de Theatre, etc., quis ont ete jouees a Paris ou en province, depuis 1 'origine des spectacles en Prance, jusqu'a I'annee 1775, 2° Touz les Ouvrages Dramatiques non repre- sentes mais qui sont imprimes, ou conserves en manuserits dans quelques Bibliotheques ; 3° Un Recueil de tout ce qu'on a pu rassembler d 'Anecdotes, Traits curieux, etc. 3 vols. 8vo, half calf, gilt, uncut, by Thouvbnin. Paris, 1775 At the end of volume 2 is a Collection of ' ' Anecdotes Angloises" and here Shakespeare's name appears (p. 516) besides a reference to Garrick 's obtaining " de la part des Maire, Mchevins 4' Bourgeois de la patrie de ShaTcespear, un honneur qu'il doit d son merite particulier, and d, la veneration que les Anglais conservent pour le pere de leur Theatre." This copy belonged to Louis Philippe I, King of the French, and has his arms as Duke of Orleans impressed in the top panel and his chiffre "L.P.O. " surmounted by a crown impressed in the bottom panel on the back of each of the volumes. 13. ANNA BULLEN: a Tragedy in Five Acts, Original Maijtjscript, small 4to, vellum. [cirea 1680 J Evidently founded on Shakespeare 's ' ' Henry VIII. ' ' This is probably the play referred to by Halliwell in his Dictionary (p. 18) . It consists of 100 pages. ' 14. ANNALIA DUBRENSIA. Upon the yeerely celebration of Mr. Robert Dovers Olimpick Games upon Cotswold-Hills. Written by Michael Drayton, .... Ben: Johnson . . . Owen Peltham Shack: Marmyon . . . Thomas Heywood. (Frontispiece lacking.) Sniall 4to, old wrappers. London: Printed by Robert Raworth, 1636 In 1604 (when Shakespeare was forty) Captain Robert Dover founded the Olympic games on the Cotswold-Hills and a familiar reference IS) coursing on Cotsall (i e., Cotswold) occurs in the "Merry Wives of Windsor." This rare volume ("Annalia Dubrensia") is full of quaint poetry, anagrams; etc., eulogistic of Captain Eobert Dover and his Olympian games. 15. ANSTRUTHBR (SIR WILLIAM). Essays, Moral and Divine; In Five Discourses. Small 4to, original calf. Edinburgh: Printed by George Mosmaii, 1701 First Edition. One of the Discourses is upon ' ' Trifling Studies, Stage-Plays and Romances. " 16. ANTON (ROBERT). The Philosophers Satyrs. Small 4to, old polished calf, gilt edges, by C. Smith (some corners and margins repaired). London: Printed by T. C. and B. A., for Roger lackson, 1616 EiEST Edition. A volume of extraordinary rarity. The present copy belonged to Dr. Farmer, the Editor of Shake- speare, with his autograph on fly-leaf. The earliest work in which there is an allusion to "Antony and Cleopatra," and "The Comedy of Errors." 17. APPIAN. An Auncient Historic and exquisite Chronicle of the Romanes Warres, both Civile and Foren, with a con- tinuation, because that parte of Appian is not extant, from the death of Sextus Pompeius, second sonne of Pompey the Great, till the overthrowe of Antonie and Cleopatra, after which time, Octavianus Caesar had the Lordship of all alone. In two parts. Arms of Sir Christopher Ration on verso of title. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. Printed at London by Rause Newbery, and Henrie Bynni- man, 1578 Fine and perfect copy. Printed in black lettee. A BOOK so KABE that Herbert, the bibliographer, could de- scribe only an imperfect copy. Shakespeare found in it An- tony's speech over Caesar's dead body, Brutus 's speech, etc. 8 etc. The New Shakespeare Society in their Transactions, 1875- 76, reproduce the title and reprint a considerable portion of the- volume. Consult, too, Langbaine's ("English Dramatic Poets") notes on "Antony and Cleopatra," and Gildon's "Re- marks on the plays of Shakespeare," 1714, vol. IX. 18. APULEIUS. Les Metamorphoses, ou L'Asne D'Or de L. Apulee Philosophe Platonicien. Engraved title, fine and curious copper-plate engroA^ings, by Crispin de Pas and others. 8vo, original French red moroeeo, gilt tooled back and borders, gilt edges. Paris : Nicolas et Jean de la Coste, 1648 This is the scarce Jean de Montlyard edition, from which Douce quotes very extensively in his ' ' Illustrations " of " Love 'a Labour's Lost." The best account of Banks and his famous horse Morocco is to be found in the notes to this edition, the author himself having seen the horse and his master at Paris. in 1601. 19. ARBEAU (THOINOT). Orchesographie et Traicte en forme de Dialogue, par lequel toutes personnes peuyent facile- ment apprendre & practiquer I'jonneste exerciee des dances. Music and many curious cuts shewing the different positions of the dance. Small 4to, old red morocco, gilt edges. Imprinted audict Lengres par Jehan des preyz, 1589 An extremely rare volume in a fine old binding, illustrated with remarkable wood engravings. Frequently quoted by Douce in his "Illustrations of Shakespeare" (see particularly pages 135, 137, and 301). The present copy formerly belonged to the famous amateur Guyon de Sardiere, whose autograph appears on title, as well as that of Daniel Dumoustier. 20. ARETINO. Verginia: Comedia di M. Bernardo Accolti Aretino intitolato la Verginia con un Capitolo della Madona nuouamente corretta & con somma diligentia ristampata. Rubricated title, woodcut figure on final leaf. Small 8vp, old French red morocco, gilt tooled back and borders, gilt edges. Vinegia: Nicolo di Aristotile detto Zoppino, 1530 Very scarce and early edition, no copy of which seems to be- recorded in an auction catalogue. The earliest edition known to Halliwell-Phillipps was that of 1535, regarding which he writes ' ' [this is] A play on the story that was dramatized by Shakespeare in 'All's Well that Ends Well.' " 21. ARIOSTO(LUDOVICO). Comedia di Messer Lodovico Ariosto intitola ta gli Sopositi. Portrait on title. 12mo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. [Colophon] Stampata in Vinegia per Hicolo di Aristotile di Ferrara detto Zoppino, 1538 ' ' The Taming of the Shrew " is in part founded on this play. 22. ARIOSTO (LUDOVICO). II Negromante. Comedie. 'Portrait on title. 12mo, original vellum. [Colophon] Stampata in Vineggia per Augustino de Bin- doni, 1542 Warburton believed that the plot of ' ' The Tempest ' ' was de- rived from this play. The finest eoUection of the vforks of Ariosto ever brought together in this country is that of the Right Hon. Thomas Grenville (now in the British Museum). So EXCESSIVELY RARE IS THIS LITTLE PIECE THAT MR. GRENVILLE COULD NEVER MEET VTiTH A COPT. No copy was in the Huth collection. Ariosto 's Comedy of "La Cassaria" is bound in at the back, with separate title, pagination and signatures, and with same Colophon as above. 23. ARIOSTO (LUDOVIOO). Orlando Furioso. Woodcut .title and numerous full-page woodcuts. 4to, old calf, rebaeked (one page torn, but perfect). Vinegia: appresso Vincenzo Valarisio, 1558 This volume has the ' ' Annotationi, et Awertimenti, du Girolamo Rvscelli, " at the end, with separate title dated 1558. ' ' Shakespeare, having been carried to this island of Lampe- dusa, appears to have east about for such information as he could gain respecting it, and was thus, perhaps, led to Ariosto, who has given a magnificent description of the shipwreck of Bogero in the seas about the very group of islands of which Lampedusa is one. "Shakespeare's obligations in this play to Ariosto have not been noticed by any former critic; but they appear to be indisputable. ' ' — Hunter 's ' ' New Hlustrations of ' The Tem- pest.' " 24. ARIOSTO (LODOVICO). Orlando Furioso, In Eng- lish Heroical Verse, by Sr. John Harington of Bathe Knight. Now thirdly revised and amended with the Addition of the Author's Epigrams, [by John Budge.] Fine engraved title and plates. Small folio, original calf (title strengthened). London, 1634 Cited by Dyce in his Notes on "King Richard III." and ' ' Macbeth. ' ' The Epigrams appear here for the first time, with separate title, dated 1633, and are cited by Hazlitt (Shake- speare 's Library) in his Notes on ' ' The Merry Wives of "Windsor. ' ' 25. ASCHAM (ROGER). The Scholemaster ; or plaine and perfite way of teaching children, to understand write, and speake, the Latin tong, etc. Small 4to, boards, morocco back. At London: Printed by lohn Daye, 1570 First Edition. This work is referred to by Douce in his Illustrations of ' ' Much Ado About Nothing, ' ' and also by Drake in his ' ' Shakespeare and His Times. ' ' 26. ASCHAM (ROGER). Disertissimi Viri Rogeri Asehami Angli, Regiae Olim Majestati a Latinis Epistolis, familiarium Epistolatum libri tres, magna orationis elegantia eonscripti, 10 nunc denuo emendati & aucti. Quibus Adjunctus est Com- mendatitiarum, Petitoriamm, &c. Hue Accesserant pauca quadam eiusdem R. A. Poemata. Item Oratio E. G. De Vita & obitu B. A., etc. 12ino, full sprinkled calf, canary edges. Londini: Pro Francisco Coldocko, 1581 Drake ("Shakespeare and Ms Times") describes this as "one of the books Shakespeare was well acquainted WITH. ' ' 27. ASHMOLE (ELIAS). Tke Institution, Laws & Cere- monies of the most Noble Order of the Garter. Fine portrait of Charles Second engraved by Shertvin, and thirty double and full-page engravings by Hollar. Large folio, full morocco, gilt, gilt on marbled edges. London, 1672 Beautiful copy of the First Edition, printed on large paper. It contains a long and interesting account of the in- vestiture with the Garter, of Frederick, Duke of Wurtemberg, the ' ' Cosen Grarmombles ' ' and ' ' Duke de Jarmanie " of " The Merry Wives of Windsor. ' ' Consult that interesting Shake- spearean volume, Rye's "England as seen by Foreigners in the days of Elizabeth and James I. " > The title bears in a contemporary hand, "Anglesey Donum Docti Authoris. 13 May 1672," probably Arthur Annesley, then Lord of the Privy Seal, created First Earl of Anglesey in 1661. 28. AUSTIN (S.). Naps upon Parnassus: A Sleepy Muse nipt and pincht, though not awakened. Small 8vo, full blue morocco gilt, gilt edges, by Ramage. London: Printed by express order from the Wits, 1668 First Edition. Vert Rare. At sig. B 4 is a singularly quaint allusion to Shakespeare's "Falstaff": Consult, too, ' ' Fresh Allusions to Shakespere, ' ' pp. 181-182. 29. BABINGTON (GBRVASB, Bishop of Exeter). A very Fruitful Exposition of the Commandments by way of Ques- tions and Answers for greater plainneSse; togither with an application of every one to the soule and Conscience of man, &c., whereunto is newly annexed a Table, containing the prin- cipal! matters in this Booke. Small 4to, half calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. Imprinted at London by R. Robinson, 1596 Black Letter. A very rare and most important volume. In the "Transactions of the New Shakespere Society" (Series VI., No. 6) twenty pages of extracts are given; they include stage plays and players, dancing, wanton looks and books, dicing, etc., etc. 30. [BACON (FRANCIS, Lord Veralam).] A Declara- tion of the Practises & Treasons attempted and committed by Robert late Earl of Essex and his Complices, against her 11 Maiestie and her Kingdoms. Together with the very Confes- sions, &e. Small 4to, half morocco. London: Ecbert Barker, 1601 FiEST Edition. Scaece. A2-Q4 in fours. Good copy with ample outer and lower margins. Halliwell-PMllipps remarks in this work "a curious notice of the play on the subject of Bichard II. (beyond doubt Shakespeare's play) performed by Shakespeare's company." Further, on verso of K2: that the play was olde, and they should have lost in playing it, because fewe would come to it: there was fourty shillings ex- traordinarie given to play it, and so thereupon playd it was." Essex was one of the early patrons of Shakespeare. Consult, too, "Shakespeare's Centurie of Prayse," pp. 35 and 37. Capell's catalogue, No. 344. 31. BACON (FRANCIS, Lord Verulam). The Tvyoo Bookes of the proficienee and aduancement of Learning, diuine and humane. To the King. 4to, full black morocco, elabo- rate blind tooling on sides, gilt edges, by F. Bedford. At London: Printed for Henrie Tomes, 1605 A VERY FINE COPY OF THE FiRST EDITION. Very Rare. • Bacon's masterpiece is cited by Wright in his edition of ' ' As You Like It. ' ' He also points out that Shakespeare, in the- ' ' Merchant of Venice, ' ' and Bacon, in this volume, both fall into the same error in describing the Deity as Lord God of Sabaoth, in supposition that Sabaoth signified something peculiarly high and holy to the Jews, whereas it is simply the Hebrew for hosts or armies. With the bookplate of John Delaware Lewis. THE UNDESCRIBED ISSUE OF THE FIRST EDITION. 32. BACON (FRANCIS, Lord Verulam). The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh. Engraved portrait of Henry VII hy John Payne. Title within elaborate woodcut border. Folio, tree-calf. London : Printed by W. Stansby for Matthew Lownes and "William Barrett, 1622 A SUPERB COPT, PRINTED ON LARGE PAPER. The hxtrem-ely rare (and hitherto undesoribed) first ISSUE OP THE First Edition, containing many differences FROM THE ORDINARY FIRST IMPRESSIONS. There are many differences of spelling, and in the founts of the italics. In very numerous instances the italic capitals A, B, C, E, H, I, K, S, T, W, Y differ, and in the small italic types the final e, n and st vary. In a few cases words which are printed in italics in the present issue are printed in roman type in the ordinary issue. Laid in, is a typewritten list of the variations occurring in- the two issues, 160 in all. So far as we have been able to learn, no notice has been RECORDED OF THESE IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES, which are of SUCh a character as to at once stamp the present copy as being issued PRIOR to the one usually classed as the First Edition. With bookplate of Frank Payne. [See Illustration.] n LOT NUMBER 32 [TITLE-PAGE REDUCED] 33. BACON (FRANCIS, Lord Verulam). The His- torie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh. Portrmt by John Payne. Title within woodcut border. Folio, original calf (a little worn). London: W. Stansby, 1622 Second issue of the First Edition. Good crisp copy, with the numerous variations in spelling and typography from the First Issue. 34. BACON (FRANCIS, Lord Verulam). Certaine Miscellany Works, published by "William Rawley, Doctor of Divinity, one of his Majesties Chaplaines. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed by I. Hauiland for Humphrey Robinson, 1629 FiBST Edition. Contains: "Considerations Touching a Waxre- with Spaine," London, 1629; "An Advertisement Touching an Holy Warre," 1629; "An Offer to our late Soueraiene King lames"; "The History of the Eeigne of King Henry the- Eighth." Each with separate title. 35. [BACON (FRANCIS, Lord Verulam).] Considera- tions Touching a "Warre with Spaine. "Written about five- years since, and inscribed to his Maiestie, At that time Prince of "Wales. 1629 — An Advertisement Touching an Holt "Wabke. "Written in the yeare 1622. "Whereunto the Authour prefixed an Epistle to the Bishop of "Winchester last deceased. 1629. — An Offer To Our Late Soveraignb King- James, Of A Digest To Be Made Of The Lawes of England. 1629 — The History of The Reigne Op King Henry the Eighth. 1629 — The four works bound in 1 vol. Small ito, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed by John Haviland for Humphrey Robin- son, 1629 First Edition. A rare collection. 36. BACON (FRANCIS, Lord Verulam). New Atalantis,, a work unfinished. Folio, full mottled calf, gilt edges (one- corner rubbed), by Lloyd. [1635] First Edition. Cited by Holt in illustration of ' ' The Tem- pest. " 37. BACON (FRANCIS, Lord Verulam). Sylva Sylvarum. or a Natural Historic in Ten Centuries, written by the Right Honourable Francis, Lo. Verulam, Viscount S. Alban, pub- lished after the Author's death, by "William Rawley, D.D. Portrait and engraved title by Gecill. Small folio, full mottled calf, gilt tooled back and borders, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: John Haviland, 1635 Cited by Steevens in his edition of ' ' The Tempest. ' ' Consult,. too, the important account of this volume and its connection; with Shakespeare's plays in " Shakespeariana " (Philadelphia,. April, 1885). 14 38. BACON (FRANCIS, Lord Verulam). The Elements of the Common Lawes of England, Branched into a Double Tract: The one Containing a Collection of some prin- cipall Rules and Maximes of the Common Law, with their Latitude and Extent .... The other The Use of the Common Law, for preservation of our Persons, Goods, and good Names. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed by the Assignes of J. More, 1636-35 First Edition. Tine copy. Eare. 39. BACON (FRANCIS, Lord Verulam). History Naturall and Experimentall, of Life and Death. Or Of the Prolongation of Life. 12mo, old calf. London, 1638 In their notes upon "Romeo and Juliet" both Douce and Halliwell-Phillippg quote from this volume. With the Shadwell Park bookplate. 40. BACON (FRANCIS, Lord Verulam). Operum Moral- ium et Civilium Tomus. Qui continet Historiam Regni Henrici Septimi. Sermones Fideles. Tractatum de Sapientia Veterum. Dialogum de Bello Saero. Et Novam Atlantidem. Cura et Fide Guilielmi Rawley. ... In hoc volumine, iterem excusi, includuntur Tractatus de Augmentis Scientiarum. Historia Ventorum. Historia Vita3 et Mortis. Fine engraved portrait. Folio, full calf extra, line tooled with fleurons, gilt edges, by F. Bedford. Folio. London : Excusum typis Edwardi Griffini, etc., 1638 A suPEHS Labge Paper copt or the Editio Princeps or his "Works." 41. BACON (FRANCIS, Lord Verulam). Operum^ Moral- ium et Civilium. Tomus qui continet : Historiam Regni Henrici VII; Sermones Fideles; Tractatum de Sapientia Veterum; Dialogum de Bello Sacro; Tractatus de Augmentis Scienti- arum ; Historia Ventorum ; Historia Vitae & Mortis. Engraved portrait. Folio, old calf. Londini: Excusum typis Edwardi Griffini, 1638 Editio Princeps of the Opera. 42. [BACON (FRANCIS, Lord Verulam).] Certaine Considerations touching the better pacification, and Edifica- tion of the Church of England ; Dedicated to his most Excel- lent Majestie. Small 4to, half calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. Printed, 1640 While there was an incomplete work with this title issued in 1604, THE PRESENT COPY MAY PROPERLY BE CALLED THE FiRST Edition, as only four leaves of the 1604 edition were printed when it was suppressed by the Bishop of London. A good' copy, with wide fore and lower margins. Rare. 15 43. BACON (FRANCIS, Lord Venilam). A Speech de- livered by Sir Francis Bacon in the Lower House of Parlia- ment. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed Anno, 1641 First Edition. Fine copy, with very wide margins. 44. BACON (FRANCIS, Lord Verulam). A Wise and Moderate Discourse, Concerning Church Affaires. As it was written, long since, by the famous Authour of those Considera- tions, which seem to have some reference to this. Now pub- lished for the common good. Small 4to, sewn, uncut, in cloth case. Imprinted in the yeere 1641 First Edition. Excessively rare, if not unique in its present original condition, never having been touched by the binder. But one other copy appears to have been sold publicly in the past quarter century. 45. BACON (FRANCIS, Lord Verulam). Cases of Trea- son. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt lettered back,, gilt edges, by Riviere. London, 1641 First Edition. 46. BACON (FRANCIS, Lord Verulam). Sermones Fideles, Ethici, Politici. CEconomici; Sive Interiora Rerum. Accedit Faber Fortunae. Curious engraved iitle, shewing the Author lecturing and pointing to a figure representing For- tune, by Dalen. Small 12mo, original calf. First Edition. Lug. Batavorum, 1641 47. BACON (FRANCIS, Lord Verulam). The Historie -of the Reigne of King Henry the Seventh, Whereunto is added a very useful! and necessary Table. Portrait by Marshall; and woodcut title. Folio, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed by R. T. and R. H., 1641 Choice copy. Cited by Malone in his edition of ' ' The Tem- pest. ' ' This work has recently been brought into prominence by Shakespeare-Bacon theorists because of the coincidence that in the Shakespeare series of plays relative to the Kings of England, the only drama missing is that of Henry VII., and, curiously enough, Bacon 's Henry VII. ' ' begins exactly where Shakespeare 's ' ' Richard III. ' ' ends, and it is the only work of its class Bacon put his name to. 48. BACON (FRANCIS, Lord Verulam). Three Speeches 'Concerning the Post Nati, Naturalization of the Scotch in England, and the Union of the Lawes of the Kingdomes of England and Scotland. Small 4to, full polished calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed by Richard Badger, for Samuel Broun, 1641 T'lEST Edition. 36 49. BACON (FEANCIS, Lord Verulam). His Apol- ogie In certaine Imputations concerning the late Earle of Essex. Written To the Right Honourable His very Good Lord, the Earle of Devonshire, Lord Livetenant of Ireland. 4to, sprinkled calf, gilt edges. London: Printed, 1642 50. BACON (FRANCIS, Lord Verulam). Ordinances made for the Better and more Regular Administration of Justice in the Chancery to be Daily Observed, saving the Prerogative of this Court. Small 4to, full crimson levant mo- rocco, gilt and blind tooling, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed for Mathew Walbankej 1642 Fine cqpy of the very raee First Edition. 51.. BACON (FRANCIS, Lord Verulam). The Learned Reading of. Being his double Reading to the Honourable Society of Grayes Inne. . Published for the Common good. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviete. London : Printed for Mathew Walbancke, 1642 First Edition. Fine copy, with ample margins throughout. 52. BACON (FRANCIS, Lord Verulam). XVI Propo- sitions Concerning The Raign and Government of a King .... Wherein is shewed, 1. The power which God hath given to Kings. 2. How a King ought to wear His Crown. 3. To make Religion the Rule of Government. 4. The danger in alteration of Government. 5. The love which a King oweth to His Subjects. The Royal Arms and initials "C.B." below the title. Small 4to, full sprinkled calf. London: Printed for R. Wood, 1647 First Edition. Excessively rare. This little volume seems to be unknown to bibliographers, is merely mentioned by Lowndes who apparently could not locate a copy, and no copy appears to have been sold in over a quarter century. 53. BACON (FRANCIS, Lord Verulam). The Remaines of the Right Honorable Francis Lord Verulam Viscount St. Albanes .... Being Essays and severall Letters to great Personages, &c. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed by B. Alsop, for Lawrence Chapman, 1648 First Edition. 54. BACON (FRANCIS, Lord Verulam). The Union of the two Kingdoms of Scotland and England: Or, The elabo- i-ate Papers of Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, Viscount of St. Alban, sometime High Chancellor of England ; The greatest Statesman of his Nation, and Schollar of his Age, concerning that Affair. Published in this form, for publick satisfaction. 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. Edinburgh: Printed in the year, 1670 FiKST Edition. 17 55. BACON (FRANCIS, Lord Verulam). Baconiana, Or Certain Genuine Remains In Arguments Civil and Moral, Natural, Medical, Theological, and Bibliographical; Now the First time faithfully Published. An Account of these Remains, and of all his Lordship 's other- Works, is given by the Publisher, in a Discourse by way of Introduction. 8vo, half calf. London: Printed by J. D. for Richard Chiswell, 1679 56. BACON (FRANCIS, Lord Verulam). Letters Writ- ten during the Reign of King James the First. Now Col- lected, and Augmented with Several Letters and Memoires, Address 'd by him to the King and Duke of Buckingham', which were never before Published. The Whole being illustrated by an Historical Introduction and some Observations, and dis- pos'd according to the Series of Time. Engraved portrait of Milton, age 66, inserted. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt top, uncut, by Riviere. London : Printed for Benj. Tooke, 1702 First Edition. A superb copy of this important work in EXCESSIVELY HARE UNCUT STATE. Presentation copy to Joseph Ames, the eminent antiquary and bibliographer, from John Loeke. 57. BACON (SIR NICHOLAS). Arguments Exhibited in Parliament Whereby it is proved. That the Persons of Noble men are Attachable by Law, for Contempts by them committed in the right Honourable Court of Chancery, for disobeying the Decrees of that Court. Printed in the Teare, 1641. Small 4to, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd, Wallis and Lloyd. Printed in the Teare, 1641 First Edition. The "Arguments Exhibited" is a most rare little tract which seems to be unknown to both Lowndes and Hazlitt. 58. BAKER (SIR RICHARD). A chronicle of the Kings of England from the time of the Romans Government unto the Raigne of our Soveraigne Lord King Charles. Containing all Passages of State & Church. Engraved title by Marshall, and portrait of Prince Charles hy Dalen. Folio, contemporary calf (portrait slightly stained). London: for Daniel Frere, 1643 First Edition. "After such men, it might he thought ridiculous to speak of Stageplayers ; hut seeing excellency in the meanest things deserve rememhring. * * » Por writers of Playes, and such, as had heen Players themselves, William Shakespeare, and Benjamin Johnson, have specially left their Names recom- mended to posterity." (p. 120). "William Shakespeare an excellent writer of Comedies." Index, referring to the above passage. The engraved title includes a miniature view of London and Southwark, exhibiting two of the Bankside theatres. Mr. Halliwell-Philhpps possessed only an imperfect copy. 18 59. BAKER (SIR RICHARD). A Chronicle of the Kings of England, from the time of the Romans Government unto the Death of King James .... Whereunto is added the Reign of King Charles 1. with a continuation of the Chronicle to the End of the year 1658. Being a full Narrative of the Affaires of England, Scotland and Ireland ; &c. Frontispiece hy Marshall, in ten compartments, with portraits. Folio, full old calf, rebacked). London: Printed by B. Cotes, 3660 This is an bxcessively rare issue, very few copies being KNOWN, Mr. Halliwell-Phillipps being of the opinion that most copies were destroyed in the fire of London. This issue con- tains a passage on p. 503, mentioning Shakespeare. This passage was quite altered in subsequent editions of the Chron- icle, and many of the names of poets were struck out, among which was Shakespeare's. 60. BAKER (SIR RICHARD). Theatrum Triumphans, or a Discourse of Plays, shewing the lawfulness and excellent use of Dramatique Poesy, and vindicating the Stage from all those groundless calumnies and misrepresentations wherewith it is aspersed ; wherein all scruples are removed, and the vain objections of Ilistriomatrix and others fully answered, &c., &e. Small 8vo, original calf (title mounted). London : Printed by S. G. and B. G. for Francis Eglesfield, 1670 Contains a curious reference to Edward Alleyu (at p. 48) : ' ' Famous as well for his Honesty as for his Acting. ' ' 61. BANCROFT (THOMAS). Two Bookes of Epigrams and Epitaphs, dedicated to two top-branches of Gentry: Sir Charles Shirley, Baronet, and William Davenport, Esquire, written by Thomas Bancroft. Small 4to, full old blue straight- grain morocco, gilt and blind tooling (last leaf mounted). London: Printed by J. Okes for Matthew Wallancke, 1639 First Edition. The Mitford copy, bought by this famous Collector in Sept. 1826. On the last leaf are Notes in his Autograph. Epigrams 118 and 119 are addressed "To Shake' speare ' ' ; others are addressed to Ben Jonson, Beaumont, Shirley, etc. This was an exceedingly rare book as long AGO as 1815, for the editors of the Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica reprinted the Shakespeare Epigrams, and priced their copy £20. With the Mitford bookplate. 62. BANDELLO (MATTEO). liistoires Tragiques, Ex- traictes des CEuvres de Bandel, & mises en langue Prancoise : Les six premieres, par Pierre Boaistuau, surnomme Launay, natif de Bretagne, et les suyvantes par Francois de Belleforest Comingeois. 7 vols, small 12mo, full old morocco gilt. Lyon, Turin, Paris, and Rouen, 1564-1604 First complete iSdition, containing much omitted in the issue of 1559. A complete set is most rake. The fifth volume contains the story of Hamlet. Consult the account of this volume given by Capell; also Dr. Furness's edition of 19 "Hamlet," vol. II., p. 88, and HazUtt's "Shakespeare s Li- brary, ' ' Vol. I, part 2, p. 215. As they were published in differ- ent cities of France and Italy, a complete set is of excessive rarity. Vol. I was printed at Lyon; Vol. II, Turin; Vol. Ill, Eouen; IV, Eouen; V, Rouen; VI, Paris; Vol. VII, Bouen. The earliest edition of this translation known to Mr. Grant White was that of 1580. Consult the New Shakespere Society's Capell's "School of Shakespeare. ' ' 63. BANKS (JOHN). Vertue Betray 'd: or, Anna BuUen. A Tragedy. Acted at His Eoyal Highness The Duke's Theatre. Small 4to, full polished calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd and Wallis. London : Printed for R. Bentley and M. Magnes, 1682 First Edition. This play is referred to by HaHiwell- Phillipps in his "Outlines of the Life of Shakespeare." 64. BARCLAY (SIR RICHARD). A Discourse of the Felicitie of Man : or His Summum bonum. Small thick 4to, mottled calf, gilt tooled, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: for William Ponsonby, 1598 First Edition. A most interestiug Shakespearean volume, quoted from by Hunter in his "New Illustrations" of "Ham- let," "Twelfth Night," and " Timon of Athens." Concern- ing the last named, he gives a very long extract showing the similarity of plot in this and in Shakespeare's "Timon." It is well known to Shakespearean students as containing the story of the Induction of the ' ' Taming of the Shrew. ' ' Hazlitt has reprinted it in his "Shakespeare's Library." 65. BARCLAY (SIR RICHARD). The Felicitie of Man, or, His Summum Bonum. Engraved title by W. Marshall. Small 4to, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Lord. London: Printed by R. Y., 1631 This edition is the same as that of 1598 except that it con- tains an engraved title by Marshall, and a leaf, "The Illus- trations to the Frontispiece, ' ' neither of which are found in the 1598 issue. 66. BARLOW (WILLIAM). A Sermon preached at Paules Crosse, on the first Sunday in Lent; Martij 1. 1600. With a short discourse of the late Barle of Essex his confession and penitence, before and at the time of his death Where- unto is annexed a true copie, in substance, of the behaviour, speache, and prayer of the said Earle at the time of his exe- cution. Small 8vo, half calf. At London : Printed for Mathew Law, 1601 First Edition. Black Letter, Very Rare. This little volume contains certain biographical and historical particulars which are not found elsewhere, and which connect it with Shakespearean episode of the irregular performance of a Scene from Richard II. The author was Chaplain to Queen Elizabeth, and was, with two others appointed to attend on the Earl of Essex while the latter was under sentence of death in the Tower. 20 FOVRE BOOKES of Offices: ENABLING PRIVA.T perfons for the Ipeciallferuice of all good Princes and Policies. Madeanddeuifedby BAKiiABi B&xmbs. LONDON Printed at the charges of(j€orge 'Bi/hopt T. aAdams, and Qt 'Burlie, , I 6 06. LOT NUMBER 67 [TITLE-PAGE REDUCED] 67. BARNES (BAENABBE). Foure Bookes of Offices, enabling Private Persons for special Services. Folio, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London, 1606 First Edition. A book of great rarity, and most interesting from its early reference to Shakespeare's "Eichard III." [See Illustration.] 68. BARON (ROBERT). Poeula Castalia, The Author's Motto, Fortune's Tennis Ball, Eliza, Poems, Epigrams, etc. 8vo, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd. London : Printed by W. H., for Thomas Dring, 1650 Original Edition. Ears. Contains references to Shake- speare's "Venus and Adonis" and "Lucrece," besides an epigram addressed to "Sir John Ealstaffe. " See Ingleby's ' ' Shakespeare Prayse. ' ' 69. BARRET (LODOWICK). Ram Alley: or Merrie- Triekes, a Comedy Divers times here-to-fore acted, by the Children of the King's Revels. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. At London : Printed by 6. Eld, 1611 See Shakespeare's "Centurie of Prayse," page 95, and "Fresh Allusions to Shakespeare," page 73. 70. BATMAN (S.). Uppon Bartholome, his Booke De Pro- prietatibus Rerum. Newly corrected, enlarged and amended; with such additions as are requisite, unto every several book. Title within 'woodcut harder. Polio, half calf, gilt edges, by Riviere (hole in title and several leaves remargined) . London: Imprinted by Thomas East, 1582 This is a volume continuously cited by all the editors of Shakespeare, and has been described as ' ' Shakespeare 's Ency- clopsedia. ' ' In Donee's ' ' Illustrations " of " Hamlet, " " Timon of Athens," " Coriolanus, " "The Tempest," "Merchant of Venice, " " As You Like It, " " Macbeth, " " King Henry VI., ' ' Parts II and III, there axe endless references to this volume. See, too, the "Transactions of the New Shakspere Society," 1877-79, Series I. A copy, which purports to be Shakespeare's is in the British Museum. 71. BAUHIN (JOHAN). Historia Plantarum Universalis, Nova, et Absolutissima, Cum Consensu et Dissensu Circa Eas. Continens Descriptiones Stirpium Exactas, Figuras Novas, Ex Ipso Prototypo maxima ex parte depictas, earumden Satum, Cultum, Mangonia, item Vires omnigenas : Preparationes, Ex- tractiones, ac Distillationes praeeipuas; Exoticarum Orientis atque Occidentis, aliarumq ' ; ante nostrum seculum incognita- rum supra Mille Historias novas, Synonima : Aequivoca : Suc- eedanea: praecipuarum linguarum appellationes. Engraved titles and numerous woodcuts. 3 vols, folio, original vellum. Ebroduni, 1650-61 Beisley ("Shakespeare's Garden") makes frequent quota- tions from Bauhin. 22 72. BAYLY (LEWES). The Practice of Pietie. Engraved title. Small 12mo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. Printed at Delf by Abraham laeobs, n. d. See Hunter's "New Illustrations of Shakespeare," Vol. I, page 109. 73. BAYS. The Reasons of Mr. Bays Changing his Re- ligion. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere (some lower lines cut into). London : Printed for S. T., 1688 FiEST Edition. Contains Shakespearean allusions on pp. 7 and 15. 74. BEAUMONT (FRANCIS) and FLETCHER (JOHN). The Knight of the Burning Pestle. Full of Mirth and Delight. Small 4to, mottled calf, gilt tooled back and borders, gilt edges, by Lloyd. London : Printed by N. 0. for I. S., 1635 First issue of the edition of 1635, with Beaumont spelt ' ' Beaumount ' ' and first line of the play ending in ' ' great. ' ' The editor of "Shakespeare's Centurie of Praise" points out that the play contains an allusion to Macbeth and the Ghost of Banquo in the lines starting ' ' When thou art at thy table with thy friends, ' ' and also that Ealph, the 'Prentice, to show his powers, spouts Hotspur's lines (First part Henry IV., Act 1, scene III) „ " By Heaven me thinkes it were an easier leap, ' ' etc. 75. BEAUMONT (FRANCIS) and FLETCHER (JOHN). A King and No King. Acted at the Black-Fryars, by his Maiesties Servants. And now for the fourth time printed, according to the true copie. Small 4to, full polished calf, gilt edges, by Zaehnsdorf . London: Printed by E. 6. for William Leake, 1639 A fine copy of this scarce play. The character of Arbaces in his insolence and magnanimity is considered one of the most striking figures in the English drama. Consult "Fresh Allusions to Shakspere, " page 62.- Consult too, Douce 's ' ' Illustrations " of " Measure for Measure, ' ' and the Ancient English Morris Dance. Capell 's ' ' Catalogue of Shakespeariana, ' ' Nos. 22 and 23. 76. BEAUMONT (FRANCIS) and FLETCHER (JOHN). The Maids Tragedie, As it hath beene Divers times Acted at the Blackfriers, by the King's Majestic 's Servants. Woodcut ■on title. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edge, by Riviere. London : Printed by E. P., for William Leake, 1641 Very scarce. Fine copy, with ample margins. Consult "Fresh Allusions to Shakspere," page 61. A portion is reprinted in Capell 's "School of Shakespeare." Capell 's "Catalogue of Shakesperiana, " No. 24. 23 77. BEAUMONT (FRANCIS)and FLETCHER (JOHN). Comedies and Tragedies Written by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher Gentlemen. Never printed before, And now published by the Authours Originall Copies. Fine impression of the portrait ly Marshall, with the words "Vales Suplex" in italics. Folio, full mottled calf, gilt tooled back and borders, gilt edges, by Lloyd. London: Printed for Humphrey Robinson, 1647 First Edition. Edited by the poet Shirley. There is "per- . haps no book mentioned more frequently by Shakespeare com- mentators than this first folio Beaumont and Fletcher. It is dedicated to the Earl of Pembroke and the publishers recall to his Lordship that the works of ' ' the then expired sweet swan of Avon Shakespeare" was similarly dedicated. Shakespeare is eulogized in the commendatory verses by Denham, Howell, Buck, Cartwright, and Birkenhead. FalstafE is mentioned in Palmer's verses. Portions of this volume are reprinted in Capell's "School of Shakespeare." Capell's Catalogue No. 16. 78. BEAUMONT (FRANCIS) and FLETCHER (JOHN). The Tragedy of Thierry, King of France, and his Brother Theodoret. As it was diverse times acted at the Blacke-Friers, by the Kings Majesties Servants. Printer's device on title. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere (title and following leaf in facsimile). London: Printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1649 A portion of this play is reprinted in Capell 's ' ' School of Shakespeare." Capell's "Catalogue of Shakesperiana, " No. 30. 79. BEAUMONT (FRANCIS) and FLETCHER (JOHN). The Woman Hater, or the Hungry Courtier. A Comedy, As it hath been Acted by his Majestic 's Servants with great Applause. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1649 "Mam. Speak, I am bound to hear. Ghost. So art thou to revenge when thou shalt hear." These words have been turned into ridicule by Fletcher in .his "Woman-hater," Act II. For other allusions to "Hamlet" consult "Shakespeare's Centurie of Prayse," p. 72, and "Fresh Allusions to Shak- spere, " p. 52. A portion is reprinted in Capell's "School of Shakespeare." Capell's "Catalogue of Shakesperiana," No. 32. 80. BEAUMONT (FRANCIS) and FLETCHER (JOHN). The Elder Brother, a Comedy. Acted at the private house in Blacke-Fryers with great applause, by His late Majestie's Servants. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1651 Fine copy of the Second Edition. Consult "Fresh Allusions to Shakespere," page 61. A portion is reprinted in Capell's "School of Shakespeare." Capell 's ' ' Catalogue of Shakesperiana, ' ' No. 20. 24 81. BEAUMONT (FEANCIS) and FLETCHER (JOHN). The Scornful Lady. A Comedy, As it was Acted (with great Applause) by the late King's Majestic 's Servants at the Blacke-Fryers. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed for Humphrey Moscley, 1651 Fine copy. Consult ' ' Shakespeare 's Centurie of Prayse, ' ' p. 117. Halliwell-Phillipps ("Mem. on Hamlet," pp. 62, 63) thinks that "there is an allusion to Shakespeare's tragedy (of 'Ham- let') in some of the lines." A portion is reprinted in Capell 's ' ' School of Shakespeare. ' ' Capell's "Catalogue of Shakesperiana, " No. 29. 82. BEAUMONT (FRANCIS) and FLETCHER (JOHN). Philaster, or. Love lies a bleeding. Acted at the Globe, and Black-friers by his Majestie's Servants. Small 4to, full mot- tled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed for "William Leake, 1652 Fifth Edition. Fine copy, with ample margins. Consult •' ' Fresh Allusions to Shakspere, ' ' page 61. A portion is reprinted in Capell 's ' ' School of Shakespeare, ' ' Capell's "Catalogue of Shakesperiana," No. 27. 83. BEAUMONT (FRANCIS) and FLETCHER (JOHN). Poems. The Golden Remains Of those so much admired Dramatick Poets Together with the Prologue, Epilogues and Songs, many of which were never before inserted in his printed Playes. Small 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere (title in facsimile). London : Printed for William Hope, 1660' The Second Edition. Contains several references to Shake- speare, including the famous Elegy; — " Henowned Spenser lye a tliought more nye To learned Chaucer and rare Beaumont lye A little neerer Spenser, to make roome For Shakespeare in your threefold, fowerfold Tomhe." 84. BEAUMONT (FRANCIS) and FLETCHER (JOHN). Fifty Comedies and Tragedies, including : The Maids Tragedy ; Philaster, or. Love lies a Bleeding ; A King and no King ; The Scornful Lady, a Comedy; The Custom of the Country; The Elder Brother, a Comedy; The Spanish Curate, a Comedy; "Wit without Money, a Comedy; Beggar's Bush, a Comedy; The Humourous Lieutenant, a Tragi-comedy ; The Faithful Shepherdess . . . Rule a "Wife and have a "Wife .... The Wild Goose Chase, a Comedy, &c. Engraved portrait of the author by William Marshall. Thick folio, old calf. London: Printed by John Maeock, 1679" Second Edition. This edition contains a reference to Shake- speare which is not found in the folio of 1647. "If our care- and endeavours to do our Authors right (in an incorrupt and' genuine Edition of their Works) and thereby to gratifie and' 25 oblige the Eeader, be but requited with a suitable entertain- ment, we shall be eneourag'd to bring Ben Jonson's two volumes into one, and publish them in this form; and also to reprint Old Shakespear. " — The Booksellers to the Keader. 85. BEAUMONT (FRANCIS) and FLETCHER (JOHN), Valentinian : A Tragedy. As it is Alter 'd by the late Earl •of Rochester. And Acted at the Theatre Royal. Small 4to, full polished calf, gilt edges. London : Printed for Timothy Goodwin, 1685 FiEST Edition. Has the final leaf of Epilogue. 86. BEAUMONT (FRANCIS) and FLETCHER (JOHN). The Prophetess, or the History of Dioelesian, with Alterations and Additions after the manner of an opera (by T. Bet- terton) . Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1690 First Edition of this Play after its alteration into the form of an Opera. A Prologue written by Dryden gave great offence to the Court. 87. BEAUMONT (FRANCIS) and FLETCHER (JOHN). The Works of Mr Francis Beaumont, and Mr John Fletcher; containing, the Maid's Tragedy. Philaster; or. Love lies a Bleeding. A King and no King. The Scornful Lady, &c., &e. Portraits of the Authors, iy Vertue, and numerous en- gravings illustrating the plays. 7 vols. 8vo, original panelled ■calf. London : Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1711 The First Illustrated Edition, and most valuable as de- picting the costume of the theatre in the early part of the seventeenth century. Douce, in his "Illustrations of Shake- speare," remarks: "How Shalcspeare's characters were hab- ited on the stage in his time, would ie difficult or even im- possible to ascertain with accuracy at present, except in a few instances; but we have no reason to suppose that much pro- priety was manifested on the occasion. Unluckily for us it was not then the practice to decorate the printed plays with frontispieces; and the theatrical prints and pictures even of succeeding times are not very commonly to be met with. It is on this account that the cuts to the first octavo edition of the works of Beaumont and Fletcher are at present extremely valuable, as they serve to record many pleasant absurdities that will not fail to excite a smile in the beholder." 88. BEDFORD (ARTHUR). The Evil and Danger of :Stage-Plays : Shewing their Natural Tendency to Destroy Re- ligion, And introduce a General Corruption of Manners; In almost Two Thousand Instances, taken from the Plays of the two last Years, against all the Methods lately used for their Reformation. 8vo, original calf (worn). London : Printed and sold by W. Bonny, 1706 An extremely rare volume, printed at Bristol. It contains numerous references to plays and dramatists, Shakespeare especially. The present copy contains the rare leaves of ' ' Errata ' ' and "Advertisement" at the end. 26 89. BELLUS (J.). La\irea Austriaca, hoc est, Commen- lariorum de Statu Reipublicae, Nostri Temporis sive de Bello Germanico eiusq; causis, inter Diuum Matthiam, & Invictis- simum Ferdinandum II. Komm. Impp. nee non Pridericum V. Palatinum, aliosque cum Imperii cum extaeros Eeges Prin- •eisesque, gloriose vincente Aquila Caesarea, gesto Libri XII. Quibus ius Haereditarium Inelytae Familiae Austriacae ad successionem Eegnorum Hungariei & Bohemici solide demon- stratur, & omni, quae a principio horum motuum Bellieorum ab Anno Salutis 1617, usque ad Annum 1628, contigerunt, non tantum Historice & Politice pertractantur sed & res gesta flguris aneis, aeeedentibus Regum, Principum, Virorumq, lUustrium, quorum in hac historia mentio fit, vivis Iconibus, representantur. Engraved title, numerous plates, portraits, amd maps. Folio, full mottled calf, gilt tooled, gilt edges, by Riviere. Francofurti : Erasmi Kempfferi, 1627 Cited by Singer in his notes on ' ' Romeo and Juliet. ' ' Beauti- ful copy. 90. BENTHEM (HEN. LUDOLP). Neu-eroflfneter Enge- landischer Kirch, und Schulen-Staat, zum nuken, aller nach diesem Konigreich Reisenden, Bon dem nummehro sel. herrn Berfasser selbst von neuen ausgefertigt, mit vielen nuMichen und angeneh-men Nachrichten, &c. Portraits of the Author, Ludovicus Riidolphus, and numerous plates hy Buhl. Thick 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt tooled, gilt edges, by Lloyd. Leipzig, 1732 Consult Cohn 's ' ' Shakespeare in Germany. ' ' 91. BERGERAC (CYRANO). Les (Euvres de Monsieur de Cyrano Bergerac. 2 vols. 8vo, old calf. Paris, 1676 Contains plagiarisms of "Cymbeline," "Hamlet," and "The Merchant of Venice." Consult Mr. Lee's "Life of Shake- speare, ' ' p. 347 ; also Douce 's ' ' Illustrations " of " King Henry VI.," Part II; With the bookplate of J. B. de S. Port. 92. [BERKENHEAD (SIR JOHN). The Assembly-Man. Written in the Year 1647. With a brilliant impression of the fine and exceedingly rare portrait of Hugh Peters, hy Fai- ihorne. Small 4to, full springled calf, gilt edges. London : Printed for Richard Marriot, 1662-3 The excessively rare First Edition. Peters is said to have been a player in Shakespeare's company of actors. 93. BERMUDAS. A Mapp of the Sommer Hands, once called the Bermudas, etc. Engraved by Abraham Goos. Double-page. Royal folio, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. Amstelodamensis, 1626 According to Douce ' ' Illustrations of Shakspeare ' ' the scene of "The Tempest" is laid in these Islands. 27 94. BEBNERS (JULIANA). The Gentleman's Academie,, or the Booke of St. Albans. Containing three most exact and excellent Bookes ; the first of Hawking, the second of all the proper termes of Hunting, and the last of Armorie, all com- piled by luliana Barnes, in the yere from the incarnation of Christ, 1486. And now reduced into a better method, by G[ervase] M[arkham]. Woodcuts. Small 4to, half old mo- rocco (writing on title). London : Printed for Humf rey Lownes, 1595 First Edition of Markham's translation. A tine and- LARGE COPY OP THIS EXCESSIVELY RARE ELIZABETHAN VOLUME, ■WITH ALL THREE TITLES. The Only copy mentioned by Lowndes was the Duke of Roxburghe's. The title-page of this edition is reproduced by Mr. Plomer in his "Shakespeare Printers." An autograph letter from Nathan Drake (the Shakespearean critic) in reference to this volume, is inserted. 95. BBSCHREIBUNG einer Reiss welche der durchleuchtig hochgeborne Purst und Herr Priderich Hertzog zu Wurtem- berg unnd Teck, Grave zu Mumppelgart in jahr 1599, auss dem Landt zu Wurtemberg in Italiam gethan, etc. Portrait of the Duke of Wurtemberg, and illustration of the badge of the Garter Order. Small 4to, old vellum, rebaeked (pp. foxed) . Mumppelgart, 1602 The fine Portrait of the Duke of Wurtemberg is interesting because he has been immortalized by Shakespeare (in the "Merry Wives of Windsor") as Cousin Garmombles. 96. BETTERTON (THOMAS). The Life of Mr. Thomas Betterton, the late Eminent Tragedian. Wherein the Action and Utterance of the Stage, Bar, and Pulpit, are distinctly considered. With the Judgment of the late ingenious Monsieur de St. Evremond, upon the Italian and French Music and Opera's; &c. To which is added, the Amorous Widow, A Comedy. Portrait of Betterton by Van der Gucht. 8vo, old sprinkled calf. London : Printed for Robert Gosling, 1710 Consult Halliwell-Philipps 's "Outlines of the Life of Shake- speare, ' ' vol. II, p. 251. Betterton visited Stratf ord-on-Avon in quest of information concerning Shakespeare. 97. BETTERTON (THOMAS). The Sequel of Henry the Fourth : with the Humours of Sir John Falstaffe, and Justice Shallow. As it is Acted by His Majesty's Company of Com- edians, At the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. Alter 'd from Shakespear, by the late Mr. Betterton. 8vo, half calf. London: For W. Chetwood at Cato's Head [ca. 1719] 98. BEZA (THEODORE). Les Vrais Pourtraits des Hommes lUustres en Piete et Doctrine. Traduicts du Latin de Theodore de Besze. Portrait of James VI. of Scotland on 28 ^erso of title, with many other woodcut portraits and emblems. ■Small 4to, original calf, polished. [Geneva:] Jean de Leon, 1681 Green in his ' ' Shakespeare and the Emblem Writers ' ' cites this volume in illustration of "The Merchant of Venice," "Julius Osesar," "Hamlet," etc., and reproduced two of the illustrations. 99. BIBLE. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New, newly translated out of the originall Tongues and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised by his Majesties speciall Command, &c. Engraved title. 2 vols, old morocco (rebacked), gilt edges, with metal ■centre-pieces and clasps. Printed by Roger Daniel, Printer to the Universitie of Cambridge, 1648 Beneath the title is a miniature view of Old London, show- ing Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. 100. BINDLEY (J.). Catalogue of the Curious and Ex- tensive Library of the late James Bindley; Catalogue of British Portraits; Prints, Drawings; Coins and Medals, etc. 2 vols. 4to, full green morocco, richly gilt backs and sides, gilt «dges, by Hering. London, 1818-1819 Neatly priced in ink. The catalogue was issued in 4to and 8vo, the latter have been inlaid to 4to. There were many Shakespeare items both of books and portraits. 101. BISHOP (SIR HENRY, Musical Composer). Holo- graph Letter Signed, 4 pages 4to, Albany Street, Monday morning. To F. Reynolds, Esq., in reference to "The Taming of the Shrew," he speaks of the order given to him by Mr. Price informing him of the stoppage of his salary at the (Drury Lane) Theatre. He continues speaking in painful tones of his discharge from the theatre, and also of his entire occupa- tion in the service of it. Sir Henry Rowley Bishop composed music for "The Mid- summer Night's Dream," "The Comedy of Errors," "Twelfth Night, " " Henry IV., ' ' pt. II., ' ' Two Gentlemen of Verona, ' ' "Love's Labour's Lost." 102. BLAGRAVE (JOSEPH). Blagrave's Astrological Practice of Physick discovering the true way to Cure all kinds 'of Diseases and Infirmities which are Naturally incident to the body of Man, Being performed by such Herbs and Plants which grow within our own Nation, . . . Also A discovery of some notable Phylosophical Secrets worthy our knowledge, &c. Diagrams. 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed by S. G. and B. G. for Obad. Blagrave, 1672 Cited by Hazlitt, ("Shakespeare's Library") in his notes on "The First Part of the Contention of York and Lancaster." 29 103. BLAXTON (JOHN). The English Usurer; or Usury Condemned, by the most learned and famous Divines of the Church of England, &c. Curious frontispiece. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed by lohn Norton, lbd4 First Edition. "This little volume has a curious frontis- piece of a devil seising hold of a Usurer which affords a good illustration on the verses on John a'Cornbe attributed to ShaTce- ^pgare. ' >_Halliwell-Phillipps. The present copy has the leaf explaining the illustration. 104. BLOUNT (THOMAS). Glossographia ; or a Diction- ary interpreting all such Hard Words, "Whether Hebre.w, Greek, Latin, Italian, &c. Also the Terms of Divinity, Law, Physick, &e., with Etymologies, Definitions, and Historical Observations on the same. 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed by Tho. Newcomb, 1656 Cited by Theobald in his edition of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," and by Douce in his "Illustrations of Shakspeare"^ (the" ancient English morris dance). 105. BLOUNT (THOMAS POPE). De Re Poetiea; or. Re- marks upon Poetry, with Characters and Censures of the Most Considerable Poets, whether Ancient or Modern. Small 4to, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd. London : Printed by Ric. Everingham, for R. Bentley, 1694 First Edition. The life of Shakespeare will be found at pages 202-206. 106. BLUNDEVILL (T.). The foure chief est Offices be- longing to Horsemanship. The four parts in one volume. Woodcut title borders, woodcuts of hits, etc. Small 4to, full polished calf, gilt back and borders. London: Peter Short, 1597 Douce in his Illustrations of ' ' Merry Wives of Windsor, ' ' remarks: "We are told that this (pass'd the careiras') is a technical term in the manege; iut no explanation is given. It was the same as running a career, or galloping a horse vio- lently iacTcwards and forwards, stopping him suddenly at the end of the career; 'which career the more seldom it fee used and with the lesse fury, the ietter mouth shall your horse hove,' says Master Blundeville in his 'Arte of ryding,' h. 1. 4to, where there is a whole chapter on the subject. ' ' The four books consist of the Order of Breeding of Horses, Art of Riding, Dieting of Horses, and Curing Horses ' Diseases. 107. BOADEN (JAMES). An Inquiry into the Authen- ticity of various Pictures and Prints, which from the decease of the poet to our own times, have been offered to the public as Portraits of Shakespeare ; containing a careful examination of the evidence on which they claim to be received: . . Illus- 30 trated iy accurate and finished engravings, by the Ablest Artists, from such originals as were of indisputable Authority. 4to, half morocco, gilt top, uncut. London, 1824 Large paper, with proof impressions of the five portraits on India paper; only TWENrY-rivB copies so issued. Three autograph letters of Boaden are inserted. 108. BOARD (ANDREW). Scogin's Jests, Full of Witty Mirth and Pleasant Shifts; done by him in France and other places. Being a Preservative against Melancholy. Black letter. Small 4to, sprinkled calf, gilt edges. London: Printed for W. Thackeray [1640-50] Shakespeare makes a curious reference to Scogan in his second part of "King Henry IV." 109. BOCCACCIO (GIOVANNI). Genealogia de gli Dei in quindeci Libri sopra la Origine et discendenza di tutti gli Dei de' gentili, con la spositione & sensi allegoriei delle favole. & con la dichiaratione dell' historic appartenenti a detta materia. Tradotti et Adornati per Messer Guiseppi Betussi da Bassano. Aggiuntavi la Vita del Boccaccio con le tavole d' i capi & di tutte le cose degne di memoria che nella presente fatica si contengono, &c. Numerous ornamental initials. 4to, original vellum. Stampato in Vinegia per Comino da trino di Monferrato, 1547 Pine copy, with the final leaf having printer's device. " It is probable ihat Shakespeare might have consulted some translation (there is none in English) of Boccaccio's 'Gene- alogy of the Gods,' which appears to have occaHonaUy sup- plied him with his mytholoqical information." Douce 's Illus- trations of "Midsummer Night's Dream." 110. BOCCACCIO (GIOVANNI). II Decameron, Ricor- retto in Roma, et Emendato secondo I'ordine del Sacro Cone, di Trento, et riscontrato in Firenze con Testi Antichi & alia sua vera lezione ridotto da Deputati di loro Alt. Ser. Nuova- mente Stampato. Portrait of the author on title. 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd. In Fiorenza : Nella Stamperia de i Giunti, 1573 Printed on blue paper. I'inb copy. Rare. . Douce considers that portions of the plots of ' ' The Tempest, ' ' "Two Gentlemen of Verona," "Merry Wives of Windsor," "Much Ado About Nothing," and "Merchant of Venice" are taken from Boccaccio. Steevens considered that for the plot of ' ' Cymheline ' ' Shake- speare was almost exclusively indebted to Boccaccio's novel of^ Bernabo Lomellin, Day 2, novel 9. Mr. Malone has proved this beyond the possibility of doubt. A portion is reprinted in Capell's "School of Shakespeare,"' but he had to use the reprint of 1725. 31 111. BOCCACCIO (GIOVANNI). II Filocopo di M. Gio- vanni Boccaccio. Di nuouo riueduto, eorretto, & alia sua vera lettione ridotto da M. Francesco Sansouino. 12mo, old calt gilt. Venetia, Giouan Antonio Bertano, 1575 This story resembles "Romeo and Juliet" (consult the "fw Shakespere Society's edition of "Romeus and Juliet, 1878, pages VII and VIII. 112. BOCCACCIO (GIOVANNI). Le Philocope de Mes- sire Jean Boccace Florentin. Contenant I'histoire de Fleury & Blanchefleur, divise en sept livres, et Noiivellement Imprime, Traduict d'ltalien en Francais par Adrian Sevin, gentilhomme de la maison de Monsieur de Gie. Small 8vo, old French mo- rocco, carmine edges. A Paris : Pour Gilles Kobinot, 1575 A VKKT RAKE LITTLE VOLUME. Daniel, in his notes on "Romeus and Juliet" (New Shak- spere Society, 1875), remarks: "Some account of the story seems to have penetrated at an early date into France." 113. BODIN (J.). De la Demonomanie des Sorciers. A Monseigneur M. Chrestofle de Thou Chevalier Seigneur de Caeli, premier President en la Cour de Parlement, & Conseil- ler du Roy en son prive Conseil. 4to, original vellum. Paris : Chez lacques du Puys, 1580 First Edition; a Large Paper copy, with genuine blank leaves at beginning and end. Consult Dr. Furness's edition of "Macbeth," page 403, and Douce 's "Illustrations" of "King Henry V." Contemporary autographs and library stamps on title. 114. BOETHIUS (HECTOR). Scotorum Historiae a Prima Gentis origine, cum Aliarum et rerum et gentium illustratione non vulgari, Libri XIX. Accessit & huic editioni ■eisusdem Scotorum Historiae continuatio, per Joannem Fer- rerium Pedemontanum, recens & ipsa scripta & edita. Thick folio, old calf, rebacked. Parisiis, 1574 First Complete Edition. The historical incidents in "Mac- beth ' ' were derived by Shakespeare from Boethius. 115. BOHN (HENRY G.). The Biography and Bibliog- raphy of Shakespeare (including an Account of every known Edition of his Works, either together or separately printed. Translations and Commentaries), illustrated vnth 10 engrav- . ings, including accurate copies of the Droeshout head, portrait hy Jansen, the Chandos head, and the Stratford Bust. Small 4to, half morocco, uncut. N. p., 1863 This excessively rare volume was printed for the Members of the Philobiblion Society, limited to Forty Persons of Wealth and Rank. G. Daniels' copy sold (40 years ago) for £17 5s. The present copy bears an inscription presenting it to "The Right Honourable the Earl Russell presented by Henry G. Bohn, Jany. 18, 1865." 32 116. BOISSARD (JAN JACQUES). Bmblematum Liber.. Ipsa Emblemata ab Auctore delineata: & Theodoro de Bry sculpta, & nunc recens in lucem edita. Engrcwed title, por- trait of the Author, and numerous emblematical engravings by Theodore de Bry. Small 4to, old sprinkled calf (title mounted). Francofurti ad Moenum, 1593 Fine copy. Bare. Noted in Greene 's ' ' Shakespeare and the Emblem Writers." 117. BOISSARD (J. J.). Theatrum Vitae Ilumanae. A. J. J. Boissardo Vesuntino conscriptum et a Theodoro Bryio artificiosissimis Historiis illustratum. Engraved title, por- trait of the author, and numerous engraved vignettes in the text. 4to, full olive levant morocco, richly gilt tooled sides, gilt over marbled edges, marbled flys. [Colophon] Excussus typis Abrahami Fabri, Francfurdiani, 1596 A supeVb copy of the First Edition, with ample margins throughout. Green ("Shakespeare and the Emblem Writers") cites this volume as Illustrative of "As You Like It," "Merchant of Venice," "Midsummer Night's Dream," "Love's Labour's Lost," "King Henry VL," Part III, " Hamlet," "Titus Andronieus, " " Eomeo and Juliet, " " Macbeth, " " King John," etc., etc., etc. He reproduces three of the Illustrations. 118. BOLTON (EDMUND). The Elements of Armories. Niimerous engravings of armorial shields, etc. 4to, old half calf. At London : Printed by George Eld, 1610 First Edition. Cited by Hunter in his "New Illustrations" of "A Winter's Tale." 119. BOYDELL (JOHN and JOSIAH). An Alphabetical Catalogue of Plates, engraved by the most esteemed artists, after the finest pictures and drawings of the Italian, Flemish, German, French, English, and other schools. Royal 8vo, half calf, gilt edges. London, 1803 Contains numerous plates relating to Shakespeare's plays, scenes and characters, etc., and pages XIX to XXIX consist entirely of subjects composing the Shakespeare Gallery. 120. BRANT (SEBASTIAN). Stultifera Navis, the Ship of Fooles, wherein is shewed the folly of all States, with divers other Workes adjoyned unto the same, very profitable and fruitfull for all men, translated out of Latin (with the Text) into Englishe, by Alexander Barclay, Priest, with his Mirrour of Good Manners (from Manius), and Egloges, from the Miseriae Curialium of .^neas Silvius. Illustrated with 115 most curious woodcuts. Black letter, and Roman. Folio, full brown morocco, gilt and blind tooling, gilt edges, by Hayday. Imprinted at London : John Cawood, 1570 Fine copy. Bare. A book well known to Shakespeare. Two of the wood en- gravings are reproduced by Halliwell in his folio Shakespeare, 33 Vol. 2, page 147, as illustrating "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," and Vol. 14, page 116, as illustrating Macbeth. Dr. Farmer (Essay on the learning of Shakespeare) con- siders that Shakespeare was indebted to Barclay for some lines in "Macbeth." This edition contains "The Mirour of Good Maners" and " Gertayne Egloges of Alexander Barclay Priest," etc. In this edition the English free version of the "Ship of Fooles" is also made to follow the original Latin, the former in black and the latter in roman letter. The ■ "Eglogues," of which there are three separate editions, are printed in a verv small Black Letter. The first three are taken from the ' ' Miseriae Curialium ' ' of Aeneas Sylvius. These other pieces of Barclay are not in Pynson's Edition. 121. BRANTOME (PIERRE DE BOURDEILLB, Seig- neur de). Memoires ; Contenant Les Vies des Dames lUustres de France de son temps. 12mo, old calf. A Leyde : Chez Jean Sambix le Jeiine, 1699 Cited by Donee in his "Illustrations" of "Twelfth Nisht." Consult, too, his notes "On the Clowns and Fools of Shake- speare. ' ' 122. BRATHWAITE (RICHARD). A Strappado for the Divell ; Epigrams and Satyres alluding to the time, with divers measures of no lesse Delight. Small 8vo, full crimson straight- grain morocco, gilt edges. London : Printed by I. B. for Richard Redmer, 1615 First Edition. It has the leaf of errata, and the two leaves to be nlaced at the end of the First book. A long account of this very rare volume (and of its Shate- STtearean interest ■) is given by Payne Collier in hia "Eareat Books in the English Language." "Love's Labyrinth" has a separate title-page and pagination. 123. BRATHWAITE (RICHARD). Nature's Embassie: or, the Wide-man's Measures: Danced naked by twelve Satyres, with sundry others continued in the next Section. Engraved title. Small 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. [London] : Printed for Richard Whitaker, 1621 First Edition. Hunter, in his "New Illustrations" of "Hamlet," cites this work. 124. BRATHWAITE (RICHARD). The English Gentle- woman. Engraved frontispiece iy Marshall. 4to, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed by B. Alsop and T. Pawcet, for Michaell Sparke, 1631 First Edition. Has the fine engraved frontispiece by Mar- shall, but wants the folding explanation. A much rarer work than ' ' The English Gentleman ' ' by the same author, issued the previous year. Contains Shakespearean allusions on pp. 139 and 197. 125. BRATHWAITE (RICHARD). A Survey of History : or, a Nursery for Gentry. Contrived and Comprized in an Intermixt Discourse upon Historical and Poeticall Relations. 34 Distinguished into several heads for the Direction of the Reader, to all such Historical Mixtures, as be Comprehended in this Treatise. Engraved frontispiece hy Marshall. Small 4to, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. Imprinted at London by I. Okes, for lasper Emery, 1638 Cited by Hunter in his ' ' New Illustrations " of " Macbeth. ' ' Dedicated to Henry Lord Wriothesley, Shakespeare's patron. 126. BRATHWAITB (RICHARD). The Honest Ghost; or, a Voice from the Vault. With two frontispieces (in fac- simile, as are also title and several leaves). Small 8vo, full green levant morocco, gilt edges. London: Printed by Ric. Hodgkinsonne, 1658 The rare First Edition. The frontispieces were used by Halliwell-Phillipps to illustrate Shakepeare's "Measure for Measure. ' ' • 127. BRATHWAITE (RICHARD). Drunken Barnaby's Four Journeys to the North of England, in Latin and English verse. Wittily and merrily (tho' near one hundred years ago) composed ; found amongst some old musty books that had a long time lain by in a corner, and now at last made public. To which is added Bessy Bell. Curious frontispiece and plate. Small 8vo, full crimson levant morocco gilt, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed by S. lUidge, 1716 Second Edition, containing preliminary matter and an Index, not found in the First Edition. Fine copy. " Braithwaite, however, in his "Barnaby's Journal" .speaks of As You Like It as a proverbial motto, and this seems more likely to imply the true explanation of the title of Shakespeare 's play. The title of the comedy may, on this supposition, be exactly paralleled with that of ' ' Much Ado About Nothing. ' ' 128. BREVAL (JOHN). Remarks on several Parts of Europe Relating chiefly to the History, Antiquities and Geography, of those Countries through which the author has travel'd; as France, the Low Countries, Lorrain, &c. Maps, plans and numerous copperplates. 4 vols, folio, original calf, rebacked. London : Printed for Bernard Lintot, 1726 Lakge Paper Copt of the First Edition. Breval is the first Englishman to give an account of Romeo and Juliet's tomb at Verona. He says that ' ' when he was surveying the antiquities of Verona: the guide or cicerone drew his attention to an old iuilding, which about a hundred years before, was converted into a house for orphans, and told him that when the alteration was malcing, in pulling down an old wall the workmen happened to irealc down an old tomb, in which they found two coffins, which by the inscription yet visible upon the stone appeared to contain the bodies of a young couple that had come by their death in a very tragical manner about three centuries before. The guide then related the story, which is that of Eomeo and Juliet, with the exception that it was real poison which Juliet took. Me says that the discovery excited great attention at the time in Verona, but adds that he could not learn what became either of the stone chest or the ashes that were in it." 35 129. BROMB (R.). The Antipodes: A Comedie. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed by J. Okes, for Francis Constable, 1640 First Edition. Very fine copy. Bare. A portion is reprinted in Capell's "School of Shalsespeare. " CSted by Steevens in his edition of ' ' Macbeth. ' ' 130. BROOKE (FULKE GREVILLB, Lord). Certaine Learned and Eleant Workes .(consisting of Poems, Plays, Sonnets, and Letters), of the Right Honourable Fulke Lord Brooke, written in his Youth, and Familiar Exercise with Sir Philip Sidney. Folio, full sprinkled calf (a little rubbed), canary edges. London: Printed by E. P, for Henry Seyle, 1638 First Edition. ' ' It is singular that all copies of this volume of poems 'begin at page S3. It is conjeatured that the absent pages consisted of a 'Treatise on Religion,' which, as Mr. Malone surmises in his 'Historical Account of the English Stage,' was cancelled by the order of Archbishop Laud." . . . Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica. Cited by Hunter in his ' ' New Illustrations " of " The Tem- pest. ' ' 131. BROOKE (RAPHE). A Catalogue and Succession of the Kings, Princes, Dukes, Marquesses, Earles, Viscounts of this Realme of England, since the Norman Conquest, to this present yeare 1619. Together with their Armes, Wives, and Children : the times of their deaths and burials, with many of their memorable Actions, &c. Title within ivoodcut border and numercms coats of arms, etc. Folio, full mottled calf, gilt edges, bv Riviere. [London] : Printed by William laggard, 1619 First Edition. Printed by William Jaggard, from whose press the first folio Shakespeare also came. There are numer- ous and extensive manuscript notes on the margins throughout the volume. Jaggard-Brooke controversy. 132. BROOKE (RAPHE). A Catalogue and Succession of the Kings, Princes, Dukes; Marquesses, Earles, and Vis- counts of this Realme of England, since the Norman Conquest to this present yeere 1622, together with their Armes, Wives, and Children; the times of their Deaths and Burials, with many of their memorable Actions. Title within woodcut border, a/nd numerous heraldic woodcuts in the text. Folio, full mottled calf, gilt edges. No imprint, 1622 Second edition. The many errors of the first edition were denounced by Brooke 's critics, and in his preface to this second edition he ascribes these same errors to the carelessness of his printer Jaggard. There are numerous manuscript marginal notes. 36 133. BROWNE (JOHN). Adenochoiradelogia ; or, An Anatomick-Chirurgical Treatise of Glandules & Struniaes, or Kings-Evil Swellings. Together with the Royal gift of Heal- ing, or Cure thereof by Contact or Imposition of Hands, per- formed for above 640 years by our Kings of England. Frontispiece of King Charles touching, and portrait of the Author by B. White. 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed by Tho. -Newcomb for Sam. Lownde, 1684 First Edition. Fine copy, with the rare preliminary leaf. Contains the best account of touching for the King's evil (scrofula), which Shakespeare described in "Macbeth." 134. BROWNE (THOIMAS). Pseudodoxia Epidemica, or. Enquiries into very many received Tenants, and commonly presumed Truths. Polio, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed by T. H., for Edward Dod, 1646 First Edition. Eeferred to by Douce in his Illustrations of "King Henry VI.," Part III; by Hunter in his "New Illus- trations" of the same play, and by Malone in his edition of "As You Like It." The present copy is in especially choice condition, with the preliminary leaf of License. 135. BROWNE (THOMAS). Hydriotaphia, Urne-Buriall : or, A Discourse of the Sepulchral Urnes latelj- found in Nor- folk. Together with The Garden of Cyrus, or the Quincunciall Lozenge, or Net-work Plantations of the Ancients, Artifically, Naturally, jMystieally considered with sundry Observations. Engraved plate of nr)is. Small 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed for Hen. Brome, 1658 First Edition. Quoted from by Dyce in his edition of "Macbeth." Fine, clean copy, with good margins. Has the en- graved plate of the urns, the f routispieee to the ' ' Garden of Cyrus, ' ' the leaf containing ' ' Books printed for Hen. Brome,.' ' and the final leaf with ' ' Dr. Brown 's Garden of Cyrus ' ' printed in bold face type. 136. BROWNE (W.). Britannia's Pastorals, in two Bookes. Small 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere (title re- paired). London: Printed by John Havilaud, 1625 This important work was composed before the poet had at- tained his twentieth year. Douce, in his ' ' Illustrations ' ' of ' ' Macbeth, ' ' cites tliis work, as does also HalliweH-Phillipps in his Notes on "As You Like It. ' ' 137. BRUNO (GIORDANO). Candelaio: comedia del Bruno Nolano Achademico di nulla Achademia ; detto il f ast- idito. Small 8vo, half calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. In Pariggi : Appresso Guglielmo Giuliano, 1582 First Edition. Fine copy of this very rare work. A work of great interest to the student of Shakespearean literature, containing several points of contact with Shakesi:'e?re. Bruno's writings had a considerable influence upon the Eliza- bethan, dramatists. 138. BRUNO (GIORDANO). Boniface, et le Pedant Comedie en Prose. 8vo, old morocco, gilt edges. Pans, Ibdd 139. BRUSCAMBILLE. Le Fantasies, Contenant plusieurs Diseours, Paradoxes, Harangues & Prologues facecieux. Faits par le Sieur de Lauriers, Comedien. Engraved frontispiece. Small 8vo, full russia, gilt edges, by Thouvenin. Paris: Chez lean MiUot, 1615 First Edition op a volume op sinoular rabitt. Both Halliwell-Phillippa and Singer quote from it in their edition of ' ' Romeo and Juliet. ' ' 140. BUCHANAN (GEORGE). Rerum Scoticarum His- toria. Woodcut on title. 8vo, old calf. [Colophon] Impressum Francofvrti Moenvm, apvd loannem Wechelvm, 1584 There caji be no doubt that many of the incidents in "Mac- beth" were derived from Buchanan. 141. BUCK (GEORGE, Master of the Revels and Licenser of Stage Plays). His signature to a State Paper dated De- cember, 1606. Folio, half calf, by Riviere. Sir George Buck (who was a minor poet and licenser of stage-plays) licensed "Antony and Cleopatra," "A Winter's Tale," and "Pericles" (consult HaJliwell-Phillipps 's "Out- lines of the Life of Shakespeare"). A most rake autograph. 142. BUCK (GEORGE). The History of the Life and Reigne of Rich,ard the Third, composed in Five Bookes. Eip- graved portrait hy Cross (repaired). Folio, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd, Wallis and Lloyd. London : Printed by "W. "Wilson, 1647 Dr. Farmer's (the eminent Shakespearean Scholar) copy, with a note in his autograph on the fly-leaf. Inserted is an autograph letter from Malone to Farmer rela- tive to this book. It is dated Dec. 29, 1807, a,nd covers two quarto pages. Probably written in Shakespeare's time, as Buck died in 1623, Malone doubts that Buck was the real author, although Eitson insists on it. Contrary to all previous writers Buck makes King Eichard an admirable man, and not at all the same as Shakespeare and other authors describe him. 143. BULLEIN (W.). Bulwarke of Defence against Sick- nesse, Soarenesse, and Woundes that doe dayly assaults Man- 'kinde : which Bulwarke is kept with Hilarius the Gardener, & Health the Physician, with the Chirurgian, to helpe the Wounded Souldiers, Gathered and practised from the most worthy learned, both olde and newe to the great comfort of Mankinde, etc. Titles within woodcut borders and numerous wood engravings. Folio, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by 38 Lloyd, Wallis and Lloyd (a few leaves extended on inner margin, and some are shorter than the rest) . London : Thomas Marsh, 1579 Printed in Black Letter. Very fine clean copy. A VOLUME OF VERY GREAT RARITY when quite perfect (as is the present copy). The subject of the volume caused copies to be greatly thumbed and used; it suffered, too, on account of its fine and curious woodcuts. The portrait of BuUeyn is nearly always wanting. It is frequently cited by Douce. Consult his "Illus- trations" of "The Tempest," "Two Gentlemen of Verona," ' ' Merry Wives of Windsor, ' ' and ' ' Romeo and Juliet. ' ' 144. BULLOKAR (J.). An English Expositor: Teaching the Interpretation of the hardest words used in our Language. Small 12mo, full mottled calf, gilt edges on the rough, by Lloyd. London : Printed by J. L., 1656 Cited by Douce in his "Illustrations" of "King Henry IV.," Part 1, and by Malone in his edition of "As You Like It" and "Othello." 145. BULWEE (JOHN). A View of the People of the "Whole "World ; or a Short Survey of their Polities, Dispositions, Naturall Deportments, Complexions, Ancient and Moderne Customes, Manners, Habits, and Fashions; a Worke every- where adorned with Philosophicall, Morall, and Historieall Observations on the Occasions of their Mutations and Changes throughout all Ages. Engraved title ly Cross; portrait of the author hy Faithorne, and numero-us woodcuts. Small 4to, ■original calf (hinges weak). London : Printed by William Hunt, 1654 The Best Edition. Has the leaf at front ' ' The intent of the Frontispiece unfolded. ' ' Apparently printed from the same plates- as the edition of 1653, with the extra leaf between pp. 122 and 123 and with the variation in the title, printed in red and black. Certain of these curious cuts were used by Halli- "well-Phillipps to illustrate Shakesoeare 's ' ' Tko Gentlemen of Verona, " " Measure for Measure, ' ' and ' ' Hamlet. ' ' 146. BURTON (ROBERT). The Anatomy of Melancholy: Tvhat it is, "With all the kindes, Causes, Symptomes; Prog- nosticks, and severall cures of it, in three maine partitions, Tvith their severall sections, members & Subsections. Philoso- phically, Medicinally, Historically opened & cut up. By I)emocritus Junior. "With a Satyricall Preface, conducting to the following Discourse. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt •edges, by Riviere. Oxford : Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, 1624 The Second Edition, and the First Polio Edition. Choice copy. Very Rare. Referred to in Shakespeare's "Century of Prayse. ' ' 39 147. BURTON (ROBERT). The Anatomy of Melancholy, prognostickes & severall cures of it. In three Partitions with their severall Sections, members & subsections. Engraved title. Folio, full calf, gilt back, gilt edges.- Oxford : Printed for Henry Cripps, 1628 The Third Edition, hut the First with the engraved title, containing the portrait of the author. It differs from the first edition in several passages. The preliminary leaf "The Argument of the Frontispiece" is present, as is also the leaf of Errata. 148. BURTON (ROBERT). Anatomy of Melancholy by Democritus Junior. Engraved title ly Blon. Folio, original calf (some corners stained at end). Oxford : Printed for Henry Cripps, 1632 Good copy, with the preliminary leaf, ' ' The Argument of the Frontispiece. ' ' Contains the "Story of the Waking Man's Dream" ("Tam- ing of the Shrew"), and cited by Hunter in his "New Illustra- tions" of "Macbeth," and Dyce and others in their editions of ' ' Eomeo and Juliet. ' ' 149. BURTON (ROBERT). The Anatomy of Melancholy, What it is with all the kinds, causes, symptomes, prognosticks & severall cures of it. In three Partitions with their several Sections, members & subsections. Engraved title. Small folio, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. Oxford, 1651 This edition is frequently quoted from by Drake ("Shake- speare and His Times"). Consult too, "Fresh Allusions to' Shakspere, " page 85. The present copy has the preliminary leaf ' ' The Argument of the Frontispiece. ' ' 150. BUTLER (CHARLES). The English Grammer, or The Institution of Letters, Syllables, and Words, in the Eng- lish tongue, whereunto is annexed an Index of Words Like and Unlike. Printer's device on title. Small 4to, full mot-' tied calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. Oxford : Printed by William Turner, 1633- First Edition. Fine copy. Gapell's "Catalogue of Shakesperiana, " No. 37. • An account of this work, in which the author proposes a new and more simple orthography for our language, will be found in the Grammar prefixed to Dr. Johnson's Dictionary. 151. C^SAR. Commentaries, The Eyght bookes of Caius Julius Caesar, translated into English by Arthur Goldinge. Woodcut title. Small 8vo, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges. Imprinted at London by William Seres, 1565- Printed in Black Letter. Golding's translation of "Caesar" was used by Shakespeare in his composition of ' ' Julius Csesar. ' '' Consult Mr. Hazlitt's notes in his "Shakespeare's Library"' on The Whole Contention. 40 152. CALDBRON (PEDRO). Comedia Famosa, en Esta Vida todo es Verdad, y Todo Mentira, fiesta que se represento a sus Magestades en el Salon Real de .Palacio, de Don Pedro Caldeton de la Barca. Small 4to, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges on the rough, by Lloyd, Wallis, and Lloyd. [Madrid, 1660] This excessively eare plat, which has neither date or place of printing, greatly resembles Shakespeare's "The Tem- pest." (See Dr. Furness's edition of "The Tempest," p. 346). 153. CALLOT (JACQUES). Les Miseres et las Malheura de la Guerre, Representez par Jacques Callot, Noble Lorrain et mis en lumiere par Israel son amy. Engraved title and 17 etchings by Callot. Small 4to, half red levant morocco, gilt top, by Worsfold. Paris, 1633 These illustrations of military punishments are cited by Douce, in his "Illustrations" of King Henry VI.," Part II, 154. CAMDEN (WILLIAM). Britannia sive Florentis- simorum Regnorum, Angliae, Seotiae, Hiberniae, et Insularum Adjaeentium ex intima antiquitate Chorographiea deseriptio. Small 4to, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd, Wallis and Lloyd. Londini, 1594 Statf ord is designated by Camden ' ' emporiolum non inele- gans. ' ' Malone thought that fcihakespeare was indebted to Camden for a portion of the plots of ' ' King Lear ' ' and ' ' Corio- lanus, ' ' and Isaac Beed points out that the description of the Dropping Well at Knaresborough ("Hamlet") is taken from Camden. 155. CAMDEN (WILLIAM). Britannia, sive Regnorum Angliae, Seotiae, Hiberniae, et Insularum Chorographiea de- seriptio. Engraved title hy Rogers, illustrated with maps and plates. Small 4to, original calf (no printed titled). [London: Geo. Bishop, 1600] Malone, in his edition of Shakespeare, Tol. XX, prints Cam- den's eulogy of Shakespeare's Lord Southampton, which is found at page 400 of the present volume. This fine copy has both the engraved and printed title-pages. 156. [CAMDEN (WILLIAM).] Remaines, concerning Britaine : But especially England, and the Inhabitants thereof. Small 4to, original calf. Printed at London by John Legatt for Simon Waterson, 1614 This is one of the few books printed before Shakespeare's death in which he is honorably mentioned. There are other references to Shakespeare in the volume. On the title is the contemporary autograph of William Barloy, June 1615, as well as that of E. Brydges. This volume contains the famous lines- on John Combe, who in his will left Shakespeare £5. This edi- tion is cited by Malone in his edition of "As You Like It. ' ' 41 157. CAMDEN (WILLIAM). Remaines concerning Brit- taine: but especially England, and the Inhabitants thereof: their Languages, Names, Syrnames, Allusions, AnagrammeS, Armories, Moneys, &e. ' Fine engraved portrait hy Van der Gucht. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed by A. I. for Symon Waterson, 1629 This edition is cited by Halliwell-Phillipps iu his notes on "As You Like It." DOCTOR SAMUEL JOHNSON'S COPY. 158. CAMDEN (WILLIAM). Remaines concerning Brit- aine. Engraved portrait and heralddc woodcuts. Small 4to, old calf. London: Printed by Thomas Harper, for John Waterson, 1636 A MOST INTEBESnNG COPY OF THIS KAKE WORK. Dr. JohnSOn 's copy, purchased at his sale in 1785, and afterwards sold in the Perkins sale. It contains many MS. notes in Dr. John- son's HAND, and possibly was used in his edition of Shake- speare. A note on the fly-leaf in Mr. Perkins' hand records the pur- chase. 159. CAMDEN (WILLIAM). Remains concerning Britain : Their Languages, Names, Surnames, etc. Fine engraved por- trait of the Author, by B. White. Small 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed for, and Sold by Charles Harper, 1674 A fine, clean copy of this, the Seventh impression, much amended, with many rare Antiquities never before imprinted. Douce, in his ' ' Illustrations ' ' of King Henry VI., Part II, refers to this work, and at page 541 will be found the well- known epitaph on Richard Burbage, the Shakespearean actor, "Exit Burbage." 160. CAMDEN (WILLIAM). Annales Rerum Anglicarum et Hibernicarum Regnante Elizabetha. Frontispiece portrait of Queen Elizabeth, title within woodcut border. Thick small 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt tooled, gilt edges, by Riviere. Amstelodami : Dan. Elzevir, 1677 This fine Elzevir edition contains the fullest account of the Earl of Southampton, the patron of Shakespeare. 161. CAMPION (EDMUND). A true report of the Dis- putation or rather private Conference had in the Tower of London, with Ed. Campion Jesuite, the last of August. 1581. Set downe by the Reverend learned men them selves that dealt therein. Whereunto is ioyned also a true report of the other three dayes conferences had there with the same Jesuite. 42 Which nowe are thought meete to be published in print by authoritie. Black Letter. 4to, calf. Imprinted at London by Christopher Barker, 1583 Good copy. Has the rare final leaf with Colophon. Eeminiscent of the infamous trial and execution of the talented Jesuit, Edmund Campion. 162: CAMUS (JOHN PETER). Admirable Events selected •out of Foure Bookes, translated by S. de Verger. 8vo, old blind panelled calf. London : Printed by Thomas Harper for William Brooks, 1639 First English translation. Contains ' ' The Waiting Man 's Dream" (the Induction to "The Taming of the Shrew"). 163. [CAMUS (JOHN PETER).] A True Tragical His- tory of two illustrious Italian Families couched under the names of Alcimus and Vannoza, done into English by a person of quality. Engraved frontispiece in four compartments. 8vo, old sheep. London : Printed for W. Jacob, 1677 Fine copy. The plot of this very rare volume appears to have been founded on that of ' ' Romeo and Juliet. ' ' 164. CANE AND REED. The Stage-Players Complaint. In A pleasant Dialogue betweene Cane of the Fortune and Reed of the Friers. Deploring their sad and solitary condi- tions for want of imployment. Curious tvoodcut portraits on title. Small 4to, full crimson levant morocco, gilt top, by Riviere. London: Printed for Tho. Bates, 1641 Excessively Bare, but very few copies being known. For a long account of this work, see: Collier's "Barest Books in the English Language." 165. CAPOFERRO (R.). Grand Simulacro dell' Arte e -deir uso della Scherma. Printer's device on title, portrait, arms, and 43 fine engraved plates of fencing and duelling. Oblong 4to, full brown levant morocco, blind tooled border, gilt edges, by Riviere. In Siena: Appresso Saluestro Marchetti, 1610 A fine and perfect copy of this very rare book. It is referred to by Halliwell to illustrate the eight fencing terms mentioned by Shakespeare in "The Merry Wives of Windsor." 166. CAREW (RICHARD). The Survey of Cornwall. :Small 4to, full calf (repaired). London: Printed by S. S. for John Jaggard, 1602 First Edition. Mr. Holt White's ingenious note (concern- ing the girdle) may be supported by the following passage in Carew's "Survey of Cornwall," 1602, 4to,-p. 76: the author is speaking of wrestling. ' ' This hath also his lawes, of taking hold onely above girdle, wearing a girdle to take hold by, play- ing three puUes, for tryall of the mastery, &c. " — Deuce's Illustrations of "Much Ado about Nothing." Douce also cites the volume in his notes on ' ' Winter 's Tale. ' ' 43 167. CARBW (THOMAS).. Poems, with a Maske [Coelum Britannieum], by Thomas Carew, Esq., One of the Gent, of the Privy-Chamber, and Sewer in Ordinary to his late Majestie. The Songs were set in Musick by Mr. Henry Lawes, Gent, of the Kings Ghappell, and one of his late Majesties Private Musick. Original calf (title mounted at inner margin, a few outer margins stained) . London : Printed for H. M. 1651 "A Pastoral Dialogue," in this volume, offers some parallel in time and sentiment to the third scene in ' ' Eomeo and Juliet, ' ' of which it has been considered an imitation. A por- tion of the volume is reprinted by Capell in his ' ' School of Shakespeare. ' ' Mentioned also in ' ' Fresh Allusions' to Shake- speare, ' ' page 131. 168. CARTWRIGHT (WILLIAM). Comedies, Tragi- comedies, with other Poems, by Mr. William Cartwright, late student of Christ Church in Oxford, and Proctor of the University, the Ayres and Songs Set by Mr. Henry Lawes, Servant to His Late Majesty in His Publiek and Private Musick. Portrait of Cartwright, hy Lcnribart. Small 8vo, original calf. London : Printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1651 First Edition. Contains the duplicate pages at the end,, pp. 301-306, which are often deficient, and has the lines on ' ' The Queen 's Eeturn, ' ' which are wanting in nearly all copies. The additional signatures of Commendatory verses, with printer's notes appended, are also present in the places assigned .to them. The side note to the commendatory verses of E. Staplyton is slightly shaved, the leaf being much larger- than the rest of the book. Douce, in his ' ' Illustrations ' ' of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" refers to this work; there is also a reference to it in " Shakespeare 's Century of Prayse. ' ' 169. [CARYLL (JOHN, LORD).] Sir Salomon; or, The Cautious Coxcombe. A Comedy. As it is Acted at His Royal Highness the Duke of York's Theatre. Small 4to, full polished calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd and Wallis. London: Printed for H. Herringman, 1671 First Edition. This Play is a translation from the "Ecole des Femmes" of Moliere, and owned to be so, by the author, in the Epilogue. Shakespeare's name is introduced into the- Epilogue at the end. 170. [CARYLL (JOHN, LORD).] Sir Salomon; or. The Cautious Coxcomb : A Comedy. As it is Acted at His Royal Highness the Duke of York's Theatre. Small 4to, wrappers. London: Printed for H. Herringman, 1671 First Edition. The ■ Epilogue mentions ' ' MoliSre, the- famous Shakspear of this age. ' ' 171. CARYL (JOSEPH). Peters Pattern, or the Perfect Path to Worldly Happiness As it was delivered in a Funeral Sermon, Preached at the Interment of Mr. Hugh Peters lately 44 •deceased. Title within mourning border. Small 4to, boards, •calf back, lower edges untrimmed (bole in last leaf). London: Printed in the Year 1680 Dr. Fanner's sale catalogue 3719. 172. CASTILLBJO (CHRISTOVAL). Las Obras, Corre- gidas, y emendadas, por mandado del Consejo de la Santa, y General Inquisicion; 12mo, original vellum. Anvers, 1598 Klein, the critic, queries -whether Shakespeare may not have found the idea of presenting in the same scene assumed mad- ness, real madness, and professional folly in Castillejo. It contains, too, a version of Pyramus and Thisbe. 173. CASTILLONNOIS (COUNT). Le Parfait Courtisan, •en deux Langues, respondans par deux colonnes I'une a 1 'autre, pour ceux qui veulent avoir rintelligenee de Tune d 'icelles de la traduction de Gabriel Chapuis. Woodcut border around title. Small 8vo, full russia, gilt back and sides, fore and top and bottom edges ornamentally tooled in gilt and ■colors. Paris, 1585 A fine copy in a handsome binding. According to Drake ("Shakespeare and his Times •'•) this is one of the books "Shakespeare -was well acquainted -with." A -writer in the "Athenaeum" (July 29, 1876) points out that Shakespeare found in Castillonnois the description of the famous s-wordsman (Peter Mount), -who is alluded to in "Ham- let." Consult, too, the "Transactions of the Ne-w Shakspere Society," 1880-85, pages 442 and 82. (x) 174. CATALOGUS Variorum & Insignium Librorum Selec- tissimae Bibliotheeae Reverendi Viri D. Thomae Kidner, A.M. et olim Rectoris Bcclesiae de Hitchin in Comitatu Hertford- iensi, Quorum Aucto habebitur Londini ad Insigne Capitis Regii in vioo vulgariter dicto Little Britain, Februarii 6to., per Guilielmum Cooper, Bibliopolam. Small 4to, half calf, ^It edges. Little-Britain, 1676-7 This collection comprised 3 copies of ' ' Macbeth. ' ' The earli- est AUCTION SALE CATALOGUE to contain Shakespeare's plays, and one of the earliest auction catalogues. 175. CATALOGUS Variorum & Insignium Librorum In- structissimarum Bibliothecarum Doctiss. Clarissimorumq ; Virorum D. Johannis Godolphin, J. U. D. et D. Oweni Phillips, A.M Quorum auctio habebitur Londini in Vico -vulgodicto "Westmorland Court, in St. Bartholomew '.s Close, Novembris, 11, per Gulielmum Cooper. 4to, half calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd, Wallis and Lloyd. Catalogi Gratis Distribuentur : Little Britain, 1678 Shakespeare's "Poems," 1640, "Pericles," 1638, "Hamlet" and "Macbeth" were in this library. Sig. c-ci are wanting in this copy, a duplicate of d-di having been bound in by mistake. 45 176. CATALOGUE. Bibliotheca Digbiana, sive Catalogu& Librorum in variis Lingijis Editorum, Quos post Kenelmum Digbeium eruditiss. Virum possedit lUustrissimus Georgius- Comes Bristol: nuper defunctus. Accedit & alia Bibliotheca non minus Copiosa & Elegans, Horum Auctio habebitur Lon- dini, apud Insigne Leonis Aurei ex' adverso OEnopolii, cujus Insigne Caput Reginae in Platea vulgo dicta Pater-Noster- Eow, Aprilis 19. 4to, half calf, gilt top, by Lloyd, Wallis and Lloyd. London, 1680 A fine collection, consisting of the rarest works of Shake- speare, Fletcher, Shirley, Heywood, and others. 177. CATALOGUE. The General Catalogue of Books printed in England Since the Dreadful Fire of London, 1666, to the end of Trinity Term,' 1680. Folio, half calf, gilt edges, London, 1680' The works of Shakespeare mentioned are "Venus and Adonis" (1675), "Antony and Cleopatra" (1677), "Hamlet" (1676), "Macbeth" (1674), "The Tempest" (1670), "Troilus and Cressida" (1679). 178. CATALOGUE. Johnson (Dr.). Catalogus Bibliotheca . Harleianae, in Locus Communes distributus cum indice Auc- torum. 4 vols. 8vo, half calf, uncut, by Lloyd. London, 1743-4 Dr. Johnson, who later in life was to be famous as an editor of Shakespeare, partly edited i this catalogue of Lord Oxford's library. It' contains 20748 lots, and is remarkable for its Shakespearean omissions. It contained none of the Sha"kespeare 4tos., but the folios of 1664 and 1685 are found, also the "Venus and Adonis" of 1602, and the "Son- nets" of 1609. A very f/ne copy, being uncut. 179. CATALOGUE. Bibliotheca Meadiana; sive Catalogus Librorum Richardi Mead, M.D. qui Prostabunt Venales sub. Hasta, apud Samuel Baker, in Vica dicto, York Street, Covent Garden, Londini, Die Lunae, 18mo., Novembris 1754, Iter- umque Die Lunae, 17 mo. Aprilis 1755. 8vo, half calf, gilt edges. [London], 1754-55 Priced in ink. Contains many Shakespearean items. 180. CATALOGUE of the Entire and Valuable Library of Martin Folkes, Esq. President of the Royal Society, &c., which will be sold by Auction by Samuel Baker, at his House in York Street, Covent Garden, to begin on Monday, February 2, 1756, and to continue for Forty days successively. 8vo, half calf, uncut. London, 1756 "King John" (2 parts), 1622, sold for £2. Shakespeare, 1st folio, sold for £3 3s. 181. CATALOGUE of a farther Part of the Stock of T. Osborne, bookseller in Gray's Inn. Half calf. . 1766 In this Catalogue more than 20,000 books were offered for sale; amongst them Shakespeare, fourth folio, 1685, 12s. 46 182. CATALOGUE. Bibliotheca Rateliffiana. A Catalogue of the . . . Valuable Library of John Ratcliffe, Esq. . . Which will be sold by Auction by Mr. Christie, etc. 8vo, half calf, gilt edges. [London], 1776 Interleaved and priced in ink. Shakespeare's Poems, 1640, sold for 6s. 6d. 183. CATALOGUE. Bibliotheca Beauclerkiana. A Cata- logue of the Large and Valuable Library of the late Honour- able Topham Beauclerk, F.R.S. Comprehending an Excellent Choice of Books, &c. 8vo, half calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd. London, 1781 Priced in ink. Beauclerk 's important dramatic collections were used by Dr. Johnson whilst preparing his edition of Shakespeare. "Sir John Oldcastle," 1600, sold for 15s. 6d.; "Henry V." 1608, sold for 13s.; "Pericles," 1630, Is. 6d., &c. 184. CATALOGUES. Bibliotheca Croftsiana. A Catalogue of the Curious and Distinguished Library of the late Reverend and Learned Thomas Crofts, A.M. Chancellor of the Diocese of Peterborough, which will be sold by Auction by Mr. Paterson, at his Great Room, No. 6, King Street, Covent Garden, on Monday, April 7, 1783, and the forty-two following days. Portraits. 8vo, half calf, gilt edges. London, 1783 Neatly priced in ink. Contains many Shakespearean items of interest. 185. CATALOGUE of the vely curious and valuable Li- brary of the late Mr. James William Dodd, of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Consisting of a Fine Collection of Old Plays, Old Poetry, Romances, History, Belles Lettres, &c., &c. . . Sold by Auction by Leigh and Sotheby, Booksellers, . . . York Street, Covent Garden, on Thursday, January 19, 1797, £ind eight following days. 8vo, half calf. 1797 This library comprised an extraordinary collection of old plays, perhaps the most extensive ever dispersed. There were 43 Shakespeare 4tos, the highest price paid being £8 15s. for "Romeo and Juliet," 1599. 186. CATALOGUE. Bibliotheca Farmeriana. A Catalogue of the curious, valuable, and Extensive Library, in Print and Manuscript, of the late Revd. Richard Farmer, D.D. To be- sold by auction. May 7, 1798, etc. Large Papee. Two por- traits of Dr. Farmer after Harding and Bomney, iy Ridley, and Beading, an account of Dr. Farmer in the autograph of Wm. Upcott signed. Royal 8vo, half calf, uncut, by Lloyd, Wallis and Lloyd. London, 1798 One of the vert few copies printed on large paper. The volume formerly belonged to the eminent collector Upcott, who added in 1799 a large manuscript biography (4 pages 8vo) of this eminent Shakespearean commentator. With prices and buyers' names. 47 187. CATALOGUE. Bibliotheca Steevensiana, A Catalogue roi the Library of George Steevens, Esq. Comprehending Books in Classical, Philological, Historical, Old English and General Literature; which will be sold by Auction by Mr. King on Tuesday, May 13, 1800, and ten following days. 8vo, half calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London, 1800 Priced in ink. Steevens had a number of Shakespeare Quartos. The highest prices realized were for: "King Lear," 1608, and "Sir John Falstafe," 1602, each of which sold for £28. Charles I's. copy of the 2nd folio sold for £18 18s. 188. CATALOGUE of a most Splendid and Valuable Col- lection of Books, Superb Missals, Original Drawings, &e. the Genuine Property of a Gentleman of Distinguished Taste re- tiring into the Country; with some fine Articles of Vertu; a Beautiful Bust of Shakespeare by Roubillac, from the Chandos Painting, . . . which will be sold by Auction by Mr. Christie, April 25 (1804), etc. 8vo, half calf, uncut, by Riviere. London, 1804 Priced in ink. Many interesting Shakespearean items were in this library. 189. CATALOGUE. Bibliotheca Reediana, a Catalogue of the Curious and Extensive Library of the late Isaac Reed, Esq. of Staple Inn, comprehending a most extraordinary Col- lection of Books. . . particularly relating to the English Drama and Poetry, many of them extremely scarce . . . which will be sold by Auction by Messrs. King and Loehee, at their Great Room, No. 38, King Street, Covent Garden, on Monday, Nov. 2, 1807, and 38 following days. Portrait of Isaac Reed, and prices in MS. 8vo, half calf (worn) . London, 1807 "Hamlet, 1676, sold for £0. 8. 0; "Love's Labour Lost." 1631, £0. 9. 0; "Merry Wives," 1619, £0. 7. 6; Shakespeare 1st folio, £38. 0. ; Shakespeare 2nd folio, £5. 0. 0. 190. CATALOGUE. Grave (Robert). A Catalogue of a very extensive Collection of Prints by Ancient and Modern Masters, containing a series of engraved British Portraits, consisting of more than five thousand different Prints; by Delaram, Hollar, Blstracke, Marshall, Vertue, Pass, &c. Part II, . . . Productions of the most celebrated Artists of the German, Dutch, Flemish, French, and English Schools, . . . collected from the Cabinets of Barnard, Rogers, Woodhouse, Musgrave, Lake, Tighe, Tyssen, "Waldron, &e. Royal 8vo, half calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. [London, 1809] Marshall's portrait of Shakespeare, 1640, sold in this sale for £1 Is. 191. CATALOGUE of the Library of the late John Duke of Roxburghe, arranged by G. and "W. Nicol ; which will be sold by Auction, at His Grace's late Residence in St. James' Square, 48 on Monday, 18th May, 1812, and the forty-one following days, at Twelve o'clock, by Robert H. Evans. 8vo, half calf, gilt edges. London, 1812 With 'the printed prices bound in. The library contained many of Shakespeare's works. 192. CATALOGUE. Bibliotheea Stanleiana. A splendid selection of Rare and Pine Books will be Sold by Auction by R. H. Evans, April 30, etc., 1813. 8vo, half calf, uncut, by Lloyd, Wallis and Lloyd. London, 1813 Priced in ink. Included in this sale were the first four Folios of Shakespeare, which realized £37. 15. ; £13. 2. ; £16. 16. 0; and £7. 9. 6. respectively. 193. CATALOGUE of the Very Select and Valuable Li- brary of William Roscoe, which will be sold by Auction, etc. Partly priced in ink. 8vo, half calf, uncut. Liverpool, 1816 The First folio (title-page reprinted) sold for £21. 194. CATALOGUE. Bibliotheea Selecta. A Catalogue of the library of an eminent Collector. ... [Mr. Midgeley] com- prising a rare and rich assemblage of Old English Poetry, History, Topography, Illustrated Books, which will be sold by auction by Mr. Saunders, at his Great Room (Poet's Gallery) No. 39, Fleet Street, February 16th, 1818, and five following days. Royal 8vo, half calf, uncut. London, 1818 Shakespear first folio sold for £121. 16s. 195. CATALOGUE of the greater portion of the Library of the late Bdmond Malone, Esq. 8vo, half calf, uncut. London, 1818 A very rare catalogue. Malone 's collection of Shakespearean literature was of the first importance. ■ 196. CATALOGUE. White Knights Library. Catalogue of that distinguished and celebrated Library (formed by the Marquis of Blandford), containing numerous very fine and rare specimens from the presses of Caxton, Pynson and Wyn- kyn de Worde, &c. 2 parts in 1 vol., half calf. London, 1819 Priced in ink. Contains many interesting Shakespearean items. 197.' CATALOGUE of the Curious and Valuable Library of Amos Strettell. Sold by Auction by Mr. Evans, Feb. 29, etc. 1820. With important items priced in pencil. 8vo, half calf, uncut, by Lloyd, Wallis and Lloyd. London, 1820 This library contained many rarities. Among the Shake- speare items, "King Lear," 1608, fetched £15.; "Hamlet," (1607), £4. 5s.; "Venus and Adonis," 1602, £26. 5s. 49 198. CATALOGUE. A Catalogue of the Valuable and Ex- tensive Miscellaneous Library, Choice Prints and Theatrical Portraits of John Philip Kemble, Esq. . . . sold by auction by Mr. Evans . . 93 Pall Mall, on Friday, January 26, and nine following days, 1821, names and prices in ink. Bound up with this are the catalogue of the Furniture of J. P. Kemble, part of the catalogue of J. P. Kemble 's Prints and Duplicates; Catalogue of the Theatrical Wardrobe of Chas. Kemble; Cata- logue of the Furniture, Library, &c. of Chas. Kemble. 8vo, half calf, gilt top, by Lloyd. London, 1820-1837 Kemble 's copy of the first folio sold for £112. 7s.; second folio, £11; lis.; third folio, £8. 8s.; fourth, £7. 17s. The first folio was purchased by Boswell. 199. CATALOGUE of the choice, curious and Splendid London Library of George Watson, Taylor Esq. M.P. . . . part the second . . sold by auction by Mr. Evans ... on Monday, April 14, and seven following days. 8vo, half calf. London, 1823 Interleaved and priced in ink, with buyers' names. The third folio sold for £13., ' ' Titus Andronicus, ' ' 1611, for £5. 7s. 6d. 200. CATALOGUE. Bibliotheca Boswelliana. A Cata- logue of the entire Library of the late James Boswell, Esq. Sold at Auction by Mr. Sotheby. Prices and names of buyers in ink. 8vo, half calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd. London, 1825 The Shakespeare quartos sold as follows: "The Whole Oon-, teution," First Edition, £1. 4s. and 1.3s.; "Midsummer Night's Dream," 1600, £2. Is.; "Troilus and Oressida," 1609, 13s.; "Merchant of Venice," 1600, £2. 3s.; "Sonnets," 1609, £3. 17s.; and the "First Folio," 1623, £105. 201. CATALOGUE. Bibliotheca Dramatica. A Catalogue of the entire Curious and Extensive Dramatic Library of William Barnes Rhodes. 8vo, half calf. London, 1825 Priced in ink. Contains numerous Shakespearean items; Folios and separate plays. 202. CATALOGUE of the Theatrical and miscellaneous Library of Mr. John Field, in which are contained several interesting specimens of the Early Drama; Shakespeare's Plays, the First Four Editions in Folio, etc. The whole col- lected with a view to forming materials for a complete His- tory of the British Stage . . . sold by auction by Mr. Sotheby ... on Monday, 22 of January. 8vo, half calf, uncut. 1827 Printed in ink, with buyers' names. 203. CATALOGUE. A Catalogue of the Library of George Hibbert, Esq. of Portland Place, Sold by Auction by Mr. Evans. Portrait of Leo X. and other plates. 8vo, half calf, uncut, by Lloyd. London, 1829 This magnificent library contained, among other rare and 50 fine volumes "Venus and Adonis," 1626, which sold for £1. 14s.; Shakespeare 's ' ' Poems, ' ' 1640, £6. 6s ; " Lucrece, ' ' 1655, £2. 6s. ; First folio, £85. Is. ; Second folio, £13. ; Third folio, with double title, £24.; Third folio, £7. 10c. ; Fourth folio, £3. 9s. 204. CATALOGUE of the Valuable Library of Benjamin Heywood Bright. Containing a Most Extensive Collection of Valuable, Eare, and curious Books, in all Classes of Literature. Sold by Auction by Messrs S. Leigh Sotheby & Co. On Mon- day, March 3, 1845, and Eleven following Days. With all the prices and names of purchasers inscribed in MS. 8vo, half calf, gilt top, uncut. [London] 1845 The Shakespearean portion is most interesting. 205. CATS (JACOB). Spiegel van den Ouden ende Nieu- wen Tijt, van nieue oversien, vermeerdert, en verbetert. Frontispiece and numerous engravings. 4to, full polished calf, gilt edges, by Trautz-Bauzonnet. Tot Dordrecht : Ghedruckt by Hendrick van Esch, 1635 Fine copy. Certain of these engravings were used by Halli- well-Phillipps to illustrate Shakespeare 'a ' ' The Taming of the Shrew." 206. CAVENDISH (GEORGE, Biographer .of Cardinal Wolsey). Thomas Wolsey Caraman, intituled St. Cicelio, trans Tiberim. Chancellor of England. His Lyfe & death by George Cavendish. Manuscript of the Tudor period. Writ- ten on 52 leaves. Folio, original vellum. [XVI Century] An Extejsmelt Eakb Manuscript Vellum. Shakespeare must frequently have consulted this or some other contemporary manuscript copy, as it was not printed (and then very imperfectly) until 1641. This is particularly pointed out by Douce in his "Illustrations" of "King Henry VIII." In 1825 Singer (the Shakespearean commentator) issued a new edition with notes. 207. CAWDRAY (ROBERT). A Treasurie or Store-house of Similies : Both pleasaunt, delightful, and profitable, for all estates of men in generall. 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere, London: Printed by Tho. Creede, 1600 First Edition. Eare. A long quotation is made from this volume by Halliwell- Phillipps in his edition of "Romeo and Juliet"; but he only possessed an imperfect copy. 208. CENSURE of the Rota (The). On Mr. Driden 's Con- quest of Granada. Small 4to, half red levant morocco, gilt edges. Oxford, 1673 First Edition. Three direct references to Shakespeare occur in this volume at pages 7, 9 and 13. 51 IRELAND'S COPY, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED. 209. CHALMERS (GEORGE). An Apology for the Be- lievers in the Shakespeare Papers which were exhibited in Norfolk Street. 8vo, boards, calf back. London : Printed for Thomas Bgerton, 1797 An intensely intekesting copt, having belonged to the forger of the Shakespeare Papers — W. H. Ireland. On the FLT-LBKVF IS HIS AUTOGRAPH SIGNATDEE, together with AN BX- ampIaE op his forgeries. He has extra-illustrated this copy with 25 portraits of persons mentioned in the book, viz.: — Mary Queen of Scots, Queen Elizabeth, Sir Walter Ealeigh, Francis Drake, &c., &c. 210. CHAUCER (GEOFFREY). Workes, newly printed, with divers addicions, &c., with the siege and destruction of the Worthie Citie of Thebes, by Ihon Lidgate. With arms of Chaiicer on title, woodcuts, and Genealogical titles. Folio, original calf. [Colophon] Imprinted at London by Ihon Kyngston for Ihon Wight, 1561 Complete Folio Edition. Printed in Black Letter. Hunter in his ' 'New Dlustrations " of " The Merchant of Venice," in the course of a long account of Shakespeare's in- debtedness to Chaucer, remarks : ' ' The old folio of Chaucer was lying open before him when he wrote this dialogue." Consult, too. Donee's "Illustrations" of "Twelfth Night," "Measure for Measure," "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "King Henry V," and "Hamlet." * 211. CHAUCER (GEOFFREY). Works, compared with the Former Editions and many valuable MSS. Out of which, Three Tales are added which were never before Printed, by John Urry, Together with a Glossary. Portradt of Chaucer by Vertue and mamy curious illustrations. Folio, half brown levant morocco, gilt top, uncut. London : Printed for Bernard Lintot, 1721 Large Paper Copy, one of only 250 copies printed, in ex- ceptional state, being entirely uncut. Cited by Douce in his Illustrations of "King Henry IV.," Part II. This is the first edition in which the author's "Tale of Gamelyn" is printed, which is considered to be the founda- tion story of "As You Like It. " Consult Dr. Furness's note on "As You Like It," pages 310- 316. 212. [CHETTLE (HENRY).] The Tragedy of Hoffmann, or, A Revenge for a Father, As it hath bin divers times acted with great applause, at the Phoenix in Drury Lane. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed by I. N., for Hugh Perry, 1631 First Edition. Extremely Eare. Cited by Steevens in his notes on "Romeo and Juliet"; by Eitson on "Hamlet" 52 • (the character of Lucibella in this play bears a strong resem- brarice to Ophelia) ; and by Dyce on "The Tempest" (although not printed till 1631, this is an earlier play than "The Tem- pest"). A portion is reprinted in Capell 's ' ' School of Shakespeare. ' ' 213. CHETWIND (J.). Anthologia Historica, Containing fourteen Centuries of Memorable Passages and Remarkable Occurrents. Small 8vo, scored calf. London: Printed by J. R. for P. C, 1674 FiEST Edition. Cited by Douce in his "Illustrations" of "Hamlet." 214. CHILLINGWORTH (WILLIAM). The Religion of Protestants a Safe Way to Salvation. Or, An Answer to a booke entitled Mercy and Truth, or, Charity maintained by Catholiques, which pretends to prove the (Contrary. Folio, contemporary calf, contemporary signatures on title. Oxford : Printed by Leonard Lichfield, 1638 Crisp copy of the First Edition. Contains several allusions to Shakespeare, one of them being a reference to ' ' King Henry IV." 215. CIBBBR (COLLEY). An Apology for the Life of Mr. The. Cibber, Comedian, being a Proper Sequel to the Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Comedian; with an Historical view of the Stage to the Present Year, supposed to be written by himself. 12mo, half calf, gilt edges (one leaf damaged). Dublin, 1741 An interesting volume, containing numerous references to Shakespeare and his plays. A Latin quotation of two lines from the character of Pistol, in "Henry IV," occurs on page 27, and a cast for "Othello" on page 45. The excellence of Betterton in the characters of Hotspur, Brutus, Cassius and Othello is commented upon on pages 48 and 49. 216. CIBBER (COLLEY). The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Time of Dean Swift. Com- piled from ample materials scattered in a variety of Books. 5 vols, small 8vo, full polished calf. London : Printed for R. Griffiths, 1753 Fine copy of the First Edition. "The compiler of 'Lives of the Poets' was the first to relate the story thai Shakespeake 's original connection with the playhouse was as holder of horses of visitors outside the doors. ' ' See, too, Halliwell 's ' ' Illustrations of the Life of Shakespeare. ' ' 217. CINTHIO (GIRALDI). Hecatommithi, overo Cento Novelle. 2 vols, old straight-grain crimson morocco, gilt, gilt edges. Venetia: Pabio & Fratelli, 1580 A beautiful copy. Langbaine, in his notes on "Othello," speaks of the great rarity of Cinthio even in his day (1691). "I venture to hint the name of Cinthio, as the probable author of the stories on which The Tempest and Love 's Labours 53 Lost are founded." — Hunter, "New Illustrations to Shake- speare." „ ,,,, Douce says that Shakespeare found the plot of "Measure for Measure" in Cinthio; so do both Mr. Hazlitt and Lang- baine. "The Merry Wives of Windsor" is also, according to Lang- baine, partly derived from Cinthio. Dryden found the plot of "Eomeo and Juliet" in this author. ,, ,, . Shakespeare undoubtedly found the plot of "Othello" in Cinthia; that portion of it is reprinted by Mr. Hazlitt in his "Shakespeare's Library." For further information consult the critics Pope, Theobald, Farmer, Knight and Collier. A portion is reprinted in Capell's "School of Shakespeare." Capell's "Catalogue of Shakesperiana, " No. 162. 218. CINTHIO (GIRALDI). Epitia Tragedia di M. Gio. Battista Giraldi Cinthio, nobile Ferrarese. Portrait of the author on verso of title. Small 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt edges on the rough'. In Venetia: Appresso Giulio Cesare Cagnacini, 1583 Fine copy, with the final leaf bearing the device of the printer, and his imprint. "A play on the story that was afterwards dramatized by Shakespeare in ' Measure for Measure. ' " — Halliwell-Phillipps's "Shakespearean Earities," No. 91. Mr. Lee remarks: "Cinthio made the perilous story of 'Measure for Measure' the subject not only of a Romance, but of a tragedy called 'Epitia.' Before Shakespeare wrote his play Cinthio 's romance had been twice rendered into English by George Whetstone." 219. CLAMOEGAN (JEAN DE). La Chasse du Loup, Necessaire a la Maison Rustique. En laquelle est contenue le nature des Loups, & la maniere de les prendre, tant par chiens, filets, pieges, qu'autres instruments. Numerous wood- cuts. . Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. A Paris, 1602 A MOST RARE VOLUME relative to wolf -hunting. ' ' Howel in his 'Vocabulary,' sect. XXXV., seems to have mistaken the tun or net into which the birds were driven, for the stalking bull itself. Sometimes, as in hunting the wolf, an artificial bush and a wooden screen were used to stalk with. See the illus- trations to Clamorgan, Chasse du loup. ' ' — Douce 's ' ' Hlustra- tions " of " Much Ado About Nothing. ' ' 220. CLAVELL (JOHN). A Recantation of an 111 Led Life: or a Discoverie of the High-way Law, with vehement Disswasions to all (in that kind) Offenders, as also many cautilous Admonitions and full Instructions, how to know, shunne, and apprehend a Thiefe. Small 4to, half brown levant morocco, gilt edges. London: Printed by A. M., for Richard Meighen, 1634 A rare Shakespearean volume. Contains an account of a robbery at Gadshill {King Henry IV). There was a copy in Halliwell's sale catalogue. 54 221. CLEVELAND (JOHN). Clievelandi Vindiciate: or, Clieveland's Genuine Poems, Orations, Epistles, &e. Purged from the many False and Spurious Ones which had usurped his Name, And from innumerable Errours and Corruptions in the True Copies. To which are added many never Printed before, with an account of the Author's Life. Published ac- cording to the Author's own Copies. Brilliant portrait of the author. Small 8vo, contemporary calf (worn). London: Printed for Robert Harford, 1677 See "Fresh Allusions to Shalceapeare, " p. 154. 222. CLEVELAND (JOHN). The Works of Mr. John Cleveland, Containing his Poems, Orations, Epistles, Collected into One Volume, With the Life of the Author. Engraved portrait. 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed by R. Holt, for Obadiah Blagrave, 1687 The First and best collected edition. Warton, in his ' ' I-Iistory of English Poetry, ' ' says that Cleveland ' ' was evi- dently well acquainted with Shakespeare's works," and quotes from the present work to show Warton 's familiarity with ' ' Henry IV, ' ' and other plays by Shakespeare. Consult, too, "Fresh Allusions to Shalcespeare, " p. 154. 223. CLIFFORD (M.). Notes upon Mr. Dryden's Poems, in Four Letters, by M. Clifford, late Master of the Charter House, London, to which are annexed some Reflections upon the Hind and Panther, by another hand. Small 4to, half calf, gilt edes, by Riviere. London : Printed in the Year, 1687 Contains numerous Shakespearean allusions. 224. COCKERAM (H.). The English Dictionary: or an Interpreter of Hard English Words. 12mo, full mottled calf, gilt tooled back and borders, gilt edges, by Lloyd. Cited by Malone in his edition of ' ' Macbeth. ' ' London, 1655 225. COGHAN (THOMAS). The Haven of Health. Chiefly gathered for the comfort of Students, and consequently of all those that have a care of their health. Small 4to, original calf. London: Anne GrifSn, 1636 Cited by Holt White, in his notes on the "Winter's Tale." Douce, too, in his "Hlustrations" of "The Merry Wives of Windsor," mentions the volume and quotes from it the long and most interesting recipe for making aqua vitsa from strong ale, strong wine, annise seed and liquorice. 226. COKE (LORD). Speech and Charge [at Norwich Assises], with a Discoverie of the Abuses and Corruption of Officers. Small 4to, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd, Wallis and Lloyd. London: Printed for Christopher Purfett, 1607 The entry referring to plays will be found on H 2 obverse, 55 and reads as follows: "The abuse of stage players, wheremth I find the eountrey much troubled, may easily be reformed. They having no commission to play in any place without lea,ve; and therefore, if by your willingnesse they be not entertained you may soone be rid of them." 227. COLD YEARE (The), 1614. A deepe Snow, in which Men and Cattell have perished, to the generall losse of Farmers, Grasiers, Husbandmen and all sorts of people in the Countrie ; and no lesse hnrtfull to Citizens. "Written Dialogue- wise, in a plaine familiar talke hetweene a London Shop- keeper and a North Country-man. Curious woodcut on title. Small 4to, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, hy F. Bedford. Imprint cut away [1614] This is an excessivblt rake volume quite unknown to Lowndes. It is reprinted in "Miscellanea Antiqua Angli- cana. " Cited by Douee, in his "Illustrations" of "Borneo and Juliet." 228. COLES (E.). English Dictionary. 8vo, half old calf, rebacked. London : Printed for Samuel Crouch, 1676 Cited by Hunter in his "New Illustrations" of "Othello,"' and by Dyee and Halliwell-Phillipps in their editions of "Eomeo and Juliet." 229. COLLIER (JEREMY). A Short View of the Im- mortality and Profaneness of the English Stage, together with the Sense of Antiquity upon this Argument. 8vo, full mot- tled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed for S. Keble; 1698 FiEST Edition. Fine copy. In addition to much informa- tion about Shakespeare, these publications of Collier contain very curious references to Sir John FalstafE. 230. COLLIER (JEREMY). A Defence of the Short View of the Profaneness and Immorality of the English Stage &c. Being a Reply to Mr. Congreve's Amendments &e. &c. to the Vindication of the Author of the Relapse. 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed for S. Keble, 1699 Fine copy op the First Edition. Scarce. 231. COLYNET (ANTONY). The True History of the Civill Warres of Prance, betweene the French King Henry the 4 and the Leaguers, Gathered from the yere of our Lord 1585 untill this present October 1591. Title within woodcut bor- der. Black Letter. Small 4to, old calf. Printed at London for Thomas Woodcock, 1591 The best contemporary account of these troubles which Shakespeare has immortalized in "Love's Labours Lost."' (Consult Malone's notes. on this play.) 36 232. COMENIUS (J. A.). Janua Aurea Keserata Quatuor Linguarum, sive Compendiosa Methodus Latinam, German- icam, Gallicam et Italicam, cum quadruplici indici, a Nath. Dhuez. Small 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd. Lugd. Bat. : Ex Offieina Elseviriorum, 1640' Cited by Staunton in his edition of ' ' Macbeth. ' ' 233. COMENIUS (J. A.). Orbis Sensualium Pictus Quadrilinguis Emendatus. Pictura & Nomenelatura, Ger- maniea, Latina, Italiea, et Gallica, &c. Numerous cimotis woodcuts. Thick 8vo, original boards. Noribergae, 1707 Douoe cites this volume in his notes on "As You Like It," and "Measure for Measure." He reproduces one of the illus- trations. Halliwell-Phillipps, too, in his edition of "As You Like It, ' ' reproduces another of the illustrations. 234. COMMINES. The Historie of Philip de Commines Knight, Lord of Argenton. Elaborate woodcut title. Folio, half old vellum. Imprinted at London by Ar. Hatfield, 1601 " M alone (in his notes on The Tempest) thinks it not im- prohahle that 'our poet' had in his thoughts Dent's trans, of the History of Philip de Commines, where an account is given of Alphonso or Alonzo of Naples, and his son Ferdinand, when they were assailed iy Charles VIII. of France. A reference is also made to 'Oardinall Aseoigne, brother to the Duke of Milan and Prospero Calonne ; ' and a little lower down on the same page there is mention of 'Lord Galcot of Mirandala. ' 'Did not,' asTcs Malone, 'these personages suggest the names of Prospero and (iy contraation) Miranda? Prospero, however, had hefore teen introduced into ' ' Every Man in His Humour, ' ' and was, indeed the name of a ridi/ng-master in London in Shalcespeare's time, who was probaily a Neapolitan.' " 235. COMPTES (LES) du Monde Adventureux par A.D.S.D. Vignette title. Small 8vo, full crushed citron levant morocco, gilt tooled on back and inside borders, with ornament on either cover, gilt edges, by Trautz-Bauzonnet. Paris, 1555 FiKST Edition. Contains nineteen adventures by Masuccio. Douce cites this scarce little volume in his "Illustrations of Shakespeare," p. 545. 236. CONCEITS, Clinches, Flashes, and "Whimzies : a Jest Book of the 17th Century, edited by J. 0. Halliwell. 4to, half morocco, uncut. London, 1860 At page 30 is the curious jest about Shakespeare, reprinted from the unique original by J. O. Halliwell. Only 26 copies were printed for presents to the editor's friends. ?37. CONTENARO (GASPER). The Commonwealth and Government of Venice. Translated out of Italian into Eng- lish, by Lewes Lewkenor Esquire, With sundry other Collec- tions, annexed by the Translator for the more clear and exact satisfaction of the Reader, with a short Chronicle in the end, of the lives and raignes of the Venetian Dukes, from the very 57 "beginning of the Citie. Frontispiece. Small 4to, full polished calf, gilt edges, by Aitken. London: Imprinted by lohn Windet for Edmund Mattes, 1599 ,, ,, First Edition. Malone, in his edition of "Othello, re- marks: "I have no doubt that Shakespeare, before he ■wrote this play, read 'The Commonwealth and Government of Venice,' translated from the Italian by Lewes LewTcenor, and printed in 4to, 1599." Staunton also cites this work in his notes on "OtheUo." 238. COOK (JOHN, of Gray's Inn). King Charl's his 'Case : or, an Appeal to all Rational Men, concerning his Tryal at the High Court of Justice; being for the most part that which was intended to have been delivered at the Bar if the King had pleaded to the Charge and put himself upon a fair Tryal, with an additional opinion concerning the Death of King James, the loss of Eochel and the Blood of Ireland. Small 4to, full sprinMed calf, uncut. London: Printed by Peter Cole, 1649 Cooke in this excessively rare pamphlet complains that King Charles did not study Scripture half so much as he did Ben Jon- son or Shakespeare. The present is a most remarkable copy, being uncut, and perhaps unique in this state.. 239. COOKE (J.). Mellificium Chirurgiae : or, the Marrow of Chirurgery. An Anatomical Treatise, &c. Portrait of the Author by B. White, and numerous illustrations. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed by T. Hodgkin, for William Marshall, 1685 Cited by Hunter in his "New Illustrations" of "Much Ado About Nothing." 240. COOPER (THOMAS). Thesaurus Linguae Romanae & Brittanicae. Aecessit Dictionarium Historicum & poeticum propria voeabula Virorum, Mulierum, Sectarum, &c. Polio, old calf, rebacked. Impressum Londini, 1584 Drake ("Shakespeare and his Times") says that this was "the dictionary used by Shakespeare" (Vol. 1, pp. 26, 27). Douce is of the same opinion (consult his "Illustrations" of "Love's Labour Lost"). Capell's "Catalogue of Shakesperiana, " No. 53. 241. CORNEY (BOLTON). The Sonnets of William Shakspere, a critical Disquisition suggested by a Recent Dis- covery. 8vo, green straight-grain morocco, gilt top, with the original wrappers bound in. [London, 1862] Privately printed. J. Payne Collier's copy, with his auto- graph signature on the wrapper. An autograph letter and portrait of Collier is inserted. 242. CORNEY (BOLTON). An Argument on the As- sumed Birthday of Shakespeare. 8vo, half calf, original wrappers bound in. [London, 1864] Private impression. J. Payne Collier's copy, with his sig- nature on front wrapper. 58 SECOND SESSION '^Wednesday Evening, February 13, I9I8, at 8:15 o'clock LOTS 243-485 243. CORROZET (G.). Heeatomgraphie. C'est a dire les descriptions de cent figures & hystoires, contenants plusieurs appophthegmes, proverbes, sentences & dictiz tant des anciens, que des modernes. Numerous woodcuts, and title within woodcut border. Small 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd. A Paris: chez Denys lanot, 1543 Green ("Shakespeare and the Emblem Writers") makes many quotations from this volume in illustration of Shake- speare's plays; he also reproduces some of the illustrations. 244. CORROZET (G.). Les Propos Memorables des Nobles & illustres homes de la Chrestiente. Title within woodcut border. Small 8vo, half calf, gilt edges. Paris: Par Nicolas Botons [1556] Cited by Douee in his "Illustrations" of Merchant of Venice. It contains the. "Bond Story" ("Merchant of Venice"). Halliwell-Phillipps considered this volume so IMPORTANT THAT HE TRANSLATED THE SHAKESPEAREAN PORTION OF IT. 245. CORTE (GIROLAMO DALLA). L 'Istoria di Verona, Divisa in Due Parti, et in XXII libri, Nella quale non solo a pieno si contengono le cosi pertinenti alia detta Citta, ma molte altre ancora si toccano, che alle altre Citta, & luoghi circin- vicini si aspettano. 2 vols, small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. Verona : Nella Stamparia di Girolamo Diseepolo, 1596 Cited by the various editors of Shakespeare in their notes on "Borneo and Juliet," as it contains their story related by Corte, circumstantially, as a true event. Consult the New Shakspere Society's edition of "Romeus and Juliet," 1875. 246. COTGRAVE (JOHN) . The English Treasury of Wit and Language, collected out of the most and best of our Eng- lish Dramatick Poems, methodically digested into Common- places for Generall Use. 8vo, full blue levant morocco, gilt edges, by Ramage. London : Printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1655 First Edition. Haljiwell had a copy, which he thus de- scribed: "This little volume contains numerous extracts from the Worhs of Shakespeare, some with textual variations." 59 247. ■ COTGRAVE (JOHN). The English Treasury of Wit and Language, Collected Out of the most, and best of our English Drammatick Poems. Methodically digested into Com- mon Places for General Use. 8vo, full brown morocco, red under gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1655 First Edition. Fine copy of this highly valuable volume, containing extracts from nearly all the dramatists, including a great many from Shakespeare. With the Henry CfunliflEe bookplate. 248. COTGRAVE (RANDLE). A French-English Dic- tionary, with another in English and French, whereunto are newly added the Animadversions and Supplements, &c., of James Howell Esquire. Folio, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed by W. H., for M. M. T. C, 1650 Cited by Douce, who describes it as the best repertory of of old French extant, in his Illustrations of "Measure for Measure, " " Love 's Labour 's Lost, ' ' and ' ' King Henry TV., ' ' Parts I and II. 249. COURRIER Facetieux (Le), ou Recueil des Meilleurs Rencontres de ce Temps. Engraved frontispiece. Small Svo, full crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Cuzin. Lyon, 1668' Choice copy. Cited by Douce in his Illustrations of "The Merchant of Venice." It contains the "Bond Story" ("Mer- chant of Venice"). With the Harry Vane Milbank bookplate, and the MUbank arms impressed in gilt on sides. 250. COUSTEAU (PIERRE). Pegma, Cum narrationibus philosophicis. By Petri Costalii. Engraved title and numer- ous woodcuts. Svo, full brown morocco, gilt edges on the rough. Lugduni, Apud Matthiam Bonhomme, 1565 Referred to in Green's "Shaiespeare and the Emblem Writers," pages 209, 283, and 442. One of the wood engrav- ings is reproduced. 251. COUSTEAU (PIERRE). Le Pegme, avec les Narra- tions Philosophiques, Mis de Latin en Francoys par Lanteaume de Romieu Gentilhome d 'Aries. Engra/ued title and numerous woodcuts, each page, printed within woodcut border. Small Svo, full blue morocco, gilt edges. A Lyon : Par Mace Bonhomme, 1560 Referred to in Green's "Shakespeare and the Emblem Writers," pages 209, 271, 283, and 442. One of the wood engravings is reproduced. 252. COWELL (JOHN). The Interpreter, containing the genuine Signification of such obscure Words and Terms Used either in the Common or Statute Lawes of this Realm. En- larged and with Appendix containing the ancient Names of 60 Places here in England, by Tho. Manley. Folio, full mottled «alf, gilt tooled, gilt edges, by Riviere. London, 1672 A notable work, which bad a proclamation issued against it, and was called in, in 1610. Very fine copy. Consult Halliwell-Phillipps 's ' ' Outlines of the Life of Shake- speare," Vol. II, page 367. 253. COWLEY (ABRAHAM). Poems: Miscellanies, The Mistress, or, Love Verses. Pindarique Odes, & Davideis, or, a Sacred Poem of the Troubles of David. Folio, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1656 PlBST COLLECTED EDITION. Fine COpy. The preface contains most curious references to the col- lected work of Shakespeare, Fletcher, and Jonson (Cowley spells it Johnson). 254. CROMWELL. Oliverian Acts, being 26 Acts of Parlia- ment passed between 17th day of September 1656 and 26th day of June following, also 2 Humble Petitions to the Lord Peotectob, & a Book of Values of Merchandize imported, ac- cording to which, Excize is to be paid by the First Buyer. Black Letter. Small folio, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd, Wallis and Lloyd. London : Printed by Henry Hills and John Field, 1657 Cited by Douce in his Illustrations of "Merry Wives of Windsor" and "Measure for Measure." 255. CROWNE (JOHN). Thyestes, a Tragedy acted at the Theatre-Royal, by their Majesties Servants. 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges. London: Printed for R. Bently and M. Magnes, 1681 First Edition. The editor of ' ' Shakespeare 's Centurie of Prayse ' ' remarks : ' ' Crowne was evidently a great admirer of Shakespere. In the Prologue to his 'Thyestes, a Tragedy,' 1681, he says, to spite the critics: " 'Tou upstart Secrtaries of witt ory down What has for twenty ages had renown. The world will ash {m scorn of your dispraise) Where was your wit, Sirs, before ShaJcespears days? No matter where, we 'I say y'ha/ve excellent senoe, If you will please to let us get your pence. We nice the Pope regard not much your praise, He tickets sells for Heaven, and we for Flays.' " 256. D'AMBOISE (ADRIAN). Discours ou Traicte des Devises. Ou est mise la Raison et difference des Emblemes Enigmes, Sentences & autres. Pris & compile des eahiers de feu Messire Francois d'Amboise Chevalier. 12mo, full mot- tled calf, gilt edges on the rough, by Lloyd. A Paris : Chez Rolet Bovtonne, 1620 Fine copy. Contains the final leaf ' ' Extraict du Priuilege du Roy." This and the following volume form a sequel to Para- din's "Devises Heroiques." See post. 61 257. D'AMBOISE (ADEIAN). Devises Royales. Eii- graved title, and vignettes in the text. 12ino, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd. A Paris : Chez Rolet Boutonne, 1621 258. DANIEL (SAIVIUBL). The worthy Tract of Paulus Jovius, containing a discourse of rare inventions both militarie and amorous called Impress, whereunto is added a preface, etc. by Samuel Daniel, late student in Oxenforde. Small 8vo, full old calf. London : Printed for Simon Waterson, 1585 The exteemelt rake First Edition, and the eakliest PUBLISHED "WORK OF DaNIBL. Used by Halliwell-PMllipps to illustrate Impress in Shake- speare 's ' ' Hamlet. ' ' Mr. Payne Collier, in Ms ' ' Bibliograph- ical Catalogue," gives a long account of this volume, and re- marks: "This is chiefly remarkable as being Daniel's earliest. Tcnown worTc; he was at this date in his SSrd year. . . . Besides the translation from Faulus Jovi/as there is a good deal .of original matter, contributed chiefly by Daniel. . . . A copy of Daniel's translation is extremely rare." The Heber copy. 259. DANIEL (SAMUEL). A Panegyrike Congratvlatorie delivered to the Kings Most Excellent Maiestie at Bvrleigh Harrington in Rvtlandshire, by Samvel Daniel ; also Certaine Epistles, with a Defence of Ryme heretofore written, and now published _ by the Avthor, Carmen amat, quisquis carmine digna gerit. 8vo, full brown morocco, gilt edges, by Charles Lewis. At London: Imprinted for Edward Blount, 1603 Large and fine copy of very rare Second Edition, with the rare blank leaves Al, B8, D8 and E4. At signature E will be found Daniel's famous eulogy of Lord Southampton (which is partly reprinted in Mr. Lee's "Life of Shakespeare") "To Henry Wriothesly, Erie of Southampton. ' ' 260. DANIEL (SAMUEL). The Civile Wares betweene the Howses of Lancaster and Yorke corrected and continued. Engraved title, with portrait of the author, ly Cockson. Small 4to, old calf, blind tooled sides. Printed at London by Simon Watersonne, 1609 EiRST Complete Edition. Eztremelt Rare. This edition contains numerous corrections from the previous issues, and as Daniel was a most conscientious writer, his corrections were always for the better. Some of the alterations in this edi- tion were obviously suggested by a perusal of Shakespeare's "Eiehard IL" 261. DA PORTO (LUIGI). Giulietta et Romeo. Novelle. Traduction Preface et Notes par Henry Cochin. 8vo. 2 fine plates (one a portrait of Juliet according to Cochin), and woodcuts. 8vo, boards, with the original wrapper bound in uncut. Paris 187& Presentation copy with the translator's autograph inscrip- 62 tion (signed) to Ph. Gille written upon the fly-leaf together- with an autograph letter signed from Henry Cochin to a friend. This is a very interesting work. It contains a long preface by Cochin in which Shakespeare's "Eomeo and Juliet" is dis- cussed. 262. BARREL (JOHN). A Detection of that Sinnful, Shamful Lying and Ridiculous Discours of Samuel Harshnet, entituled A Discoverie of the Fraudulent Practises of John Darrell (in the matter of the Bewitching of Wm. Somers of Nottingham, &c) . 8vo, half calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. No place or printer's name, 1600 The signatures are very irregular, but the volume is quite perfect. 263. BARREL (JOHN). A True Narrative of the Strange and Grevous Vexation of the Devil, of seven persons in Lan- cashire, and William Somers of Nottingham, wherein the Doc- trine of Possession and Dispossession of Demoniakes out of' the word of God is particularly applied unto Somers and the rest of the persons, controverted: together with the use we are to make of these works of God. Small 4to, half calf, gilt edges, by Riviere (headlines cut into). No place or printer's name, 1600 > This volume is most rare, having been sukbeptitiouslt PKINTED. Neither place nor printer is given. For an account of Shakespeare's references to these im- postures, consult the exhaustive description given of them and of Darrell by Hunter in his "New Illustrations" of "Twelfth Night," pages 380, 390. 264. [D'AUBRINCOURT (SIBUR).] Histoire Generale ■ des Larrons, contenant les Vols, Massacres, Assassinats, &c. Small 8vo, original vellum (hole in title, and contemporary writing on same). Lyon, 1664 A scarce and curious work. It has the separate titles to parts 2 and 3. Cited by Douce in his "Illustrations of Shakspeare, " page 546. 265. DAVBNANT (SIR WILLIAM). The Tragedy of Albovine, King of the Lombards. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed by R. M., 1629 FiEST Edition of his first play. Cited by Maloue in his- edition of ' ' Othello. ' ' 266. DAVENANT (SIR WILLIAM). The Cruell Brother ; A Tragedy, As it was performed, at the private House in the Black-Fryers: By His Majestie's Servants. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Imprinted by A. M. for lohn Waterson, 1630 First Edition. Cited by Steevens in his edition of "Othello." Bridgewater duplicate, with stamp on verso of title. 63 267. DAVBNANT (SIE WILLIAM). The Just Italian. Lately presented in the private house of Blaeke Friers. 4to, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges on the rough. London: Printed by Thomas Harper for lohn Waterson, 1630 First Edition. Cited by Steevens in his notes on ' ' Othello. ' ' Malone reprinted Carew's verses which mention the Red Bull Theatre. 268. DAVENANT (SIR WILLIAM). Madagascar; with other Poems. Small 12mo, old calf. London: Printed by John Haviland, 1638 First Edition. At page 37 is the Ode: "In Bememhrance of Master William Shakespeare." Consult Halliwell-Phillipps 's ' ' Outlines of the Life of Shake- speare" (The Davenant Scandal). 269. DAVENANT (SIR WILLIAM). Gondibert: An Heroick Poem. Small 4to, half calf. London : Printed by Tho. Newcomb for John Holden, 1651 First Edition. Good, crisp copy. Cited by Hunter in his ' ' New Illustrations "of " Eomeo and Juliet. ' ' Contains com- mendatory verses by Edmund Waller and Abraham Cowley ' ' To Sir WiU. Davenant upon his two first books of Gondibert, finished before his voyage .to America. ' ' 270. DAVENANT (SIR WILLIAM). The First Day's Entertainment at Rutland-House, by Declamations and Musick! After the Manner of the Ancients, by Sir W. D. Small 12mo, red levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere. London, 1657 First Edition. An account of this little velume will be found in Mr. Hazlitt's "Shakespeare Himself and his Work" (p. 252). Perhaps the rarest of Davenant 's works. Unknown to Lowndes. 271. DAVBNANT (SIR WILLIAM^. Works, consisting of those which were formerly Printed, and those which he designed for the Press: Now published out of the Authors Originall Copies. Portrcdt of the Author Tyy Fcdthorrue. Folio, contemporary calf. London : Printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman, 1673 First Edition. There is a tradition that Davenant was the natural son of Shakespeare; he was certainly his godson. Consult, too, "Fresh AUusions to Shakspere," page 233. 272. DAVIE S (SIR JOHN). Nosce Teipsum. This Oracle expounded in two Elegies written by Sir John Davis Whereunto is added Hymnes of Astraea in Acrosticke Verse. Small 8vo, full crimson morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed by George Purslowe, for Richard Hawkins, 1619-1618 Very Fine Copt. The 8vo edition of "Nosce Teipsum," • 64 1619, appears ta be a far raber, edition than those of 1599 or 1622. Within a long series of years, only one other copy HAS OCCURRED FOR SALE. The present copy contains the blank leaves Al and F4. The British Museum only possesses the ' ' Hymnes of Astraea, ' ' which is only a portion of this volume. 273. DAVIBS (SIR JOHN). Nosce Teipsum. This Oracle expounded in two Elegies, (1) Of Humane Knowledge, (2) Of the Soule of Man, and the immortalitie thereof; Hymnes of Astraea in Acrosticke Verse ; Orchestra, or a Poeme of Daunc- ing, in a Dialogue betweene Penelope and one of her Wooers. Not finished. Small 8vo, full brown straight-grain morocco, gilt edges, by Winstanley. London: Printed by Augustine Mathewes, for Richard Hawkins, 1622 First CoLLECTOiD Edition. The "Hymnes of Astraea" and the "Orchestra" have each a separate title. A portion of "Orchestra" is reprinted by Dr. Furness in his edition of ' ' Romeo and Juliet, ' ' and there is a copy in the Oapell collection of Shakespeareana at Cam- bridge. The present fine copy was the Corser. 274. DAVIBS (THOMAS, Biographer of Garrick). Holo- graph Letter Signed, 2^2 pages, 4to. London, May 16th, 1769. To Granger (the historian). " . . . It is not enough to say of Philip Massinger that he was a Poet of considerable eminence. Bis style is equal to that of any of our old Poets' if not superior, especially in Tragedy. His Characters are well drawn and properly dis- criminated, his sentiments are full of energy and poetic vigour — his plots are like those of Shahespeare, talcen chiefly from ' Novels and Histories. He is not so inflated as Ben Jonson nor so unequal as Beaumont and Fletcher. He is certainly in- ferior to Shakespeare. ..." ^c, #o. Davies was a Shakespearean Critic and an acquaintance of Dr. Johnson. 275. DEACON (JOHN) and WALKER (JOHN). Dia- logieall Discourses of Spirits and Divels. Declaring their proper essence, natures, dispositions, and operations; etc. Londini, Impensis Geor. Bishop, 1601. — A Summarie Answbee to all the Material Points in any of Master Darel his bookes. More Especiallie to That One Booke of His, Intituled, the Doctrine of the Possession and Disposses- sion of Demoniaks out of the word of God. Londini, Impensis Geor. Bishop, 1601 — 2 vols, in 1. Small 4to, full sprinkled calf. Londini, 1601 For an account of Shakespeare's references to these im- postures see the long account in Hunter's "New Illustra- tions of Shakespeare" ("Twelfth Night"), pages 380-390. 65 276. DB BRIBUX. Les Origines de quelques Coutumes Anciennes, et de Plusieurs Facons de Parler Triviales. 12mo, full crimson levant morocco, gilt over marbled edges, by Thibaron-Joly. Caen, Chez Jean Cavelier, 1672 Tine copy. "Dr. Johnson has notioed the frequent allusions in this play to the king's intemperance, a failing that seems to have been too common among the Danish sovereigns as well as their sub- jects. . A lively French traveller being asked what he had seen in Denmark, replied 'rien de singulier, sinon qu'on y chante tous les jours, le roy boit;' alluding to the French mode of celebrating Twelfth-day. See De Brieux, 'Origines de quelques coutumes,' p. 56." — Douee's "Illustrations" of "Hamlet." With the bookplate of J. Renard. 277. DB BRUNES (JOHANNIS). Bmblemata of Zinne- werck; voorghestelt in Bnlden, gedichten, en breeder uyt- legginghen, tot uyt-druckinghe ende verbeteringhe van ver- seheyden feylen onser Muwe. Frontispiece and numerous engravings. Small 4to, original vellum. Amsterdam: Ian Evertsen' Kloppenburch, 1624: Contains both title-pages. Some of the illustrations in, this volume are reproduced in Halliwell's folio Shakespeare to illus- trate "The Taming of the Shrew" and "All's Well that Ends Well." There was a copy in Halliwell's Sale Catalogue, May, 1856. 278. DEPENCB of Coneycatching (The). A Reply to Works by R. Greene on the same subject. Edited by James 0. Halliwell. 8vo, full, crimson morocco, gilt edges, by Matthews. London : Printed by J. B. Adlard, 1859 One of only 26 copies printed by J. O. Halliwell for presen- tation to Shakespearean students. 279. DEKKER (THOMAS). The Knave in Graine, New Vampt, A Witty Comedy, Acted at the Fortune many dayes together with great Applause. Small 4to, full blue levant morocco, gilt (title spotted) . London : Printed by J. 0., 1640 First Edition. Halliwell-Phillipps, in his edition of '.'Othello," points out that lago's song, ' ' And let me the Cannakin clinke, clinke, ' ' is referred to in this play. 280. [DEKKBR (T.).J The Batchellors Banquet, or A Banquet for Batchellors, Wherein is prepared sundry dainty dishes to furnish their tables, curiously drest, and seriously served in Pleasantly discoursing the variable humours of Women, their quickness of wits, and unsearchable deceits. View them well but taste not. Regard them well, but waste not. Curious cut of Cupid pairing off couples. Black Letter. Woodcut on title. 4to, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges. London: Printed for Edward Thomas, 1677 A copy of this rare volume is in Capel's Shakespearean col- lection. 66 281. DE MONTENAY (GEORGETTE). Emblemes, ou Devises Chrestiennes. Numerov^ fine-engravings of Emblems. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd. A La Roehelle; Par lean Dinet, 1620 Fine copy. This is the edition of 1584, with a new title. The engravings are by Moieriot, each one bearing his mark, the "Cross of Lorraine." Green ("Shakespeare and the Emblem Writers") cites this volume in illustration of "Troilus and Cressida" and "King Henry V." 282. DENNIS (JOHN). Original Letters, Familiar, Moral and Critical, 2 vols, in 1. 8vo, half calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd, Wallis and Lloyd. London: Printed for W. Mears, 1721 In these interesting "Letters" Dennis states that "The Merry Wives of Windsor" was written in ten days. The Author writes to Henry Cromwell, "Of an Expression in Shakespear," etc. (p. 138) and "On the Genius and Writ- ings of Shakespear" (p. 371). 283. DENT (JOHN) . Catalogue of the second portion of the Splendid, Curious and Extensive Library of the late John Dent, Esq., F.R.S. and P.S.A. sold by auction by Mr. Evans at his house. No. 93, Pall Mall, on "Wednesday, April 25, and eight following days. 8vo, half calf. 1827 Contains many Shakespearean items of note, some priced in ink. 284. DEVISE des Armes des Chevaliers de la table ronde (Le), lesquels est oyet du tres renomme & vertueux Astus, Iloy de la grand Bretaigne, Avec le description de leurs Armoiries; Numerous heraidiic woodcuts. 16m0', old calf (re- backed). Lyon, 1590 This excessively rare little volume is noted by both Malone and Steevens. 285. DEWES (SIMON). The Journals of all the Parlia- ments during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, both of the House of Lords and House of Commons. Engraved frontispiece, "Queen Elizabeth in Parliament." Polio, old calf (rebacked). London : for John Starkey, 1682 286. DIABLE BOSSU (Le). Frontispiece. Small 12mo, original calf. A Nancy : Chez Dominique Gaydon, 1708 Illustrative of the Dancing Horse of "Love's Labour's Lost." From the catch-word of the final page, a ' ' Table ' ' appears to be wanting, although there is a very complete Table in its proper place in front of the book. It seems never to have been bound in. 67 287. DICTIONARY. An Universal, Historical, Geographi- cal, Chronological and Poetical Dictionary, Exactly Describing The Situation, Extent, Customs, Laws, Manners, Commodities, &c. of all Kingdoms. . . . The Lives of the Patriarchs, etc., etc., etc. 2 vols. 8vo, original calf (name on titles). London, 1703 This remarkable work contains the following extremely con- cise and crude biography of Shakespeare': " Shakespear {William) 'born in Stratford upon Avon, had no great Learning yet was a famous Poet: He excell'd hoth in Tragedy and Comedy." 288. DIXON (ROBERT, Dean of Rochester) . Canidia, or The Witches, a Rhapsody. The five parts complete. Small 4to, original calf. London : Printed by S. Royeroft, for Robert Clavell, 1683 Bare. Has the preliminary leaf before title. Dr. Farmer's (the Shakespeai'ean critic) copy with the fol- lowing note on the fly-leaf in his autograph : " In Mr. Hutton 's catalogue this strange composition is ascribed to one Dixqn. There was a Eobert Dixon, an author, about the time, and D.D., but it surely must not be given to- him! This is the only copy I have seen. 1785." Halliwell-Phillipps, in his edition of ' ' Romeo and Juliet, ' ' quotes from this volume. 289. [DODDRIDGE (SIR JOHN).?] The Lawes Resolu- tions of Womens' Rights; or the lawes provision for women. Black Letter. Small 4to, original calf. London : Printed by the assignes of lohn More, 1632- ~t \ ;c An interesting work on the rights of women, particularly j,^ in relation to the marriage contract, and throws much light -J - on customs of the time, pre-contracts,. Secret Sponsions, etc. , ,1 Four typewritten pages are laid in treating of Shakespeare's pre-contract with Anne Hathaway. 290. DOLCE (LODOVICO). Didone, Tragedia di Lodo- vico Dolce. Small 8vo, full blue calf. [Colophon] In Venegia, in Casa de' Figuioli di Aldo. MDXLVII This very rare old play illustrates Shakespeare's references to Dido, in "Antony and Cleopatra," "The Tempest," and ' ' Merchant of Venice. ' ' 291. DOLCE (LODOVICO). Marianna, Tragedia, Reci- tata in Vinegia nel palazza dell' eccelentiss. S. Duea di Ferrara, con alcune rime e versi del detto. 12mo, full green levant morocco, gilt edges, by Duru. Vinegia, 1565 Dr. Furness, in his edition of "Othello," remarks: "Klein ('Gesehichte des Dramas, Das Italienische Drama,' ii. 384) finds a resemblance which he deems quite striking between several passages in "Othello" and Ludovico Dolce 's "Mari- anna" (first acted in 1565) and suggests that Shakespeare while working on his tragedy may have had the Italian in view. 68 MADAME POMPADOUR'S COPY. 292. DOLCE (LODOVICO). Marianna, T-ragedia, di M. Lodovico Dolce. Recitata in Vinetia nel Palazzo dell' Eccel- lentiss. S. Duca di Ferrara, con alcune rime e versi del detto. 12mo, full, calf, gilt. In Venetia appresso Paulo Ugolino, 1593 Contains the plot of "Othello." An account of the great Shakespearean interest of this very rare Italian play is given in the Variorum Shakespeare, Vol. VI (' ' OtheUo ' '), page 373. The present is a particularly interesting copy. It was originally in iihe Crozat collection, then in Madame De Pompadour's Li- brary (her arms are stamped on the sides of the binding) ; at the Pompadour's sale it was acquired by De La Place (his ex-libris is on the inside cover), who translated several of Shakespeare's plays into French. 293. DONNE (JOHN). Poems. With Elegies on the Au- thors Death. Small 4to, full brown calf. London: Printed by M. F., for lohn Marriot, 1633 A SUPEBB COPY OF THE RARE FlKST COLLECTED EDITION, IN REMARKABLY CRISP CONDITION, AND UNUSUAL STATE, HAVING ALL THE GENUINE BLANK LEAVES. Bound in at the end, is: IWENILIA: or, Certaine Paradoxes, and Problemes. London, 1633. The First Edition, in equally crisp state and condition as the Poems. Capell's "Catalogue of Shakesperiana, " No. 59. Cited by Hunter in his ' ' New Illustrations " of " The Tem- pest ' ' and ' ' Twelfth Night, ' ' and, by Dyee in ' ' Macbeth ' ' and "The Merchant of Venice." At page 165 (misprinted 149) will be found the first printed version of Basse's famous "Epi- taph on Shakespeare. ' ' This version differs from that printed in ' ' Recreations for Ingenious Head-pieces," 1663 (see post). A portion is reprinted in Capell's "School of Shakespeare." 294. DONNE (JOHN) . Poems, by J. D. with Elegies on the Author's Death. Portrait of Donne hy William Marshall, with lines by Isaac Walton beneath. Small 8vo, original calf (worn). Printed by M. F., for John Marriot, 1639 At page 39 will be found the Shakespearean poem "Come live with me and be my love." (Not found in the edition of 1633). 295. DOWNES (JOHN). Roscius Anglicanus, or an His- torical Review of the Stage ; the Names of the principal Actors and Actresses, who perform 'd in the Chief est Plays in each House, with the names of the most taking Plays; and Modern Poets, &c. Small 8vo, old calf (lower line of title, with date, cut off) . London : Printed and sold by H. Playford [1708] The EXCESSIVELY RARE FlEST EDITION. Mr. Lowe (who could only refer to one copy) says: "The first edition is now practically of priceless value." The pres- ent is the Bliss and Ouvry copy. Several notes by Bliss (de- 69 seribing its rarity, etc) are on the fly-leaves. Dr. Bliss states that the only copies known to him were Malone's (whose ac- count of the volume he transcribes) and that in the British Museum. "But for this work," says Granger, "we should have Icnown little or nothing of some celebrated actors." 296. DRAYTON (MICHAEL). Poly-Olbion, A Choro- grapMcal Description of all the Tracts, Rivers, Mountains, Forests, and other Parts of this Renowned Isle if Great Britain, with intermixture of the most Remarkeable Stories, Antiquities, Wonders, &c.. Divided into two bookes, the latter containing twelve Songs, never before Imprinted, with a Table added. Numerous double-page maps, engraved title, and por- trait of the Prinze of Wales, by W. Hole. 2 vols, in one, folio, full mottled calf, gilt back, gilt edges. London : Printed for lohn Marriott, etc., 1622 FntST Complete Edition. Second issue of the First part, and First Issue of the Second part, with both printed titles dated 1622; with the leaf "Upon the Frontispiece" (in fac- simile), and the "Table," which is often wanting. The por- trait is without the inscription. In the description of how the bridegroom Tame was drest with flowers (Song 15), Mr. Furni- vall thinks the expression 'azur'd harebell' and two others are taken from "Cymbeline," act iv. sc 2. (Consult the "Acad- emy," 29 March, 1879.) Consult, too, Deuce's "Illustrations of Shakespeare" (the Ancient English Morris Dance). Capell's "Catalogue of Shakespeariana, " No. 67. 297. DRAYTON (MICHAEL). The Muses Elizium, lately discovered by a new way over Parnassus, etc. SmaU 4to, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges. London: Printed by Thomas Harper, for lohn Waterson, 1630 First Edition, with the preliminary blank leaf. Cited by St e evens in his notes on "King Lear." 298. DRAYTON (MICHAEL). Poems newly corrected by the Author, containing the Barrons' Warres — ^England's Heroicall Epistles — Idea — The Legend of Robert Duke of Normandie — Legend of Matilda and Legend of Pierce Gave- ston. Small 8vo, full crimson levent morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by P. Bedford. London : Printed by William Stansby, for lohn Smethwicke, n. d. Third Edition. This edition contains a complimentary son- net addressed "To Master Michael Drayton," by Thomas Greene, the friend and fellow-townsman of Shakespeare. Capell's "Catalogue of S'hakesperiana, " No. 64.. Drayton's different poems are continuously cited by the different editors of Shakespeare. Fleay ("Biographical Chronicle of the English Stage") 70 gives a striking list of parallels between Shakespeare's and Drayton's sonnets. Mr. Halliwell-Phillipps considered that the lines in "Bar- rons ' Wars ' ' are a singular imitation of a passage in ' ' Julius CsBsar. ' ' Consult "Shakespeare's Centurie of Prayse, " page 53. Coleridge remarks: "The number of passages in Drayton's Heroic Epistles almost identical with lines of Shakespeare prove that one must have been indebted to the other." A portion is reprinted in Capell 's ' ' School of Shakespeare. ' ' 299. [DKUE (THOMAS).] The Life of the Dutchess of Suffolke. As it hath been divers and sundry times acted, with good applause. Small 4to, mottled calf, gilt tooled, gilt edges, by Eiviere. [London:] A. M. for Jasper Emery, 1631 First Edition. This play is frequently attributed to Thomas Heywood. A portion is reprinted in Capell's "School of Shakespeare. ' ' 300. DRUMMOND (WILLIAM). The Works of William Drummond of Hawthomden. Consisting of Those which were formerly Printed, and those which were designed for the Press. Now published from the Author's Original Copies. With portraits of the Author and the five James's. Folio, full panelled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd. Edinburgh : Printed by James Watson, 1711 Copies with the portraits are very rare. For references to this work in connection with its Shake- spearean interest, consult Masson's I^ife of Drummond, and "Century of Prayse." A fine tall copy, with ample margins throughout. 301. DRTDEN (JOHN). Annus Mirabilis: the Year of Wonders, 1666. An Historical Poem : containing the Progress and various Successes of our Naval War with Holland, under the Conduct of His Highness Prince Rupert, and His Grace the Duke of Albemarl; and Describing the Fire of London. Small 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt edges on the rough, by Lloyd. London: Printed for Henry Herringman, 1667 FiKST Edition. Cited by Knight in his notes on "The Merchant of Venice." 302. DRYDEN (JOHN). An Evening's Love, or the Mock Astrologer. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed by T. N., for Henry Herringman, 1671 First Edition. The plot of this play is taken from Corneille, with some hints, both from Shakespeare and Moliere. Prefixed is a very interesting preface on the merits of the older dram- atists, and the remarks on their respective excellencies are made with knowldge and judgment. This contains some important notices of Shakespeare and of the Origin of his Plays. 71 303. DRTDEN (JOHN). The Tempest, or the Enchanted Island. A Comedy-. As it is now Acted at his Highness the Duke of York 's Theatre. Small 4to, sprinkled calf, gilt tooled, gilt edges, by Lloyd. London: Printed by J. M. for Henry Herringman at the Blew Anchor, 1670 FiEST Edition. Veby scarce. Fine copy. Sir William Davenant was associated with Dryden in this play, the whole groundwork of which, Halliwell contends, "is built on Shake- speare; the greater part of the language and some entire scenes, being copied verbatim from it. ' ' The preface, by Dryden, contains much interesting matter relating to his own, Davenant 's, Fletcher's and Suckling's indebtedness to Shake- spear. Consult, too, "Fresh Allusions to Shakespere, " p. 322. The editor of Shakespeare 's ' ' Centurie of Praise ' ' was able to find this play only in the edition of 1676, in which part of the prologue was omitted. 304. DRYDEN (JOHN). The Conquest of Granada by the Spaniards. In Two Parts. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd. In the Savoy : Printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman, 1672: First Edition. Fine copy with the five leaves in sig C, apparently one leaf more than the Locker-Lampson copy. The prose essays attached to these plays, which are noticed by Mr. Locker, contain some very interesting Shakespeare matter, his "Pericles," "Winter Tale," "Love's Labour Lost," and "Measure for Measure" being specially referred to. Consult "Fresh Allusions to Shakespere," p. 224. 305. DRYDEN (JOHN). The Rival Ladies. A Tragi- comedy. As it was Acted at the Theatre-Royal. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman, 1675 Dryden 's Second Dramatic composition. In the Dedication Dryden makes a grievous mistake when he says that Shake- speare INVENTED BLANK YEESE. 306. DRYDEN (JOHN). Aurong-Zebe : A Tragedy. Acted at the Royal Theatre. Small 4to, -„il polished calf, gilt edges. London: Printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman, 1676 First Edition of Dryden 's Last and finest rhymed Tragedy. It is interesting also from the fact that Charles" II. read it in manuscript and gave hints for its final revision. Shakespeare is referred to in the Prologue. Fine copy, with the final leaf containing the Epilogue. 307. DRYDEN (JOHN). All for Love: or, the World well Lost. A Tragedy, as it is Acted at the Theatre Royal; and' written in Imitation of Shakespeare's Stile. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. In the Savoy: Printed by Tho. Newcomb, for Henry Her- ringman, 1678 First Edition. The plot and general design of this plav are borrowed from Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra." Has the final leaf with the Epilogue. 72 308. DRYDEN (JOHN). Troilus and Cressida, or Truth- found too Late. A Tragedy As it is Acted at the Dukes Theatre. To which is Prefixed, a Preface Containing the Grounds of Criticism in Tragedy. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1679 First Edition. This is an alteration of Shakespeare's Play. The Preface contains some highly interesting Shakesneare mat- ter, including quotations from ' ' Hamlet ' ' and ' ' Richard II. ' ' The Prologue was spoken by Betterton, representing the Ghost of Shakespeare. The final leaf "Books lately printed" is pres- ent. 14 typewritten pages on Shakespearean allusions are laid iij. 309.. DRYDEN (JOHN). The Indian Emperour, or the Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards. Being the Sequel of the Indian Queen. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed for B[enry Herringman, 1681 Consult Dr. Pnrness's edition of Macbeth, page 91. Con- tains the final leaf with the Epilogue. 310. DRYDEN (JOHN). The Vindication: or the Parallel of the French Holy League, and the English League and Covenant, Turn 'd into a Seditious Libell against the King and his Royal Highness, by Thomas Hunt and the Authors of the Reflections upon the Pretended Parallel in the Play called the Duke of Guise. Small 4to, half calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd, Wallis and Lloyd. London : Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1683 EiEST Edition. Three references of Shakespearean interest occur throughout the volume. 311. DRYDEN (JOHN). Of Dramatick Poesie, an Essay. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed for Henry Herringman, 1684 A fine copy of Dryden's chief prose production. The char- acter of Shakespeare's genius which is exhibited here in so masterly a manner called forth the highest encomiums from Dr. Johnson. Consult the long extract in ' ' Fresh Allusions to Shaltspere, ' ' pages 216-221. 312. DRYDEN (JOHN). The State of Innocence, and the Fall of Man, an Opera, written in Heroic Verse. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed by H. H. for Henry Herringman, 1684 This edition is not mentioned by Halliwell. Contains a Shakespearean allusion in the Preface. Of this work Dr. John- son says : ' ' This is termed by Dryden an Opera ; but it is rather a tragedy in heroic rhyme, but of which the personages are such as cannot with propriety be represented on the stage. ' ' 313. DRYDEN (JOHN). The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. By Mr. Dryden, and Several other Eminent Hands. Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. Made English by Mr. Dry- 73 'den. Folio, full mottled calf, gilt tooled back and borders, gilt edges, by Eiviere. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1693 First Edition. The long dedication contains many refer- ences to Shakespeare and his genius, and states in one place "* * * wherein Shakespeare, who created the stage among us, had rather written happily, than knowingly and justly. * * * " 314. DRYDEN (JOHN). Love Triumphant; or. Nature will Prevail, a Tragi-Comedy, as it is acted at the Theatre Eoyal, by their Majesties Servants. Written by Mr. Dryden. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Eiviere. London : Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1694 PiKST Edition. This was the last play Dryden wrote for' the stage. In the Prologue, spoken by Mr. Betterton, we read: "To Shakespear's Critique he bequeaths the curse, To find his faults ; and yet himself makes worse. ' ' A fine copy, containing the final leaf with The Epilogue. 315. DU BARTAS (WILLIAM SALUSTE). His Divine Weekes, and Workes with A Compleate Collection of all the other most delight-full Workes, Translated and written by ye famous Philomusus, losuah Sylvester. Engraved title ly Elstracke and portrait of Sylvester, by Ealen; also folding plate at p. 621. Folio, old calf, carmine edges. London : Printed by Robert Young, 1633 This edition is quoted from by Douce in his "Illustrations" of ' ' The Merchant of "Venice, ' ' and by Eolf e and Dr. Furness in their notes on ' ' The Winter 's Tale. ' ' 316. DU BARTAS (WILLIAM SALUSTE). His Divine Weekes and Workes, with A Compleate Collection of all the other most delight-full Workes. Translated and written by ye famous Philomusus losvah Sylvester Gent. Engraved title by Elstracke, portrait of Du Bartas by Halen, and the folding plate at p. 621. Folio, full russia gilt, gilt edges. London : Printed by Robert Young, with Additions, 1641 This edition is cited by Walker in his notes on "As You Like It," and by Dyee in "Macbeth," "Two Gentlemen of Verona," "Love's Labour's Lost," "Merchant of Venice," Second Part of "King Henry VI.," "Macbeth," and "Hamlet." Capell's "Catalogue of Shakespeariana, " No. 337. On the back fly-leaves are numerous manuscript notes in the autograph of Thomas Park, the antiquary and bibliographer. 317. DUBOURDIEU (JOHN). An Historical Dissertation upon the Thebean Legion, Plainly proving it to be Fabulous. .8vo, original sheep. London : Printed for R. Bentley, 1696 At the end is a catalogue of books printed by B. Bentley and among the books advertised is ' ' Mr. William Shakespear 's Plays in one Volume." This must be Bentley 's advertisement of the Fourth Folio as no edition of Shakespeare is known to have been printed between 1685 and 1709, when Eowe 's edition lappeared. 74 318. DUG DB BEABANT. La Joyeuse et MagnifiqUe Entree de Monseigneur Frangoys fils de France et f rere Unie- que du Boy, par la grace de Dieu, Due de Brabant, d'Anjou, Alengon, Berri, etc. en sa tres-renommee ville d 'Anvers. 2 por- traits of the Due de Brabant, finely engraved title, and 21 brillialvt double-page engravings of the pageant by A. de Bruyn. Folio, fuU original vellum. A Anvers: De I'lmprimerie de Christophle Plantin, 1582 Certain of these splendid engravings were used by Halliwell- Phillipps to illustrate Shakespeare's "Troilus and Cressida": The present is a remarkably fine copy, in its original binding, of this most rare pageant. 319. DUCIS (JEAN FRANgOIS, the first French editor of Shakespeare). A Series of Autograph Letters, addressed by Ducis to the Prince of Wurtemberg. These letters date from 1763-1773, and cover 81 pages folio or 4to, folio, full sprinkled calf. A most important literary and dramatic correspondence, con- taining several references to Ducis ' acting editions of ' ' Mac- beth, " " Romeo and Juliet, ' ' and ' ' Hamlet. ' ' These letters were only brought to light in 1882, and in 1899 Monsieur E. de Befuge issued a (privately printed) pamphlet descriptive of them, together with biographies of Ducis and the Prince of Wurtemberg, a copy of this pamphlet accompanies the letters. 320. [DUFFET (THOMAS).] The Empress of Morocco. A Farce. Acted by His Majesties Servants. Small 4to, polished mottled calf, gilt tooled borders, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed for Simon Neale, 1674 First Edition. This scarce volume is a burlesque on a play of similar name, written by Blkanah Settle and published the previous year. It contains two epilogues, one of which has a separate title: "Epilogue. Being a new Fancy after the old, and most surprising way of Macbeth." The following page commences ' ' An Epilogue Spoken by Heccate and three Witches, According to the Famous Mode of Macbeth." In the text some of Shakespeare's lines are used with but slight changes. 321. DUGDALE (GILBERT). The Time Triumphant, de- claring in briefe, the ariual of our Soueraigne liedge Lord, King James into England, His Coronation at "Westminster: Together with his late royal progresse, from the Towre of London through the Cittie, to his.Highnes Mannor of "White Hall. Device on title. Small 4to, full crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere. At London : Printed by R. B., 1604 An Excbssivelt Rake Pageant; not more than 3 or 4 COPIES appear to be known. On the verso of signature B there is one of the earliest known references to the Royal Patronage of Actors, King James "taking to him the late Lord Chamberlain's servants, now the King's Aeters." As is well known, Shakespeare was a member of the first named com- pany of "Aeters." See Payne Collier's "Annals of the Stage" to the time of Shakespeare. 75 322. DUGDALE (WILLIAM). The Antiquities of War- wickshire Illustrated; From Records, Leiger-Books, Manu- scripts, Charters, Evidences, Tombes, and Armes. Portrait of the author ty Hollar and many other illustrations. Folio, fuU brown russia (2 leaves repaired). London: Thomas Warren, 1656 First Edition. Unusually fine copy, with the scarce final leaf of errata. Contains also the bust of Shakespeare in Strat- ford Church, claimed by Sidney Lee as one of only two au- thentic portraits of the poet. This is frequently missing "It [Stratford] gave birth and sepulture to our late famous poet Will. ShaJcespere, ' ' page 523. Inserted is a holograph letter of the author. 323. DUGDALE (WILLIAM). Origines Juridiciales, or Historical Memorials of the English Laws, Courts of Justice, Forms of Tryal, &c. Also a Chronologic of the Lord Chan- cellors & Keepers of the Great Seal, etc. Engraved portraits and heraldic engravings. Folio, old calf. In the Savoy: Printed by Tho. Newcomb, 1671 Second Edition, with additions. Contains an interesting ac- count of the early plays performed in the Hall of the Middle Temple (consult Hunter 's ' ' New Illustrations " of " Twelfth Night"). Isaac Eeed quotes. from it in bis edition of "As You Like It, ' ' and Dyce in ' ' Eomeo and Juliet. ' ' The portraits in this volume are those of the Earl of Claren- don, by Loggan; Lord Justice deneh, by Hollar; Sir Edward Coke, by Loggan; Sir Eanulph Crew, by Hollar, and others. This copy contains the preliminary leaf of License, and the- final leaf with Errata. 324. DU LAURENS (ANDRE). Toutes Les (Euvres de- M. Andre Du Laurens Sieur de Ferrieres, Coner et premier Medecin du Tres-chrestien Roy de France et de Navarre,. Henry le Grand, & son Chancelier en L'universite de Mon- pellier : Recueillies et Traduite en Francois, par M. Theophile Gelee Medecin ordinaire de la Ville de Dieppe. Engraved title and numerous illustrations. Folio, full mottled calf, gilt tooled, gilt edges, by Riviere. Rouen, 1661 Contains his well-kno-mi treatise on the touching for the King's Evil (de.scribed by Shakespeare in "Macbeth"), which is cited by the Clarendon editors in their notes on this play. Very fine copy. 325. DURFBY (THOMAS). The Injured Princess, or the Fatal Wager: as it is Acted at the Theater-Royal, by his ilajestie's Servants. Small 4to, full motttled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed for R. Bentley and M. Magnes, 1682 First Edition. A version of ' ' Cymbeline. ' ' Consult the long account given in "Fresh Allusions to Shakspere," pages 273-276. See, too, Steevens's Shakespeare, Vol. 1, p. 460. 76 326. DURFEY (THOMAS). A Fool's Preferment, or the ' Three Dukes of Dunstable. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Queens Theatre in Dorset-G-arden, by Their Majesties Ser- vants. Together with all the Songs and Notes to 'em, Excel- lently Compos 'd by Mr. Henry Pureell, 1688. Small 4to, boards, roan back. Printed by Joseph Knight and Fra. Saunders, 1688 FiKST Edition. Perfect copies are very rare. The pres- ent copy contains the 16 pp. of Songs and Music by Pureell, nearly always wanting. Contains a catalogue of plays, amongst which are ' ' Hamlet, " " Macbeth, ' ' and ' ' Julius Caesar. ' ' 327. DURFEY (THOMAS). Bussy D 'Ambois, or the Hus- band's Revenge, A Tragedy, as it is Acted at the Theatre Royal. Small 4to, full polished calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd and "Wallis. London: Printed for R. Bentley, 1691 First Edition. Has the final leaf containing the Epilogue. "As immortal SJialcespear says, the toe of the peasant treads so near the heal of the courtier, that it galls his Mie." — Epistle. 328. EARLE (BISHOP). Micro-Cosmographie, or A Peece of the "World Discovered; in Essays and Characters. 16mo, old vellum. London : Printed for Robert Allot, 1629 Cited by Hunter and Malone in their notes on ' ' Hamlet, ' ' and by Drake ( ' ' Shakespeare and his Times " ) in his account of sack and other wines. "The character of a Player" is quoted in "Shakespeare's Centurie of Prayse, " page 46. 329. EDEN (RICHARD). The History of Travayle in the "West and East Indies, and other countreys lying eyther way, towardes the fruitfuU and ryche Muluccas, As Moscovis, Persia, Arabia, Syria, Aegypte, &c. . . . with a discourse of the North "West passage . . . Gathered in parte, and done in Englyshe by Richard Eden. Newly set in order, augmented, and finished by Richard "Willes. Black Letter. Small 4to, full red levant morocco, gilt edges, by Pratt. Imprinted at London by Richard lugge, 1577 Kaee. "Among the real sources of the 'Tempest' we reckon Eden's 'Historye of Travaile in the East and "West Indies' (1577), to wtieh Shakespeare owes his demon Setebos, and most probably also the prototype of Caliban" — Ella's "Essays on Shakespeare." The work is important also as being occupied with Peter Martyr's "Decades" and Oviedo's "History of the West Indies." This edition contains much important material not included in the earlier publications. 330. ED"WARDS (M.). The Paradise of Dainty Devises. Containing sundry pithie precepts, learned Counsailes and -excellent Inventions: right pleasant and profitable of all estates. Devised and written for the most part by M. Edwardes sometime of her Majesties Chappell: the rest by 77 sundry learned Grsntleraen both of Honor and Worship, &c. 4to, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd, Wallis, and Lloyd. At London Printed by Edward AUde, 1596 A Manuscript copy of this excessively baee ■work, in THE AUTOGRAPH OP ThOMAS PAKK, ANTIQUARY AND BIBLIOG- RAPHER; neatly written On the fly-leaf is a note referring to the different editions of the "Paradice of Dainty Devices," — in the autograph of George Steevens the Shakespearean critic, and a letter from Steevens to Park dated Hampstead Heath April 25, 1798, is also affixed to the fly-leaf. George Steevens, when engaged in editing Shakespeare, called on Park for advice and information daily, and the present transcript was no doubt made by Park at Steevens ' request. 331. EIKON BASILIKE. The Pourtraieture of His Sacred Majesty in his Solitudes and Sufferings. Whereunto are an- nexed his Praiers and Apophthegma, &c., Apophthegmata Aurea, Regia Carolina, Apophthegms TheologicaU, MoraU, Politicall, &o. Title in red and Mack. Small 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. [London] : Printed by W. D., in R. M., 1649 An edition without illustrations. Cited by Warburton in his notes on ' ' Hamlet. ' ' At the end of the above work are : ' ' Praires Used by His Majestie in the time of His Sufferings" and "Apophthegmata Aurea, Regia, Carolina," with separate title-page, London 1649. Pine copy. 332. EISBNBERG(PET.). Itinerarium GaUiae et Angliae, Reisebuchlein. Darinn die Reise in Franckreich undt Engel- landt, &e. EngraA)'ed title. 12mo, original vellum, gauffred edges. Leipzig, 1614 A portion of this volume is reprinted by Eye in his interest- ing Shakespearean volume, "England as seen by Foreigners in the days of Elizabeth and James I." 333. ELIZABETH (QUEEN). Certaine Sermons appointed by the Queenes Majestie; to be declared and read, by all Parsons, Vicars, and Curates, every Sunday and Holy day in their Churches; and by her graces advise perused and over- seene, for thd better understanding of the simple people. Printed in Black Letter. Title within, woodcut harder. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. No imprint, 1587 Br. Nicholson ("Notes and Queries," 5th S., xi. 363) re- marks: ("The Tempest") "Compare the First Part of Homily Against Disobedience and "Wilful Eebellion, a sermon which Shakespeare had probably heard or read more than once; 'What a perilous thing were it to commit unto the Subjects the judgment which Prince is wise and godly . . . and whiijh is otherwise; as though the foot must judge of the head.' " 78 334. ELIZABETH (QUEEN). The Funeral Procession of Queen Elizabeth, from a Drawing of the time, supposed to be by the hand of William Camden, then Clarencieux King at Arms, which was in the possession of John Wilmot Esq. F.R.S. and by him deposited in the British Museum. Publish 'd according to the Act of Parliament, April 23d. 1791 A remarkable engraving of this historic Funeral Pageant. It forms one extremely long roll, nearly 29 feet in length, and contains figures and explanatory text of the very numerous- partakers in the Procession. 335. ELIZABETH (PRINCESS, daughter of James I.). Beschreibung Der Reisz: Empfahung desz Ritterlichen Ordens: VoUbringung des henraths; and glucklicher heim- fuhrung; Wie auch der ansehnlichen Einfuhi-ung; gehaltener Ritterspiel und Frewdenfests, etc. 13 folding plates iy De Bry & Keller. Small 4to, sprinkled calf, gilt tooled, gilt edges. Gotthardt, 1613 Tieck says that the ' ' Tempest ' ' was especially composed by Shakespeare for the purpose of being played during these- festivities. Consult the Transactions of' the New Shakespeare Society, 1878 ("Shaltespeare's England"). During the wedding festivities not only "The Tempest, "but . also "Othello" and "A Winter's Tale" were played before the princess and her husband. 336. ELIZABETH (PRINCESS) KING (JOHN, Bp. of London), Vitis Palatina, A Sermon appointed to be preached at Whitehall upon the Tuesday after the Marriage of the Ladie Elizabeth her Grace. Small 4to, half calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd. London: For John Bill, 1614 "A vetiy singular composition, concluding with an ejaculation against the Papists." — Lowndes. 3-37. ELIZABETH (Princess) WILLET (Andrew). A Treatise of Salomon's Marriage, or a Congratulation for the Happie and HopefuU Mariage betweene the most illustrious and Noble Prince Frederick .... And the Most Gratious and Excellent Princesse, the Ladie Elizabeth, sole daughter unto the High and Mighty Prince James, &c. Small 4to, sprinkled calf, gilt, gilt edges, by Lloyd. London: P. K. for Thomas Man, 1612 Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe's copy, with his autograph on fly-leaf. 338. ELTOT (SIR T.). The Boke' named the Gouernour, devised by Sir Thomas Blyot, Knight. Black Letter. 8vo, full calf, gilt edges on the rough. Londini in Edibus: T. Bertheleti, 1531 This Fikst Edition is excessively rare; the British- Museum copy is imperfect. The only copy known to Lowndes was North's. Shakespeare (according to Dr. Hunter) was very greatly indebted to Elyot's "Qovernour." 79 339. ERONDELL (PETER). The French Garden: for English Ladyes and Gentlewomen to walke in ; or, a Sommer dayes labour, being an instruction for attayning unto the knowledge of the French Tongue ; wherein for the practise thereof, are framed thirteene Dialogues in French and Eng- lish, concerning divers matters from the rising in the morning till Bed-time ; also the Historic of the Centurion mencioned in the Gospell ; in French Verses, which is an easier and shorter Methode then hath been yet set forth, to bring the lovers of the French tongue to the perfection of the same. 8vo, original vellum. London: Printed for Edward White, 1605 Original and barest edition. Erondell was a fashionable French teacher of Shakespeare's time, and the author of quite a small library of manuals of instructions for his own pupils and the public generally in the principles of the French tongue, and some 'at least of his multifarious labours must have passed under our great Poet's eyes. Erondell 's educational works are frequently referred to by Douce and the various editors of Shakespeare. The present is a remarkably fine copy. 340. [ESTIENNE(HBNRI).J Deux Dialogues du Nouveau Langage Francois, Italianize, et autrement desguize, prin- cipalement centre les Courtisans de ce temps. Small 8vo, full green levant morocco, gilt over marbled edges, by Trautz- Bauzonnet. [Geneva, 1578] , The vebt ease Fikst Edition. Douce notices this very rare volume in his ' ' Illustrations " of " Love 's Labour 's Lost. ' ' 341. FABIAN CROBERTj. Chronicle, whiche he nameth the Concordunce of histories, newly perused & Continued from the beginnyng of Kyng Henry the Seventh to thende of Queene Mary. Title within woodcut border. 'Frontispiece in- serted. Folio, old calf, rebacked. Imprinted at London by Jhon Kyngston, 1559 The Best Edition of this Chronicle. Printed in Black Tjet- ter, and has the account of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth. Shakespeare made considerable use of Fabian. Douce re- fers to this work in his " Illustrations " of " Measure for Measure. ' ' Consult, too, his "Illustrations" of "King Henry VI.," Part 2. Also Langbaine's notes on the same play, "King John," "Eichard IL," and "Richard IIL" Consult New Shakspere Society's Transactions, Series II., No. 10 ("King Henry V.,"), Capell's "Catalogue of Shake- speariana, " No. 81. 342. FASTOLFE (HUGO, Sheriff of Norwich, temp. Richard II.) . The original deed concerning his recovery of the Manors of Hersted, Little Canefield, and Great Eystane, in Essex, 14 year Richard IL (1391). Folio, on vellum. Full mottled calf, by Riviere. 1391 Eaee. Undoubtedly a relative of Sir John Fastolfe. Con- sult French's " Shakespeareana Genealogica, " pages 136-138. 80 343. FAVINE (ANDREW). The Theatre of Honour & Knighthood, Or, A Compendious Chronicle and Historic of the whole Christian "World. Containing the Originall of all Monarchies, Kingdomes, and Estates, with their Emperours, Kings, Princes, and Governours; Their Beginnings, Continu- ance, and Successions, to this present Time. The First In- stitution of Armes, Emblazons, Kings Heraldes, and Pur- suivants of Armes : &c. Numerous woodcuts of arnvSy coins, mid regalia. Thick folio, old calf. London: Printed by William laggard, 1623 Consult Douce 's "Illustrations of Shakspeare" (The Ancient English Morris Dance) . 344. FELTHAM (OWEN). Resolves, Divine, Morall, Politicall. Engraved title. 8vo, full polished mottled calf, gilt tooled back and borders, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed for Henry Seile, 1628 First complete edition. Cited by Hunter in his "New Illustrations " of " King Eichard II. ' ' 345. FELTHAM (OWEN). Resolves, with new, & Severall other Additions both in Prose and Verse (including Lusoria). Title engraved by Vdughan. Polio, full contemporary calf. London: Printed for A. Seile, 1661 Included in this edition, with separate title and pagination, is : " Lusoria. ' ' First printed as an addition to ' ' Eesolves, ' ' 1661. Piece xx. is "An Answer to the Ode of Come leave the loathed Stage, &c. " Unpaged leaf of ' ' Errata ' ' is present, as is also the prelimi- nary leaf ' ' The Face of the Book, Unmasked. ' ' Shakespeare allusion. ' ' Jug, Pierce, Peck, Fly, and all Yow Jests so nom,inal. Are things so far teneatli an aMe Brain, As they do throw a stain Through all th' unliTcely plot, and do displease As deep as Pericles, Where yet there is not laid Before a Chamber-maid Discourse so weigh' d, as might have serv'd of old For Schools, ivhen they of Love Sr Valour told. ' ' 346. FENNER (DUDLEY). Certain Godly and Learned Treatises .... for the behoofe and edification of al those that desire to grow and increase in true Godlines, the Titles Whereof are set downe in the Page following. Decorative border io title. Svo, full brown morocco, richly toqled sides and back, gilt edges, by Charles Lewis. Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Waldegraue, 1592 An extremely interesting little volume containing no less than six references denouncing stage-plats. These references are of peculiar importance, being contemporaneous with Shake- speare, who at this period (the dedication of the above volume is dated December 24th, 1591) had produced "Love's Labour's Lost ' ' and ' ' Two Gentlemen of Verona. ' ' 81 347. FENNOR (WILLIAM) . Descriptions, or A True Re- lation of Certaine and divers speeches, spoken before the King and Queenes most Excellent Majestie, the Prince his high- nesse, and the Lady Elizabeth's Grace. Small 4to, old ealf, blind tooling (top head lines cut into). London : Printed by Edward Griffin, 1616 FmsT Edition. Curious for its reference to the sale of plays in Shakespeare's time. Consult Drake's "Shakespeare and his Times," vol. ii., page 219. Contains lines on Otto,, Prince of Hesse, who visited Eng- land in 1611. Consult, too, the frequent notices in Mr. Eye's Shakespearean volume, ' ' England as seen by Foreigners. ' ' 348. FENTON (SIR GEOFFREY). Golden Epistles, con- tayning varietie of discourse, both Morall, Philosophical, and Divine: gathered, as well out of the remaynder of Guevarae's woorkes, as other Authours, Latine, French and Italian, by Geoffrey Fenton. Title within woodcut border. Small 4to, half calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. Imprinted at London, by Henry Middleton, 1575 First Edition of Fenton 's translation. Vert Rare. Printed in Black Letter. Cited by Hunter in his "New illustrations" of "Hamlet." Consult, too, Payne Collier's quotation from the volume in his notes on "Othello." 349. FENTON (SIR GEOFFREY). Certaine TragicaU Discourses written out of Frenche and Latin, no less profitable then pleasaunte, and of like necessitye to all degrees that take pleasure in antiquityes of forreine reportes. Printed in Black Letter. Title within woodcut border. 8vo, old green straight- grain morocco, gilt edges. Imprinted at London, by Thomas Marsh, 1579 Malone considered that Shakespeare adopted some of Fenton 's stratagems in "King Lear." An account of the volume will be found in Drake's "Shake- speare and his Times." Capell 's ' ' Catalogue of Shakespeariana, ' ' No. 84. 350. FENTON (ROGER). A Treatise of Usurie, divided into three bookes : the first defincth what ' is Usurie. The second determineth that to be unlawfuU. The third removeth such motives as perswade men in this age that it may be law- full. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. At London: Imprinted by Felix Kyngston, 1612 Fine copy of the First Edition. Donee's "Illustrations" of "Hamlet" contains extracts from this work. 351. FERNE (SIR JOHN). The Blazon of Gentrie: Divided inta Two Parts — the First named The Glorie of Generositie, the Second Lacyes Nobilitie ; comprehending Dis- courses of Armes and of Gentry, wherein is treated of the Beginning, Parts, and Degrees of Gentlenesse, with her Lawes : of the Bearing and Blazon of Cote- Armors : of the Lawes of 82 Armes, and of Combats : compiled by John Feme, Gentleman, for the Instruction of all Gentlemen Bearers of Armes, whom and none other this work concerneth. Numerous wood- engravings. Small 4to, original calf (partly rebacked). At London, printed by John Windet for Andrew Maun- sell, 1586 . First Edition. Fine copy. Cited by Hunter as "a book known to Shakespeare," in his "New Illustrations" of "The Tempest," "The Merry Wives of Windsor," "The Mer- chant of Venice," "Hamlet," "OtheUo," "As You Like It," and finally, ' ' A Winter 's Tale. ' ' In his note on the last-named play Hunter remarks at length on the language of Perdita and the association made by Sir John Feme between certaia flowers and ages and concludes that Shakespeare had those associations in mind when writing the play. 352. FERNE (SIR JOHN). The Blazon of Gentrie: Divided into Two Parts, the First named The Glory of Gen- erositie, the Second Lacyes Nobilitie. (Comprehending dis- course of Armes and of Gentry. "Wherein is treated of the Beginning, Parts, and Degrees of Gentlenesse, with her Lawes : of the Bearing and Blazon of Cote- Armors: of the Lawes of Armes, and of Combats. Compiled by John Perne, Gentle- man, for the Instruction of all Gentlemen Bearers of Armes, whom and none other this worke concerneth. Illustrated with heraldic devices. Small 4to, old russia, gilt tooled, gilt edges. London : printed by John Windet, for Andrew Maunsell, 1586 Lakoe Paper Copt, having the whole of the coats-of-arms richly emblazoned. A few copies in this state were probably prepared by Ferne for presents only. 353. FERRAND (JAMES). A Treatise Discoursing of the Essence, Causes, Symptomes, Prognosticks, and the Cure of Love, or Erotique Melancholy. Small, half calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. Oxford: Printed by L. Lichfield, 1640 First Erarioisr. Hunter, in his "New Illustrations" of "Romeo and Juliet," mentions this work. "Lucrece" is also mentioned twice. 354. [FEVRE (RAOUL LE).] The Destruction of Troy, in Three Bookes. The Tenth Edition, much corrected and amended. Printed in Black Letter. Small 4to, half old calf. London: Printed for T. Passinger, 1680 Illustrative of ' ' Troilus and Cressida. ' ' A portion is re- printed in Capell's "School of Shakespeare," Capell's "Cata- logue of Shakespeariana, " No. 342. 355. FILMER (EDWARD). A Defence of Dramatick Poetry: being a Review of Mr. Collier's View of the Immo- rality and Profaneness of the Stage. 8vo, contemporary calf (repaired). London: Printed for Eliz. Whitlock, 1698 Fine copy, with the half-title. Contains much valuable in- formation relative to the Elizabethan stage. 83 356. FISHER (THOMAS). A Series of Antient Allegori- cal, Historical, and Legendary Paintings which were dis- covered in the summer of 1804 on the walls of the Chapel of the Trinity ai Stratford upon Avon in Warwickshire also Views and Sections illustrative of the Architecture of _ the Chapel. Illuminated title and numerous coloured illustrations. Folio, half old calf. Etched and published by Thomas Fisher, 1807 357. FITZHERBERT (THOMAS). The First Part of a Treatise concerning Policy, and Religion. Title vnthin border of woodcut ornaments. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. Printed at Doway by Lavrence Kellam, 1606 FiEST Edition. Very Rabe. Secretly printed at Doway, its circulation in England was forbidden. In the Transactions of tlie New Shakespere Society (1874), page 414, there is a refer- ence to this work. 358. FLAXMAN (JOHN, The Sculptor). Two Holograph Letters Signed, 6 pages 4to. To William Hayley (the Author of "Triumphs of Temper".) Undated. Eelative to the decoration for the chimney piece at Eartham: "I should ie obliged to yon if you will inform me how yoii would like to have the Insignia of Tragedy and Comedy on each side of the medallion of Shalcespeare perhaps the following disposition may please you. ' ' Then follows a very clever miniature drawing of a portrait of Shakespeare with the In- signia of Tragedy and Comedy on either side. The letter concludes with a drawing of the chimney piece for Eartham. 359. FLETCHER (JOHN). Monsieur Thomas, A Comedy; Acted at the Private House in Blacke-Fryers. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed by Thomas Harper, for lohn Waterson, 1639 PiKST Edition. Very Eare. Consult Douce 's "Illustrations of Shakespeare," page 592. Cited by Dyce in his notes on "King Lear." A portion is reprinted in Capell's "School of Shakespeare. ' ' Capell's "Catalogue of Shakespeariana, " No. 25. 360. FLETCHER (JOHN). The Coronation, A Comedy. As it was presented by her Majesties Servants at the private House in Drury Lane. Small 4to, half maroon morocco, lower edges uncut. London : Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Andrew Crooke, 1640 First Edition. Consult "Fresh Allusions to Shakspere," page 150. A portion is reprinted in Capell 's ' ' School of Shake- speare. " Capell's "Catalogue of Shakespeariana," No. 18. The authorship of this Play was claimed by Shirley. 84 361. FLETCHER (JOHN). The Tragedy of RoUo Duke of Normandy. Acted by His Majesties Servants. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt tooled back and borders, gilt edges, by Riviere. Oxford : Leonard Lichfield, 1640 First Edition. Contains the famous song from "The Pas- sionate Pilgrim" and "Measure for Measure," "Take, oh, Take those lips away." Boswell urged that the song was com- posed by neither Shakespeare nor Fletcher, but by a third unknown writer. It is discussed by Dyce and by the editor of "Fresh Illusions." A portion of BoUo is reprinted in Capell's "School of Shakespeare." No. 17 in Capell's "Catalogue." 362. FLETCHER (JOHN). The FaithfuU Shepherdesse. Acted at Somerset House, before the King and Queen on Twelf night, 1633, And divers times since, with great applause, at the Private House in Black-friers, by his Majesties Servants. Small 4:to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere (title, and three following leaves, reprinted) . London : Printed for Ga. Bedell and Tho. Collins, 1666 A portion is reprinted in Capell's "School of Shakespeare." Capell's "Catalogue of Shakespeariana, " No. 21. 363. FLETCHER (JOHN). The Night Walker, or, the Little Thief, A Comedy, As it was presented by her Majestie's Servants, at the Private House in Drury-Lane. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. , London : Printed for Andrew Crook, 1661 Capell's "Catalogue of Shakespeariana," No. 26. 364. FLORES (GIOVANNI). Historia di Aurelio et Isabella. Fine ornamental initials. Small 8vo, contemporary limp vellum. Vinegia: Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, 1548 Eemarkably fine copy. It has been frequently asserted that this romance was the source of Shakespeare's "Tempest." Bound in with above is: Lisu Arte di Greoia Figlivol dell Im- peratore Splaadiano. Venetia: Miohele Tramezzino, 1550. 365. FLORES (GIOVANNI). Historic of Aurelio and of Isabel, daughter of the Kinge of Sehotlaiide, translated in foure langages, French, Italien, Spanishe, and Inglishe. 12mo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. A Bruxelle: Chez lean Mommart, 1608 This edition in four languages, is Eaj-e. Collins, the poet, believed that ' ' The Tempest ' ' was founded on this once very celebrated and favourite romance, the scene of which is laid in Scotland. 366. [FLORIO (JOHN).] Florios Second Frutes, to be gather^d pf Twelve Trees, of divers b|it delightsome tastes to the tongues of Italians and Englishmen, to which is annexed his Gardine of Recreation yeelding six thousand Italian 85 Proverbs. Title within woodcut harder. Small 4to, full polished calf, gilt edges, by Aitken. London: printed for Thomas "Woodcocke, 1591 First Edition. A volume of extraobdinart eabity; so rare, indeed, that Hunter could never have seen it, for he tells us in Ms ' ' New Illustrations of Shakespeare, ' ' that the ' ' Garden of Recreation" was never printed, and exists only in. manu- script (vol. i., page 275). It is believed to contain Shake- speare's first printed composition, so its importance to a student of the poet cannot be over-estimated. ' ' Venus and Adonis ' ' (his first avowed publication) did not appear till 1593 (two years after the present volume). 367. FLORIO (JOHN) . A Worlde of Wordes : Italian and English. Folio, original vellum (some leaves wormed and edges worn) . Printed at London, by Arnold Hatf oeld, 1598 First Edition; dedicated to Lord Southampton. There was no dictionary (according to' the various editors of Shakespeare's works) more often used by Shakespeare than Florio. Douce frequently refers to it in his "Illustrations" of "Twelfth Night," "Measure for Measure," "Love's Labour's Lost," "Antony and Cleopatra," &c., &o. Hunter, in his "New Illustrations," quotes from it in his notes on "Hamlet" and "The Merchant of Venice." An exhaustive account of Florio and his close connection with Shakespeare will be found in Hunter's "New Illustrations of Shakespeare. ' ' 368. FLORIO (MICHEL). Historia de la Vita e de la Morte de I'illustriss. Signora Giovanna Graia, gai Regina elletta e publieata d 'Inghilterra ; de la cose accadute in quel Regno dopo la Morte del Re Odoardo VI. Nella quale secondo le Divine Scritture si tratta de i principati arricoli de la Religione Christiana. Con I'aggiunta d'una dottiss. disputa Theologica fatta in Ossonia, I'anno 1554. Small 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere (title repaired). Stampato appresso Richardo Pittore, 1607 First Edition. By the father of John Florio; although written in 1554, it was not published tiU 1607. Consult Hunter's "New Illustrations of Shakespeare," vol. i., p. 273, etc. 369. FLORUS. The Roman Histories of Lucius lulius Floras from the foundation of Rome, till Caesar Augustus, for above DCC. yeai-es, & from thence to Traian near CC. yeares, divided by Flor. into IV ages. Translated into Eng- lish by [Edmund Bolton.] Engraved title hy Sim. Pass. 12mo, full crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: By William Stansby for Tho. Dewe, [1618] First Edition in English. Cited by Douce in his "Illustra- tions" of " Coriolanus. " According to Langbaine, Shaie- speare consulted Floras for the plot of "Antony and Cleo- patra. ' ' 86 370. FOBRNO (G.). Fabulae Centum Carminibus expli- catae. Plates from designs by Titian. Small 4to, old half calf (some leaves partly stained). Bomae, 1563 First Edition. Green ("Shakespeare and the Emblem Writers"), after remarking that "the year of Shakespeare's Hrth saw the publication at Bome of the Latin Fables of Gabriel Faerni," 4-0., 4-c. (page 303), at 311 adds: " . . . it would be strange if a copy had not fallen into Shake- speare's hand." Consult, too, pages 85 and 310 of the same work. 371. FORBES (JOHN). Cantus, Songs and Fancies, to Three, Four, or Five Parts, Both apt for Voices and Viols. With a brief Introduction to Music. As is taught in the Musick-School of Aberdeen. The Third Edition, much En- larged and Corrected. Woodcut vignettes on title, and music. Small oblong 4to, full blue levant ' morocco, gilt edges, by Lortic, fils. Printed in Aberdeen, by lohn Forbes, 1682 This is the first book printed in Scotland which contains a contribution by Shakespeare — and a voLtiME of extraordinary RARITY. On signatures 03 and 04 will be found Shakespeare's song: "From the fair Lavinian Shore, I Tour markets come to store. ' ' This is set to music by "Jack" Wilson. Wilson was one of the players in ' ' Much Ado About Nothing ' ' and a long account of him is given by Dr. Furness in his edition of this play. This volume by Forbes is so rare, however, that it is unmentioned either by Dr. Furness or his biographer, Mr. Seccombe. Another interesting feature of the book is that it contains Savile's "Here's a health unto his Majesty" afterwards altered into the world famous ' ' God save the King. ' ' In Bindley 's copy, which sold for £11 in 1819, the following note appeared: ' ' The scarcity of this volume is well known to Collectors. But it has acquired a new and increased value from a very recent discovery, which had escaped the researches of Dr. Bur- ney, Hawkins, and every other writer upon Music. This curious and interesting Work contains the original of the popular air ' God SAVE the King, ' so long and so vainly searched for by the Historians and Amateurs of Music. ' ' 372. FORD (EMANUEL). The Most Famous, Delectable and Pleasant History of Parismus, The Most Renowned Prince of Bohemia: The First Part Containing his most Noble Atehievements, and Triumphant Battels, fought against the Persians; His Love to the Beautiful Princess Laurana the King's daughter of Thessaly, &c. . . . The Second Part, Con- taining the Adventurous Travels, .... of Parismenos,' . . . With his Love to the Beautiful and Fair Princess Angelica, &e. Black Letter. Each part with a separate title and frontispiece. 4to, full brown levant morocco, gilt tooled, gilt edges, by Bedford. London, 1689 "Shakespeare was, probably, indebted for the names of the heroines of 'Twelfth Night' to the first part of Emmanuel 87 Forde's 'Parismus, the Benowned Prince of Sohemia,' for neither Olivia or Viola occurs in the Inganndti from whic^ Shakespeare is Relieved to have harrowed the plot. In the romance, Olivia is Queen of Thessaly, and Violetta, the name of a lady, who, unknown to the lover, disguises herself as a page to follow him, and she, also, like Viola, is shipwrecked (see F. f. 3 and D. d. 3).' '^C. E. Browne. Halliwell-Phillipps had only the edition of 1704 (see his Sale Catalogue, July 1889). The early editions of this old romance have been thumbed out of existence — the present copy contains both of. the rare frontispieces. 373. POED (JOHN). The Fancies Chast and Noble: Pre- sented by the Queene's Majestie's Servants, at the Phoeni;^ in Drury-Lane. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt tooled, gilt edges, by Riviere. London, 163$ FiKST Edition. Has the last page (77) misprinted 67. Cited by Singer in his notes on ' ' Eomeo and Juliet. ' ' Consult, too, ' ' Fresh Allusions to Shakspere, ' ' page 118. 374. FRAUNCE (ABRAHAM). Lawiers Logike, exempli- fying the praeeepts of Logike by the practice of the Common Lawe. Black Lettee. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. At London : Imprinted by WiUiam How, 1588 First Edition. It is believed by Shakespearean critics that it was from this volume that Shakespeare acquired much of his legal knowledge. 375. FREDERICK HENRICK, Prince van Orange. Be- graeffnisse van syne Hoogheyt Frederick Henrick, by der Grratien Gods Prince van Orange, Grave van Nassau, Catzenel- lebagen, Vianden, Diets Capitaen Generael, end Ad- mirael der Vereenigh de Netherlande. Thirty fine double-page plates representing the funeral procession of this Prince. Folio, original vellum. Amsterdam, 1651 Certain of these plates were used by Halliwell-PhiQipps to illustrate Shakespeare 's ' ' Coriolanus. ' ' A fine copy of an ex- ceedingly rare pageant. 376. FULLER (THOMAS). Historic of the Holy Warre. Fine engraved title and folding map, by William Marshall. Folio, full panelled calf, gilt edges. Cambridge: Printed by Thomas Buck, 1639 Fine copy, with the Chronological Table, and the genuine blank leaf preceding it. Cited by Isaac Eeed in his notes on "Hamlet." 377. FULLER (THOMAS). The Holy State. Engraved title, arms, and portraits by W. Marshall. Folio, fulV mottle^ calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. Cambridge : Printed by R. D., for John Williams, 16^2 First Edition. Choice copy. Cited by Douce in "The Clowns and Pools of Shakspeare. " 378. FULLER (THOMAS). The Church History of Britain ; from the Birth of Jesus Christ, until the year 1648. Engraved plates. Folio, full wine color levant morocco, richly gilt back and sides, gilt edges, by Clarke and Bedford. London : Printed for lohn Williams, 1655 Fine copy of the First Edition. Douce cites this work in his Illustrations of "As You Like It. ' ' 379. FULLER (THOMAS). The History of the Worthies of England. Portrait of the Author by Loggan. Folio, old calf. London : Printed by J. G. W. L. and W. C, 1662 First Edition. Very bake. The interesting notice of Shakespeare is found at page 126. It is highly valuable as being the first biographical notice of the poet. The date of Shakespeare's death is left blank, and Halliwell-Phillipps re- marks that FuUer ' ' was not even at the pains to ascertain the year of the poet's decease." Cited by Hunter in his "New Illustrations" of "Hamlet," "Twelfth Night," and "Sir John Oldcastle." Consult, too, ' ' Fresh Allusions to Shakspere, ' ' pages 197 and 202. 380. GALTHERUS (PHILIPPUS). Alexandreidos, libri decem. 8vo, old blue straight-grain morocco, gauffred edges. Lugduni : Excudebat Robertus Granton, 1558 A very beautiful copy of this excessively rare volume. In it Shakespeare found the line ' ' Incidis in Scyllam cupiens vitare Charibdim" (fol. 42), quoted by him in "The Merchant of Venice." ' ' Truly then I fear you are damned ioth iy father and mother, thus when I shun Scilla your father, I fall into Charii- dis your mother, well, you are gone both waies." Malone and HaUiwell-Phillipps both -give interesting accounts of the volume. 381. GARNET (HENRY). A True and Perfect Relation of the Whole proceedings against the late most barbarous Traitors, Garnet a Jesuite, and his Confederates : Contayning Sundry Speeches delivered by the Lords Commissioners at their Arraignments, . . The Earle of Northampton's Speech having bene enlarged upon those grounds which are set downe. And lastly all that passed at Garnet's Execution. Small 4to, original calf. London : Robert Barker, 1606 Garnet's trial furnished Shakespeare with many passages in "Macbeth." Consult the exhaustive account given by Dr. Furness in his edition of "Macbeth," pages 381-383. This volume has signature of Arthur Eawdon on first title, and of Sir John Eawdon on second title. 382. GARNIER (ROBERT)'. Les Tragedies de Robert Garnier Conseiller du Roy et de Monseigneur frere unique de sa Maieste, Lieutenat general Criminel au siege Presidial & Senechaussee du Maine. Engraved title. 12mo, old red moj rocco, gilt edges. A Rouen, 1605 Contains the tragedy of Cornelia, which is cited by Sidney- Walker in his notes on ' ' The Tempest. ' ' 383. GARON (LOUTS). Le Chasse Ennuy, ou L'honneste ■entretien des Bonnes Compagnies, Divise en V Centuries. En- graved title. 12mo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. Paris: Chez Claude Griset, 1633 Contains the "Bond Story" ("Merchant of Venice"). Consult Douee 's ' ' Illustrations ' ' of the ' ' Merchant of Venice. ' ' 384. GARRICK (DAVID). An Ode upon Dedicating a Building, and Erecting a Statue, to Shakespeare, at Stratford upon Avon. 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges. London : Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, 1769 Fine copy of the First Edition. Scarce. 385. GARRICK 'S BUST OF SHAKESPEARE. The 'Original Document Signed by Thos. Rackett and J. E. Dowdeswell, Trustees of David Garrick. December 1822. Consigning the statue of Shakespeare (formerly in Gar- j-iek's possession) by Roubillac to the British Museum. Folio, mounted. "We do hereiy authorize you to deliver to the Trustees of the British Museum, or to their Appointee the Statue of Shake- speare (by Roubillac) bequeathed to them by the Will of the late David Garrick Esqre. deceased, upon their givi/ng a proper receipt or acknowledgment for the same, dated this — December IS^S." A VALUABLE DOCUMENT. 386. GARRICK (MRS. DAVID). Her autograph Diary for the year 1769. 8vo, in the original wrapper. Enclosed in a morocco case. 1769 Of unusual interest as this was the year of the famous Stratford Jubilee in honour of Shakespeare. "Garrick was the whole soul of the affair." On June 18 she notes that they set out for Stratford-on- Avon. A long account of the Stratford Jubilee, which was entirely organised' by Garrick, will be found in Fitzgerald's "Life" of him. 387. GATTON (EDMUND). Pleasant Notes upon Don 'Quixote. Folio, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed by William Hunt, 1654 The Vert Scarce First Edition. Outside the interest in the volume in the explanations of allusions in Cervantes, there is much curious and amusing reading, references to authors of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods (Shakespeare, Spenser, Ben Jonson, Randolph, and others). Shakespeare is referred to several times. Cited by Douce in his " Illustrations " of "King Lear," also in his "Illustrations" of "Pericles," and the ' ' Ancient English Morris Dance. ' ' See also, ' ' Fresh Allu- sions to Shakspere. " 90 388. GEE (JOHN). New Shreds of the Old Snare. Con- -taining the Apparitions of two new female Ghosts, etc., etc. Title printed in red and llack. Small 4to, cloth, roan back, UNCUT. London : Printed for Robert Mylboume, 1624 First Edition. Contains very early allusions to "Hamlet" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream." A note on reverse of title by Dr. A. Jessopp reads: "Incomparably the most beau- tiful copy of this tract I have ever seen," etc. 389. GENEROUS USURER (The). Mr. Nevell in Thames Street, who alloweth his maid usually a black pudding to ■dinner. Who once bought a Pullet for his Wife when shee was sicke, but he would goe to Market himselfe, because he would not be cosened by the Messenger, &c. And how he made lamentable moane to his Neighbours, that his maid had rob'd lim, &c. Curious woodcut portrait on title. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed for Salomon Johnson, 1641 FiEST Edition. Cited by Isaac Eeed in his notes on usurers ("Merchant of Venice"). This is a little tract of quite eb- MAKKABLE EARITT. 390. GERBIER (BALTHAZAR). Counsel and Advise to all Builders; For the Choice of their Surveyours, Clarks of their Works and other Work-men therein concerned. 12mo,. old russia, rebacked, gilt edges. London: Printed by Thomas Mabb, 1663 PiEST Edition. With the leaf of Errata at the end. "To understand this phrase ('stumble at the threshold') rightly, it must he remembered that some of the old thresholds or steps under the door, were, like the hearths, raised a little, so that a person might stumble over them unless proper care was taken. A very whimsical reason for this practice is given in a curious little tract by Sir Balthazar Geriier, entitled, ' Counoel and Advice to all Builders,' 1663, in these words, 'A good surveyour shuns also the ordering of doores with stum- Hing-block-thresholds, though our forefathers affected them, perchance to perpetuate the antient custome of bridegroomes, when formerly at their return from church {they) did use to lift up their iride, and to knock their head against that of the doore, for a remembrance, that they were not to passe the threshold of their house without their leave.' " — Douce 's !' Il- lustrations " of " King Henry VI., ' ' Part 3. 391. GESNBR (CONRAD). Historia Animalium, De Quadrupedibus viviparis, de Oviparis, de Avium natura, de Piscium & Aquatilium Animantium natura, & de Serpentium natura. Opus Philosophic, Medieis, Grammaticis Philologiae, Poetis, & omnibus rerum linguarumque variarum studiosis, utilissimum simul iucundissimumque futurum : Editio secunda 91 novis iconibus nee non observationibus non paueis auctiory atque etiam multis in loeis emendatior. Numerous woodcuts. 5 vols, folio, half vellum. Franeofurti, 1617-21 The works of Gesner are very frequently quoted from by tJie Shakespearean commentators. Consult Deuce's "Illustrations" of "As You Like It." 392. GBSTA ROMANORUM Cum applicationibus moral- isatis ac mistieis. Black Letter. Large device of lehan Petit on title. Small 8vo, old red morocco, gilt and blind tooling. [Paris: Jean Petit, 1521] This edition is mentioned by Douce in his "Illustrations of Shakespeare," where he devotes fifty-eight pages to the vari- ous editions and the use made of them by Shakespeare in many of his plays. Hazlitt ("Shakespeare's Library") in his notes on "The- Merchant of Venice" and "King Lear" reprints portions of this volume. 393. GBSTA ROMANORUM. A Record of Ancient His- tories entituled in Latin, Gesta Romanorum, Discoursing of Sundry Examples, for the advancement of Vertue, and the- abandoning of Vice. Printed in Black Letter. Small 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed for T. Basset, and others, 1698 A most rare volume. This work is referred to by Douce im his "Illustrations of Shakespeare." 394. GILPIN (GEORGE) . Bee Hive of the Romish Church. A worke of all good Catholikes to be read and most necessary to be understood: wherein both the Catholike Religion is sub- stantially confirmed and the Heretikes finely fetcht over the coales. Translated out of Dutch into English by George Gilpin the Elder. Woodcut frontispiece. 12mo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed by M. Dawson, 1636 Black Letter. A portion of this volume is reprinted by Capell in his "School of Shakespeare." Capell's "Catalogue of Shakesperiana, " No. 33. 395. GIOVANNI FIORENTINO. II Pecorone, nel quale si contengono cinquanta novelle antiche. Belle D'Inventione et di Stile. Device on title. Small 4to, old boards, edges en- tirely uncut. Milano, 1554 Fine, uncut copy, with the rare leaf at the end with printer's device. "This novel Shakespeare certainly read." — Furness. To the Shakespearean collector this work will ever possess great inter- est, as in it is to be found the original story on which, is founded "The Merry Wives of Windsor." Its rarity is so great that in Italy the Gradenigo copy sold for 449 Urg- 57 centimes (about £18.), and Vanzetti's for 307 lire (£12. 5sj. 92 396. GIOVANNI PIORENTINO. II Pecorone di Ser Giovanni Fiorcmtino, nel quale si contungono cinquanta Novelle Antiche, Belle D'Inv(^ntione ot di Stile. 8vo, old straight-grain red morocco, gilt edges (title t^arly facsimile; first leal" washed; four leaves stained). Milano, 1558 Cnpoll know no earlier edition than that of 156S. Consider- able portions of the volume are reprinted by Ilazlitt, "Shake- spoare'H Library," as forming material for the plots of "The Morclmnt ol' Venic.o" and "Merry WivoH of Windsor," and by Dr. FurnesB in hiw edition of "The Merchant of Venice," repirdiiiK' whicli ho stateH: "To Oapell belongs the credit of haviiifT iliHcovered a story whose main features so strongly roBomlile the story of the Bond that it has been widely accepted fiH tlio liasis (iC 8hii,koH|io!iro's play. 'The Jew of Venice,' says Oapoll (Vol. i, \>. (i.'!) 'was a story exceedingly well known in ShakciHpraire's timo; celebrated in balladsj and taken (per- haps) originally from nu Italian book, intitled II Pecorone, the author of whicli ciiIIh himself Sor Giovanni Fiorentino. ' " Douco, too, considers that "The Merchant of Venice" is in part I'dimded on the "Pecorone," and a portion is reprinted in Onpdll'M "School of Shakespeare." 397. GlRALOr (MNTIllO (G. B.). Lo Ti-agodit", cioe, Orbecche, Cleopatra, Altile, Arrenopia, Didonc, Euphemia, Antivalomcni, Epitia, Si>U!ii(\ Al Sc^ronissimo Signer il Sit^'. D. Alfonso II. D'Esto, Duca di Ferrara, &c. ;! vols, in one. Thick small 8vo, full vellum (some corners damaged, and leaves stained). Venetia, 1583 Those plays are frequently cited by the commentators on Shakespeare. 398. GIRAbDT CINTIIIO (G. B.). Tragedie, cioe: Or- becche, Altile, Didone, gli Antivalomeiii, Cleopatra, Arrenopia, Euphoitiia, Epitia, Selene. ;i vols. 12ino, original vellum. In Venetia: Appresso Giuli Cesare Cagnacini, 1583 399. GLAPTUORNB (HENRY). Argalus and Parthenia. As it hath been Acted at the Court before their Majesties; and at the Private-House in Drury Lane. By their Majesties Servants. Small 4to, mottled calf, gilt, gilt edges, by Riviere. London, 1639 First IOoition. A portion is reprinted in C'lipoll'a "School of Shakospoare. " 400. GLAPTllORNK (HENRY). Wit in a Constable. A Comedy writlcn KiDO. And now Printed iis it was lately Acted in tiui Coek-pit in Drury-Lano, by their Majesties Ser- vants, with good allowance. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt tooled borders, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Jo. Okcs, 1640 First Edition. Cited by Steevens in his edition of ' ' Borneo and Juliet." 93 401. GODWIN (FRANCIS). De Prsesulibus Anglias Com- mentarius. Omnmm Episcoporum, Necnon et CardinaliunL ejusdem gentis, nomina, Tempora, Seriem, Atque Actionem maxime memorabiles abultima antiqiiitate repetita complexus.. Small 4to, original calf. Londini: Ex Officina Nortoniana, 1616 See Shakeapeare 's ' ' Holinshed. ' ' 402. GOFF (THOMAS). Three Excellent Tragedies. Viz.. The Eaging Turk, or Bajazet the Second. The Courageous. Turk, or Amwrath the First. And The Tragoedie of Orestes.. 8vo, full russia gilt, gilt edges. London: Printed for G. Bedell and T. Collins, 1666 Goff plagiarised Shakespeare. With the Maidment-MoKee bookplates. 403. GONQALO DE CESPEDES. Gerardo, the Unfortu- nate Spaniard. Or, A Patterne for Lascivious Lovers, Con- taining severall strange miseries of loose Affection, "Written by an ingenious Spanish Gentleman, Don Goncalo de Cespedes,, and Meneees, in the time of his five yeeres Imprisonment.. Originally in Spanish, and made English by L. D[igges]. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Eiviere. London: Printed for Ed. Blovnt, 1622. The FiEST Edition of Digges' translation. Fine copy. . This, like the first folio Shakespeare, is dedicated to Shake- speare's patrons, William, Earl of Pembroke, and Phillip, Earl of Montgomery. It is doubtful if any other books were dedi- cated to both brothers. 404. GOOGE (BARNABY, Translator). The Zodiake of Life, written by Marcellus Pallingenius, wherein are con- teyned twelve Bookes disclosing the haynous Crymes & wicked vices of our corrupt nature, newly translated into Englishe- verse by Barnabe Googe. BbACK Letteb. Small .8vo, old red morocco, the sides and back richly tooled in gold, gilt edges, by Murton. London : H. Denham, 1565 EiKST Complete Edition. A fine copy in a handsome bind- ing. A most difficult Elizabethan volume to find in a thor- oughly satisfactory state like the present copy. The Zodiac of Life was long a favourite book, and there is in Wharton 's Eng- lish Poetry, 1871, iv, 323-30, an elaborate review of it, with ex- tracts, and a reference to Pope's obligations to the work. (See, too, the catalogue of Capell's collection of Shakespeareana at Cambridge, and Payne Collier 's ' ' Rarest Books in the English Language.") 405. GOOGE (BARNABY). The Whole Art and Trade of Husbandry, contained in Four Books. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed by T. S., for Richard More, 1614 Black Letter. Cited by Hunter in his "New Illustra- tions" of "Hamlet," "Twelfth Night," "As You Like It,"" and "'Midsummer Night's Dream"; also by Singer in his- notes on "Macbeth." 94 406. GOULART (SIMON). Thresor D'Histoires Admir- ables et Memorables de nostre temps. Printer's device on titles. 4 vols, in two, 8vo, old vellum. Geneve, 1620-1628 Mr. Hazlitt ("Shakespeare's Library") points out that the- " Comedy of Errors" is partly founded on Goulart. He re- prints a portion. Consult, too, Langbaine's ("English Dramatic Poets") notes on ' ' The Taming of the Shrew. ' ' With the bookplate of Viollet-le-Due in each volume. 407. GOULART (SIMON). Thresor D'Histoires Admir- ables et Memorables de nostre temps. 8vo, original vellum. A Geneve: Pour laqves Crespin, 1628 This edition, which varies from that of 1620, contains the story of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, cited by Douce - in his ' ' Illustrations " of " Measure for Measure. ' ' Consult, too, Langbaine's ("English Dramatic Poets") notes on the same play. With the bookplate of Johanuis, Baronis Carteret de Hawnes. 408. GOULD (ROBERT). Poems, chiefly consisting of Satyrs and Satyrical Epistles. 8vo, original calf. London, 1689 EiEST Edition. Contains ' ' A Satyr against the Playhouse. ' '^ This very rare volume was unknown to the editors of ' ' Shake- speare 's Centurie of Prayse" and "Fresh Allusions to Shake- spere. ' ' 409. GOULDMAN (P.). Copious Dictionary in Three- Parts : — English before the Latin — Latin before the English Proper Names of Persons and Places, to which are adjoined a Table of Authors Names at large, &c. Thick 4to, full maroon levant morocco, gilt over red edges. London : Printed by John Field, 1664 Consult the ' ' Athen^um, ' ' February 8, 1868. 410. GRACIAN. El Heroe de Lorenzo Gracian Infanzon. Small 8vo, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd. Amsterdam, 1659 A VEET EARB SHAKESPEAREAN VOLUME, ' ' Therefore prepare ■ thee to cut off the flesh. ' ' This judgment is related by Gracian, the celebrated Spanish ' Jesuit, in his ' ' Hero, ' ' with a reflexion at the conclusion of it. 411. GRAFTON (RICHARD). A Table Collected of the yeres of our Lord God, and of the yeares of the kings of Eng- land, from the first yeare of "William Conquerour : shewing how the yeares of our Lord God, and the yeares of the Kings of England concurre and Agree together, etc. John Waley 1571. — A LITTLE TREATISE, contcyuing many proper Tables and rules, very necessary for the use of al men. The contentes . wherof appere in the next page following. R. Tottell 1571., In one volume, small 8vo, old calf. London, 157L_ A companion volume to the Chronicle. 412. GRAFTON (RICHARD). Abridgement of the Chron- icles of Engl^jide, newely corrected and augmented, to thys present yere of our Lord 1672. And in thende of thys Abridgement is added a propre & necessary Treatise, con- teynyng many good Rules, and specially one excellent manner of Computacion of yeres, whereby you maye readely finde the date and yeres of any evidece. Black Letter. 8vo, old calf, rebacked (title repaired and some comers torn). [Colophon] Londini: In aedibus R. Tottell, 1572 A valuable Shakespearean Chronicle. , 413. GRATIUS. Grati Falisci Cynegeticon, or, a Poem of Hunting by Gratius the Faliscian. Englished & Illustrated by C. Wase Gent. Small 12mo, old calf. London: Printed for Charles Adams, 1654 FiEST Edition. Cited by Hunter in his "New Illustrations" of "Hamlet" and "Taming of the Shrew," and by Douce in his ' ' Illustrations ' ' of the ' ' Ancient English Morris Dance. ' ' Contains a Poem "On my Worthy Friend the Author," by Waller. 414. GREENE (ROBERT). Neuer too Late, both partes, sent to all youthfuU gentlemen ; deciphering, in a true English History, those particular vanities, that with their Frostie va-pours nip the blossoms of euery braine, from attaining to his intended perfection. As pleasant as profitable, being a right pumice stone, apt to race out idlenesse with delight, and folly with admonition, by Robert Greene. Black Letter. Small 4to, half morocco (title damaged and mounted, and some head-lines cut into). London: Printed by William Stansby f or John Smithwicke, [1621] VERY' Scarce. Eobert Greene was Shakespeare 's friend and fellow-townsman. 415. GROTO (LUIGI). La Adriana Tragedia Nova. Printer's device on title. Small 12mo, half calf, gilt, gilt edges, by Riviere. Venetia, per il Spineda, 1626 An exhaustive account of this play and its connection with "Eomeo and Juliet" will be found in the reprint of "Komeus and Juliet" (New Shakspere Society, 1875). Consult, too, Dr. Purness's edition of "Eomeo and Juliet." The earliest edition known to Halliwell-Phillipps was that of 1586, and he speaks of its great rarity, even in Italy, and the belief that Shakespeare was acquainted with it in some way or other when writing "Eomeo and Juliet." 416. GAULTBRAUZZI (CARLO). Libro di Novelle, et di Bel Parlar Gentile. Nel qual si contengono Cento Novelle altravolta mandate . . . . Di Nuovo Ricorrette. Con aggiunta di quatro altrfe nel fine. Numerous ornamental capitals. 4to, ■original vellum. In Fiorenza; Nella Stamperia de i Giunti, 1572 Cited by Capel in his edition of Shakespeare. 96 417. GUAZZO (STEFANO). La Civil Conversatione divisa in Quattro Ldbri, nel primo si tratta in generale de' frutti, che si cavano dal conversare, s' insegna a conoscere le buone dalle cattive eonversationi, nel seoondo si discorre primiera- mente delle maniere convenevoili a tutte le persone nel con- versar fuori di casa. . . . nel terzo si dichiarano particolar- mente i modi, che s' hanno a serbare nella domestica conver- satione. . . . nel quarto si rappresenta la forma della Civil Conversatione, &c. Small 8vo, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd. in Vinegia, 1574 This edition is of peculiar interest. It is unmentioned by Brunet in his Manuel, but an edition printed in the same year at Brescia is described by him as the edition originale. 418. GUAZZO (STEFANO). La Civil Conversatione Divisa in Quattro Libri. Small Bvo, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd. In Venetia, 1580 419. GUAZZO (STEFANO). Chappuys (Gabriel) La Civile Conversation, divisee en quatre livres .... avec une table necessaire, des prineipalles matieres contenues en icelle. Small 12mo, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd, Wallis and Lloyd. A Lyon, 1582 420. GUAZZO (STEFANO). La Civil Conversatione in Quattro Libri. Small 8vo, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd, Wallis and Lloyd. In Vinegia, 1583 421. GUAZZO (STEFANO). The Civile Conversation divided into foure bookes, the first three translated out of French by G. Pettie, in the first is contained in generall the fruits that may be reaped by Conversation, and teaching how to know good companie from ill, in the second the manner of conversation, meete for all persons. ... in the third is perticularlie set forth 'the orders to be observed in Conver- sation within doores .... in the fourth is set downe the forme of Civile Conversation, by an example of a Banquet, made in Cassale, betweene sixe Lords and foure Ladies, and now translated out of Italian into English by Barth. Young of the Middle Temple. Black Letter. 4to, calf. Imprinted at London by Thomas East, 1586 The Civil Conversation of Stephen Guazzo is one of the most important books to be found in the whole range of Elizabethan Shalcespeareana, i. e., such books as found a place in Shake- speare's Library, and were utilised by him when writing his Plays. For a long account respecting this work consult "A Forgot- ten Volume in Shakespeare's Library," by Sir Edward Sul- livan. 97 422. GUAZZO (STEFANO). La Civil Conversatione Divisa in Quattro Libri. Small 8vo, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges on the rough, by Lloyd, Wallis and Lloyd. In Vinegia, 1586 423. GUAZZO (STEFANO). De Civili Conversatione [in Germ.an] . Small 4to, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd, Wallis and Lloyd. Franckfurt, 1599 424. GUAZZO (STEFANO). La Civile Conversation Com- prinse en Quatre Liures. Small 8vo, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd, Wallis and Lloyd. Pour Jacob Stoer, 1609 Contemporary manuscript notes on margins. 425. GUAZZO (STEFANO). La Civil Conversatione Divisa in Quattro Libri. Small Bvo, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd, Wallis and Lloyd. In Vinetia, 1609 426. GUAZZO (STEFANO). De Civili Conversatione libri quatuor. [In Latin and Italian.] Bvo, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd, Wallis and Lloyd. Argentorati, 1614 427. GUAZZO (STEFANO). Wiesaeus (Melchior). Sieben a Uszerlesene unnd lustige Politische Dialogi oder Gesprache. Allen und jeden hohen unnd nidrigen Standes und Wurdens Mannes nnd Weibes Personen, etc. Small 4to, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd, Wallis and Lloyd. Leipzig, 1625 428. GUAZZO (STEFANO) . La Civil Conversatione Divisa in Quattro Libri. Small 8vo, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd, Wallis and Lloyd. In Yinetia, 1628 429. GUAZZO (STEFANO). De Conversatione Civili Dis- sertationes Politicae. Engraved title. Small 8vo, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd, Wallis and Lloyd. Lugd. Batav., 1650 430. [GUEULETTE (THOMAS SIMON).] Les Mille et un Quart-d 'Heure. Contes Tartares. Frontispiece and numer- ous engravings. 4 vols, in two. Small 12mo, old mottled calf, carmine edges. A Utrecht: Chez Etienne Neaulme, 1737 Fine copy. Very scarce. Consult Donee's "Illustrations of Shakespeare. ' ' 431. GUILLIM (JOHN). A Display of Heraldrie, mani- festing a more easie access to the knowledge thereof than hath hitherto been published by any, through the benefit of method, wherein it is now reduced by the study and industry of John 98 Guillim, late Pursuivant of Armes. Numerous wood-engrav- ings. Folio, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed by William Hall, for Raphe Mab, 1611 First Edition. Consult Hunter's "New Illustrations of Shakespeare," vol. i., page 103. See also Carter's "Shake- speare, Puritan and Eecusant. " 432. [HABINGTON (W.).] The Queene of Arragon. A Comedie. , Folio, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed by Tho. Cotes, for William Cooke, 1640 First Edition. Habington's only play. A portion is reprinted in Capell 's ' ' School of Shakespeare. ' ' 433. HAKE WELL (GEORGE) . An Apologie of the Power and Providence of God in the Government of the World; or an Examination and Censure of the common errour touching natures perpetuall and universall decay: divided into foure bookes. Folio, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. Oxford : Printed by lohn Lichfield, and William Turner, 1627 First Edition. Not in Bliss collection of Oxford printed Works; not in Bull's Cat. for 1843-51; nor was Lowndes able to refer to the sale of any copy. Contains the story of Thos. Lord Cromwell and Mr. Fresco- bald the Merchant. This copy formerly belonged to the editor of "Shakespeare's Library, ' ' who has written on the title : "W.C. Sazlitt. Most probably the Author's own copy; at the same time, having never met with a second specimen of HaTcewell's handwriting, I cannot verify the Autograph." This refers to a signature of the author's which has been washed out. 434. HALES (J.). Golden Remains, of the ever Memorable, Mr. J. Hales, of Eaton Colledge &c. With additions from the Author 's own Copy. Engraved frontispiece. 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed by Tho. Neweomb, for Robert Pawlet, 1673 Fine copy of the Second Edition. Consult Farmer's "Essay on the Learning of Shakespeare" (1789), and Knight's "History of Opinion of the "Writings of Shakespeare. ' ' Bound in at the end is "A Tract concerning Schisme and Schismaticks, " 4 leaves, with separate pagination and signa- tures. 435. HALL(JOSEPH, Bishop of Norwich). Virgidemiarum. Books I.-III., 1602 ; Books IV.-VL, 1599, in 1 vol. 12mo, half calf, gilt, gilt edges, by Riviere. London, 1599-1602 A portion is reprinted in Capell 's "School of Shakespeare." Capell's "Catalogue of Shakesperiana, " No. 347. 436. [HALL (JOSEPH, Bishop of Norwich).]- Myndvs Alter et Idem. Sive Terra Australis antehac semper incog- nita ; longis itineribus peregrini Aeademici nuperrime lustrata. Authore Merevrio Britannico. Accessit propter aiifinitatem materia Thomae Campanellae, Civitas Solis, et Nova Atlantis, Feanc. Baconis. Maps. 18mo, original vellum. Vltraiecti, 1643 "Hall's Mundus is a pleasant invective against the charac- teristic vices of various nations, from which, it is said, Swift borrowed the idea of Gulliver's Travels." — Lowndes. Speaking of Campanella's work, Prof. Dugald Stewart re- marks: "In his idea of a perfect Commonwealth, the impurity of his imagination, and the unsoundness of his judgment, are equally conspicuous. He recommends, under certain regula- tions, a community of women, and in every thing connected with procreation, lays great stress on the opinions of astrol- ogers. ' ' Bishop Hall was a contemporary of Shakespeare and the present volume is noted by Malone. 437. HALLIWELL-PHILLIPPS (J. 0.). The Harrowing of Hell, a Miracle-Play -written in the Reign of Edward the Second, now first published from the original Manuscript in the British Museum, with an Introduction, Translation and Notes. 8vo, half morocco, gilt top, uncut. London, 1840 438. HALLIWELL-PHILLIPPS (J. O.). A New Boke About Shakespeare and Stratford-on-Avon. Frontispiece fac- simile of Shakespeare 's Marriage Bond preserved at Worcester and a copy of Shakespeare Will with facsimiles of his signa- tures thereto. 4to, original cloth, uncut. London: For Private Circulation, 1850 Privately-pkinted : only 75 copies issued, the present being number 35. 439. HALLIWELL-PHILLIPPS (J. 0.). Historical Ac- count of the New Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, the last Resi- dence of Shakespeare. Illustrations on wood. Folio, original cloth, uncut. London, 1864 Large Paper Copt. Presentation copy, with inscription in the autograph of the author : ' ' The Sev. the Vicar of Strat- ford on Avon with the Author's Tcind regards." Inserted are two old maps of Warwickshire, one being in colors by Saxton, 1576. The first British Atlas ever issued was published by Saxton in 1575. 440. [HALLIWELL-PHILLIPPS (J. 0.).] Illustrations of the Life of Shakespeare, in a Discursive Series of Essays on a Variety of Subjects connected with the Personal and Literary History of the Great Dramatist. Part 1. Engrav- ings on wood. Folio, half brown levant morocco, gilt top, un- cut, by Riviere. London: Longmans, Green, 1874 Extremely rare. The only part issued. It was withdrawn 100 ^^%\)tt\}imv tit at 3l)Dtt J^artjpngjfrom tt)t iitttt bcspunpiig of fzuswxm , titto ti)e tctgncoC Rptts i^iitDatOtDefouttOtoUcc l;e maoe a» (tiO oM)ts (l);onitle.!3flli fcotn tJjut tpniE 19 aDt)£a a coittiiiuacien ortl;e fto?te m pjofc to t!)is cue tpmc, itoto fad impjmtcD, gatljc* cell outofDtuctrfcauQ fonoetp autouts fljauc kuzite of tDeats taitcs of jEn^UttDe. LOKDIisrj E;c ofjiciti.1 RicbxfBGrafcom, M.B.xliii. Ciimpfiuflctrio ajimjiri- mfidian falum. W LOT NUMBER 443 [TITLE-PAGE REDUCED] from circulation, and the electrotype plates destroyed. Two hundred and fifty copies only were printed, over 100 of which are preserved in permanent libraries. Inserted in this unique copy are 18 portraits of Shakespeare, of which no less than 9 are proofs before letters, many on India paper, also an early view of Windsor, 2 very early views of London, showing the theatres that existed in Shakespeare's time, and a Plymouth theatre playbill, dated 1776, "Macbeth" being acted for the benefit of Aiokin, who played the part of Macbeth. 441. HALLIWELL-PHILLIPPS (J. 0.). Memoranda on the Tragedy of Hamlet. 8vo, cloth, uncut. London, 1879 Presentation copy with inscription in the author's auto- graph. An autograph letter is also inserted. 442. HALLIWELL-PHILLIPPS (J. 0.). Outlines of the Life of Shakespeare. Illustrations. Royal 8vo, original cloth, uncut. London: Longmans, 1884 Presentation copy with inscription in the author's auto- graph. Inserted are autograph letters of the author, George Steevens, Joseph Warton (to George Steevens, 4 pages, 4to), and Francis Douce. 443. HARDING (JOHN). The Chronicle of Jhon Hardyng, from the firste begynnyng of Bnglande, unto the reigne of kyng Edward the fourth wher he made an end of his chronicle. And from that tyme is added a continuacion of the storie in prose to this our tyme, now first imprinted, gathered out of diverse and sondery autours yt haue write of the affaires of Englande. Titles within woodcut borders, and ornamental initials. 8vo, old brown morocco, gilt edges. Londini : Ex offocina Richardi Graf toni Mense lanuarii, 1543 A SPLENDID, CLEAN COPY OF THE FiRST AND BAREST EDITION. A second edition was printed the same year, but with a sup- pression in the history of Edward IV. of the cause of his quar- rel with the Earl of Warwick, which is given in this edition ON folio V. OF THAT HISTORY. Harding's Chronicle was much used by Shakespeare. [See Illustration.] 444. HARDY (ALEXANDRE). Le Theatre, Contenant Didon, se sacrifiant. Scedase, ou 1 'Hospitalite violee. Panthee. Meleagee. Procris, ou la jalousie infortunee. Alceste, ou la fidelite, Ariadne Ravie. Alphee, Pastorale nouvelle. Engraved frontispiece. 8vo, original calf, gilt edges. Paris, 1626 Hardy was a contemporary of Shakespeare's and like our greatest Poet wrote a play called ' ' Coriolanus ' ' and another called "Luorece. " He worked by the year for a troupe of Comedians and it appears from evidence that it took him but eight days to com- pose and present a play. With bookplate of J. Eenard. 102 445. HARINGTON (SIR JOHN). The most Elegant and Witty Epigrams, Digested into Foure Bookes; Three never before printed. 8vo, old vellum. London: Printed by T. S. for lohn Budge, 1625 First complete edition, and so rare that the "Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica ' ' copy was imperfect. Hunter, in his notes on ' ' The Merchant of Venice, ' ' cites this volume. Consult, too, Hazlitt's "Shakespeare's Library," Part II., vol. ii., page 134. 446. HARINGTON (SIR JOHN). Nugee Antique: being a miscellaneous collection of Original Papers in Prose and Verse, written in the Reigns of Henry VIII., Queen Mary, Elizabeth, King James, &c., by Sir John Harington, Selected from Authentic Remains by the Rev. Hen. Harington, A.M. 3 vols. 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt top, uncut, by Riviere. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1779 Printed from the original MSS. The first complete edi- tion; exceedingly interesting for its descriptions of the court and times of Queen Elizabeth. Drake ("Shakespeare and his Times") makes a great num- ber of quotations from the volumes. Consult, too. Donee's ' ' Illustrations " of " Love 's Labour 's Lost. ' ' 447. HAWKESWORTH (JOHN, Author of "The Adven- turer"). Seven A. L.'s S. (two with signature cut off), to Robert Dodsley his publisher, 1759-67. In 4to boards. An interesting series on the subject of his works, mention- ing Shakespeare, Pope, Swift's works, which he edited, etc. Hawkesworth, who was undoubtedly one of the most elegant writers of the last century, published with his friend Dr. John- son the celebrated periodical papers entitled ' ' The Adven- turer," altered for the stage, at the request of Garrick, Dry- den's "Comedy of Amphytrion," wrote the life of Swift, and many other works. 448. HATNES (JOHN). Engraved view of the Dropping "Well at Knaresborough, engraved by J. Haynes. Plate tipped in to royal 4to, full mottled calf, by Riviere. 1740 Vert fine impression. ' ' The Dropping "Well ' ' is mentioned in "Hamlet" (act iv. so. 7). 449. [HAYWARDE (SIR JOHN) .] The First Part of the Life and raigne of King Henrie the IIII. Extending to the end of the first yeare of his raigne. Written by I. H. Printer's ornaments on title. Small 4to, half calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. Imprinted at London by lohn Wolfe, 1599 First Edition. Printed a year after the appearance of Shakespeare's famous Play. This history dedicated in very encomiastic terms to the Earl of Essex, highly irritated Queen Elizabeth, and she employed Sir Francis Bacon to search the book for treason. 103 449.* HAZI(ITT(W. CAREW). A Manual for the Collector and Amateur of Old English Plays. Thick small 4to, original boards, cloth back, gilt top, uncut. London: Pickering & Chatto, 1892 Hazlitt's copy, with his autograph on title and numerous insertions and marginal annotations, mostly in his autograph. Only 250 copies printed. 450. HEAD (RICHARD). Proteus RedevivuS; or the Art of Wheedling; or, Insinuation, obtained by general conver- sation and extracted from the several Humours, Inclinations, and Passions of Both Sexes, respecting their several ages, and suiting each profession or occupation, collected and methodized by the author of the first part of The English Rogue. 8vo, old calf. London : Printed by W. D. 1675 First Edition. Contains allusions to Falstaff, "Macbeth," and ' ' The Tempest. ' ' 451. HBALE (W.). An Apologie for Women, or an opposi- tionto Mr. D. G(ager) his assertion: who helde in the Aete of Oxforde, Anno 1608: "That it was lawful for husbands to beat their wives. ' ' 4to, full old russia. At Oxford: Printed by Joseph Barnes, 1609 First Edition. CS.ted by Mr. Lee in his ' ' Life of Shake- speare," page 397. 452. HEALET (J.). St. Augustine. Of the Citie of God: with the Learned Comments of Jo. Lod. Vives. Englished by J. H(ealey). Frontispiece inserted. Folio, old polished calf. [London] : Printed by George Eld, 1610 First Edition of this translation. Dedicated to Shake- speare's patron, William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke. "In 1610, in dedicating St. Augustine, of the Citie of God to the Earl of Pembroke, Thorpe awkwardly describes the subject- matter as a " desired citie sure in heaven ; and assigns to St. Augustine and his commentator Vives a ' savour of the secu- lar. ' ' ' — Mr. Lee 's ' ' Life of Shakespeare. ' ' 453. HELIODORUS. The Famous History of Heliodorus, Amplified, Augmented, and Delivered Paraphrastically in Verse, by William Lisle, whereunto is added divers Testi- monies of Learned Men concerning the Author, together with a briefe Summary of the whole History. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd. London : Printed by lohn Dawson for Francis Eglesfield, 1638 Rare. A story in this work is alluded to in " Twelfth Night. ' ' The present copy has the running title ' ' The Fairie Aethopian, ' ' except the last two leaves, which reads ' ' The History of Heliodorus. ' ' 104 454. HEMINGS (WILLIAM). The Fatal Contract, A French Tragedy. As it Was Acted With Great Applause by her Majesties Servants. Small 4to, full polished mottled calf, gilt, gilt edges, by Eiviere. London: Andrew Pennycuicke, 1654 Cited by Hunter in his "New Illustrations" of "Twelfth Night. ' ' 455. HENRY IV OF FRANCE. An Historical Collection, of the most memorable Accidents and Tragicall Massacres of France, under the Raignes of Henry II-Henry IV, containing all the troubles therein happened during the said Kings ' times, until this present yeare, 1589. Polio, original vellum. Imprinted at London by Thomas Creede, 1598 The best contemporary account of these troubles which Shake- speare has immortalized in ' ' Love 's Labour 's Lost. ' ' 456. HENRY VII. King of England. His signature on a vellum Document (1489). Small folio, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. Shakespeare refers to Henry VII. in "King Henry VI." 457. HENRY VIII. His Signature to a document dated March 1513. Folio, half calf, by Riviere. From Dr. Farmer's collection. ' ' The pen of Shakspeare, and the pencil of Solbein, have combined to maJce 'Huff King Sal' more familiar to us than any other personage of former times. ' ' 458. HENTZNER (PAUL). Itinerarium Germaniae, Gal- liae, Angliae, Italic (in 1598). Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. Norinbergae: typis Abrahami VVagenmanni, 1612 Fine copy, with the leaf of Errata and Colophon. Cited by Douce in his Illustrations of the ' ' Taming of the Shrew." Consult, too, "Shakespeare's England" (New Shakespere Society), 1877. The portion which relates to Eng- land is reprinted by Mr. Eye in his interesting Shakespearean volume, ' ' England as seen by Foreigners in the days of Eliza- beth and James I." The English portion had previously been reprinted for private circulation by Horace Walpole in 1757. 459. HENTZNER (PAUL). Itinerarium Germaniae, Gal- liae, Angliae, Italiae, &c. Folding table at end. 8vo, original vellum. Noribergae, 1629 Hazlitt ("Shakespeare's Library") quotes at length from this edition in his notes on ' ' The Merry Wives of Windsor ' ' ; consult, too, "Transactions of the New Shakspere Society," 1880-85, page 294. 105 460. HERBERT (PHILIP, Earl of Montgomery). D. S. {State document), 1 p. folio. Dated June 25, 1640. Bound in half calf, by Riviere. A most precious signature. The Earl of Montgomery and his brother, whom he succeeded as the fourth Earl of Pem- broke, formed "the incomparable pair of brethren" to whom the first Shakespeare folio is dedicated. These autographs are rare in the highest degree. 461. HERBERT (PHILIP, Earl of Pembroke and Mont- gomery) . Two Speeches made in the House of Peers, on Mon- day the 19 of December for, and against Accommodation, The one by the Earl of Pembroke, the other by the Lord Brooke .... 4to, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd. London : Printed for Joh. Thompson, 1642 Philip Herbert was one of the "Incomparable Pair of Brethren" immortalized by Shakespeare. 462. HERBERT (PHILIP, Earl of Pembroke). Speech in the House of Peeres When the Seven Lords were accused of High Treason. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. Printed in the Teare, 1648 463. HERBERT ("WILLIAM, Third Earl of Pembroke). L. S. "Pembroke & Montgomery." 1 p. small folio. July 1627. Small folio, half calf, by Riviere. A Shakespearean Document of the highest importance AND RARITY. Halliwell-PhilUpps, who was probably the most diligent seeker after Shakespearean relics of this kind that ever lived, WAS NOT ABLE TO OBTAIN THE AUTOGRAPH OP PEMBROKE. William Herbert has been considered by many critics to be the "W. H. " of Shakespeare's Sonnets. He is one of "the incomparable paire of Brethren" to whom the folio of 1623 was dedicated. _ 464. HERMETICALL BANQUET (An), drest by a Spag- iricall Cook: for the better Preservation of the Microcosme. Small 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt edges on the rough, by Riviere (a few top and bottom lines cut into) . London: Printed for Andrew Crooke, 1652 First Edition. Shakespeare allusion. "Poeta is her Minion, to whom she (Eloguentia) resignes the whole government of her Family. . . . Ovid she makes Major-domo. Homer because a merry Greek, Master of the. Wine-Cellars. Aretine {for Ms skill in Postures) growing old, is made Pander. Shaclc-Spear, Butler. Ben Johnson, Clark of the Kitchin, Fenner, his Turn-spit, And Taylor his Scul- lion" — Page 35. Cited, too, by Hunter in his "New Illustrations" of "Eomeo and Juliet." 106 465. HERO AND LEANDER. The famous and renowned History of the two unfortunate, though noble, Lovers, Hero .and Leander. In prose. Curious woodcuts. 4to, old calf Printed for ■ J. Blare at the Looking Glass on London Bridge, n. d. [circa 1680] No other copy in book form of this popular story seems to be known to bibliographers. There are two or three editions printed on broadsides and in verse. Karl Simrock ("Plots of Shakespeare's Plays") considers the foundation story of "Eomeo and Juliet" and "Hero and Leander " to be the same. 466. HEYLTN (PETER). The Historic of That most famous Saint and Souldier of Christ Jesus ; St. George of Cappadocia, asserted from the Fictions, of the middle Ages of the Church ; and opposition, of the present, The Institution ■of the most Noble Order of St. George, named the Garter. A Catalogue of all the Knights thereof untill this present. En- graved title hy W. Marshall. 4to, half calf, gilt edges, by Henderson & Bisset. (A few margins wormed.) London: Printed for Henry Seyle, 1631 First Edition. At pages 307-308 are allusions to Sir John Falstaff and the stage. 467. HEYLTN (PETER). Ecclesia Vindicata: or, the Church of England Justified: I. In the Way and Manner of her Reformation. II. In officiating by a Publick Liturgie. III. In prescribing a Set Form of Prayer to be used by Preachers before their Sermons, &c. Each part with a sepa- rate title. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London': Printed by E. Cotes, for Henry Seile, 1657 First Edition. Cited by Douce in his Illustrations of ' ' The Merchant of Venice. ' ' 468. HEYWOOD (THOMAS). Troia Britanica, or Great Britaine's Troy, a Poem, divided into XVII several Cantons, Intermixed with many Pleasant Poetical Tales, concluding with an Universal Chronicle from the Creation until these present times. Woodcut on title. Polio, tree-calf, gilt edges. London: Printed by W. Jaggard, 1609 First Edition. "In the year 1612 the third edition of the Passionate Pilgrim made its appearance, the publisher seeking to attract a special iclass of buyers by describing it as consist- ing of ' Certain Amorous Sonnets between Venus and Adonis. ' These were announced as the work of Shakespeare, but it is also stated that to them were 'newly added two love-epistles, the first from Paris to Helen, and Helen's answer back again to Paris'; the name of the author of the last two poems not being mentioned. The wording of the title might imply that the latter were also the compositions of the great dramatist, ■ but they were in fact written by Thomas Heywood, and had been impudently taken from his ' ' Troia Britanica. ' ' 107 469. HEYWOOD (THOMAS). A Woman kilde with Kindnesse. As it hath beene oftentimes Acted by the Queenes Maiest. Seruants. Printer's device on title. Small 4to, full sprinkled calf, gilt (some upper and lower lines cut into). London : Printed by Isaac laggard, 1617 The Third Edition. Extremely rake. No copy of the- Second Edition appears to be known. Cited by Steevens in his edition of "King Lear," Douce in his "Illustrations" of "Hamlet," and Collier in "Romeo and Juliet. ' ' Eeprinted by the Shakespeare Society in 1850. It is con- sidered to be Heywood's masterpiece. He was for a time one of the theatrical retainers of Henry, Earl of Southampton, Shakespeare's patron. Consult, too, Drake's "Shakespeare and his Times, ' ' vol. i., pages 213, 214, and 269 ; vol. ii., pages 171, 172. The scene between Susaii and Charles is thought to imitate Act iii. sc. I of " Measure for Measure. ' ' A portion is reprinted in Capell 'a ' ' School of Shakespeare. ' ' 470. HEYWOOD (THOMAS). Gunaikeion : or. Nine Bookes of Various History. Concerning Women; Inscribed by y names of y Nine Muses. Engraved title in compartments,, containing figures of Apollo and the Muses (remargined). Small folio, half old calf. London: Printed by Adam Islip, 1624 First Edition. Extremely Bare. Contains the engraved title, Dedication, To the Reader, and the Index, the last three- appear to be from a shorter copy. Consult Douce 's notes on ' ' Pericles, ' ' and also page 545 of his ' ' Illustrations of ShaJie- speare. ' ' 471. HEYWOOD (THOMAS). The First and Second Parts of King Edward the Fourth. Contayning his merry pastime with the Tanner of Tamworth, as also his love to faire Mistress Shore, &c. Likewise the besieging of London by Falconbridge, &c. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt tooled, gilt edges, by Riviere (writing on title). London, 1626 Cited by Hazlitt ("Shakespeare's Library") in his notes on "King Henry VI.," Part 3. Reprinted by the Siiakespeare Society in 1842. Consult, too, "Fresh Allusions of Shak- spere," page 40. A portion is reprinted in CapeU's "School of Shakespeare. " 472. HEYWOOD (THOMAS). The English Traveller. As it hath beene Publikely acted at the Cock-Pit in> Drury- Lane. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed by Robert Raworth, 1633 First Edition. Cited by Mr. Lee in his "Life o£ Shak- speare" and a portion is reprinted by Capell in his "School of Shakespeare." 108 473. HBTWOOD (THOMAS). The Hierarchie of the blessed Angells. Their Names, orders and Offices. The fall of Lucifer with his Angells. Engraved title and 9 plates en- graved hy Cecil, Payne, Marshall, Droeshout, and Glover. Folio, old polished calf, rebacked, carmine edges. London: Printed by Adam Islip, 1635 The First Edition and the only one with the engrav- ing. Good copy, with the leaf of License. Rare in this state, being usually found much worn. It contains the celebrated reference to Shakespeare and his contemporaries so often quoted: (Book IV. p. 206). "Melli- fluous Shake-speare, whose inchanting quill Commanded Mirth or Passion, was but Will. Cited by Hunter, in his "New Illustrations" of "Macbeth." 474. HBTWOOD (THOMAS). Pleasant Dialogues and Dramas, Selected out of Lucian, Erasmus, Textor Ovid, &c., also certaine Elegies, Epitaphs, and Bpithalmions, &c. Small ■ 8vo, original calf, vyith the genuine blank leaf preceding title. London : Printed by R. 0., for R. H. 1637 First Edition. Shakespeare allusion. At pages 247 and 248 will be found the Prologue and Epilogue written for "A young witty Lad playing the part of Eiehard III. at the Red Bull." • 475. HBTWOOD (THOMAS). Love's Mistresse; or the •Queenes Masque. As it was three times presented before both their Majesties, within the space of eight dayes; In the pres- ■ ence of sundry forraigne Ambassadors,-* Publikely Acted by the Queene's Comedians, at the' Phoenix in Drury-Lane. Small 4to, half morocco, gilt edges. London: Printed by lohn Raworth for lohn Crouch, 1640 Consult Dr. Furness's edition of "Romeo and Juliet," page 372, where a quotation from this play is given. See,- too, Steevens's Shakespeare. Vol. 2, page 194. Re- printed in 1792, and described even then as "very scarce." 476. HBTWOOD (THOMAS). A Preparative to Studie; • or. The Vertue of Sack. Printer's device on title. Small 4to, .half maroon levant morocco, gilt top, by Bradstreet. London: Printed Anno Dom. 1641 First Edition of this rare and curious piece which was apparently privately printed. It is attributed by most biblio- graphers to Heywood, although Beaumont and Randolph are sometimes cited as its author, and is reprinted in Beaumont's collected poems. It is the first separate publication dealing with Falstafif's favorite beverage. Sack is referred to by Shakespeare in "King Henry IV.," ' ' The Merry Wives of Windsor, ' ' and ' ' Love 's Labour 's Lost. ' ' Consult Drake's "Shakespeare and his Times," Vol. II, pp. 130-133. 109 477. HEYWOOD (THOMAS). The Life of Merlin, Sir- named Ambrosius. His Prophesies and Predictions Inter- preted; Being a Chronologicall History of all the Kings, and memorable passages of this Kiagdome from Brute to the reigne of our Royall Soveraigne King 'Charles. Frontispiece {engraved hy Hollar). Small 4to, old calf. London: Printed Anno Dom. 1641 First BDmoN. Cited by Farmer in his notes on "Hamlet."' 478. HIFFBRNAN (PAUL, M.D.). Dramatic Genius. In Five Books. 4to, half calf. London: Printed for the author, 1770' A very rare privately printed volume. Has both the half- title and the final blank leaf. The First Book of the present work "Delineates the Plan of a Permanent Temple; to he Erected to the Memory of Shakespeare, in Classical Taste."' There are lines on Shakespeare, Garrick, "King Lear," "Macbeth," "King John," "Richard III," -"Hamlet,"' "Eomeo and Juliet," "Much Ado," "The Tempest," "As You Like It," "Timon of Athens," "Merchant of Venice," and ' ' The Merry Wives. ' ' In the lines on ' ' The Merchant of Venice," Portia is described ordering Shylock to: ' ' Now taTce a pound of flesh, nor more, nor less, For so the letters of thy bond express," &c. 479. HISTORICAL PORTRAITS. A Catalogue of the extensive and truly Valuable Collection of Engraved British' Portraits, illustrative of Grainger's Biographical History of England, commencing with Alfred the Great to the end of the reign of James II, comprising productions of Brown, Cecil, Droeshout, Elstracke, and others, which will be sold by Auction by Mr. Dodd, at his room, No. 101, St. Martin's Lane, on Wednesday, 18th January, 1809, etc. 8vo, half calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. [London], 1809' Priced in ink. Droeshout 's portrait of Shakespeare, extra fine, sold for £1. 5s. 480. HOLBEIN (HANS). Imagines Mortis. His Acces- serunt Epigrammata, ad haec, Medicina Animae, tamiis, qui' firma, quam qui adversa corporis valetudine predite sunt, maxime necessaria. Numerous woodcuts. Printer's device on title. Small 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. Coloniae. Apud haeredes Arnoldi Birckmanni, 1557 Fine Copy. "K. Mich . . . For within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps death his court; and there the anticTc sits, » Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp. ' ' "Some part of this fine description might have heen sug- gested from the seventh print in the Imagines Mortis, a oele- 110 irated series of wooden outs which, have heen improperly attrib- uted to Holbein. It is probable that Shakespeare might have seen some spurious edition of this work; for the great scarcity of the original in this country in former times is apparent, when Hollar could not procure the use of it for his copy of the- dance of death." — Douce 's "Illustrations" of "King Richard II." Consult, too, both his and Steevens's notes on "King Henry IV.," Part I. • Also Green 's ' ' Shakespeare and the Emblem Writers. ' ' 481. HOLLAND (PHILEMON). The Romane Historie, with the Breviaries of L. Florus, translated out of Latine into- English by Philemon Holland. First Edition. Woodcut head of Queen Elizabeth on reverse of title. Thick folio, full mottled calf. London: Printed by A. Islip, 1600 Holland's translations were well known to Shakespeare; both were Warwickshire men, Holland having been head of the Tree- School at Coventry. Hare. 482. HOLLAND (PHILEMON). The Historie of the "World. Commonly called The Naturall History of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland Doctor in Physicke. 2 vols, in 1. Polio, old red morocco. London: Printed by Adam Islip, 1601 PiBST Edition. Has the leaf of Errata. Malone, in his notes on ' ' The Tempest, ' ' says that for some traits of Caliban, Shakespeare was indebted to a description in Holland's "Pliny," bk. vii., chap, ii., of the Choromandae. Douce, in his "Illustrations" of "King Lear," remarks that one of Lear 's speeches was evidently taken from ' ' Pliny, ' ' as translated by Philemon Holland, and again, in his "Illustra- tions" of "Hamlet": "It is not surprising that the dropping into the ears should occur, because Shakespeare was perfectly well acquainted with the supposed properties of henbane as recorded in Holland's translation of 'Pliny' and elsewhere, and might apply this mode of use to any other poison." Consult, too, his "Illustrations" of "The Merchant of Venice," and Steevens and Malone 's notes on "Othello." Also Dr. Furness's edition of "The Merchant of Venice" (page 132), "As You Like It" (page 66), and "King Lear", (page 86). A copy purporting to be Shakespeare's is in the British Museum. 483. HOLLAND (PHILEMON). The Philosophic, com- monlie called, The Morals Written by the learned Philosopher Plutarch of Cheronea, Translated into English by P. Holland. Polio, original calf. London : by Arnold Hatfield, 1603 First Edition. Holland, like Shakespeare, was a Warwick- shire man, being a native of Coventry. Knight and Halliwell- Phillipps in their notes on "Romeo and Juliet" quote from this most rare volume. The British Museum copy is very imper- fect. Capell's "Catalogue of Shakesperiana, " No. 161. Ill 484. HOLLAND (PHILEMON). The Roman Historie (of Ammianus Marcellinus), containing such Acts and occurents as passed under Constantius, Julianus, Jovianus, Valentin- ianus, and Valens, Emperours. Digested into 18 Books, "Whereunto is annexed the Chronologie. Folio, old calf (initials "R.S" in gUt on covers, writing on title). London: Printed by Adam Islip, 1609 First Edition. Halliwell-Phillipps, in his edition of ' ' Romeo and Juliet," gives a quotation from this translation. 485. HOMBE. The Whole Works of Homer, Prince of Poets, in his Iliads and Odysses, translated according to the Greeke by George Chapman. Engraved title by Hale, and the plate containing the Prince of Wales's feathers. Folio, full maroon levant moroeeo, gilt and blind tooling, centre gilt ornament on sides, by Riviere. London: Printed for Nathaniel Butter [1616] The first complete translation of the Iliad and Odyssey in English. The present copy is a particularly fine and perfect specimen, with ample margins throughout, and with the leaf of Errata [wanting in the Huth copy]. It also has the printed title to the Second part, the Odyssey. There are passages in the Preface which Mr. Sidney Lee considers refer to Shake- speare. The previous edition does not contain this Preface. Capell's "Catalogue of Shakesperiana, " No. 117. 112 THIRD SESSION Thursday Afternoon, February 14, 1918, at 2:30 o'clock LOTS 486-722 486. HOWARD (CHARLES, Earl of Nottingham, Lord High Admiral). L. S., 1 p. folio, May, 1602. Bound in full mottled calf, gilt, gilt edges, by Riviere. 1602 Lord Nottingham was patron of the ' ' Lord Admiral 's com- pany of players, ' ' one of the six com.panies that flourished in Shakespeare 's time. 487. HOWARD (EDWARD). The Usurper, A Tragedy. As it was Acted at the Theatre Royal by his Majestic 's Ser- vants. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed for Henry Herringman, 1668 First Edition. Fine copy, with ample margins. A skit on Hugh Peters (Hugo de Petra), who was an actor of clowns in Shakespeare's company. 488. HOWARD (HENRY). A Defensative against the poyson of Supposed Prophecies. Title tuithin woodcut border. Folio, old calf. [London] : Reprinted by W. laggard, 1620 Cited by Douce in his ' ' Illustrations " of " Hamlet. ' ' Con- sult, too, his ' ' Illustrations " of " The Winter 's Tale, ' ' and ' ' Macbeth. ' ' 489. [HOWARD (T.).] Roman Stories: or. The History ■of the Seven Wise Mistresses of Rome: Containing Seven Days Entertainment, in many Pleasant and Witty Tales, and Stories. Wherein the Treachery of Evil Counsellors is dis- covered, Innocency cleared, and the Wisdom of Seven Wise Mistresses displayed. Frontispiece, numerous curioais ivood- cuts. Small 12mo, half calf. London: Printed and Sold by T. Sabine [1700] A note upon the inside of the cover reads: "Very Scarce — From the Library of John Payne Collier, 1884. ' ' 490. HOWELL (JAMES) S. P. Q. V. A Survay of the Signorie of Venice, of her admired policy and Method of Government &c. With a Cohortation to all Christian Princes to resent her dangerous condition at Present. Allegorical frontispiece representing Venice as a maiden resting in 113 Neptune's arms; portrait of the Grand Duke iy Bo. Vaughan. Polio, original calf, rebacked. London: Printed for Richard Lowndes, 1651 First Edition. "With the leaf ' ' "Upon the Gitty arid Signorie of Venice. " This work is referred to by Douce in his "Illustrations" of "Hamlet." Consult, too, Dr. Furness's edition of "The Mer- chant of Venice," and "Othello." 491. HOWELL (JAMES). Londinopolis ; An Historicall Discourse or Perlustratioii of the City of London . . . Where- unto is added another of the City of Westminster. Engramed portrait of the author, and folding plate of London.. Polio, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd, Wallis and Lloyd. London: Printed by J. Streater, 1657 First Edition, with the peculiarities in pagination. The folding view of London, by Hollar, shows Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and the Beak Gabden. Some of the margins contain MS. notes in a contemporary hand. 492. HOWELL (JAMES).. Lexicon Tetraglotton, an Eng-, lish-Prench Italian-Spanish Dictionary. Engraved frontis- piece (mounted). Polio, half morocco. . , , London : Printed ^ly J, G., for Samuel Thomson, 1660 First Edition. Cited, by Douce in his "Illustrations"' of ' ' The Merry Wives of Winclsor, " " Much Ado About Nothing, ' ' and ' ' LoVe 's Labour 's Lost. " 493. HOWELL (JAMES). The Parly of Beasts, or Mor- phandra. Queen of the Inchanted Island, divided into a XI Sections, by Jam, Howell. The Pirst Tome. Brilliant impres- sion of the fine frontispiece iy GayvOood. (Portrait wanting.) Small folio, full .mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed by W. Wilson, for William Palmer, 1660 First Edition. Douce refers to this work in his "Illustra- tions" of "Love's Labour's Lost," and the "Ancient English Morris Dance." 494. HOWELL (JAMES). Epistolae Ho-Elianae, Pamiliar Letters, Domestic and Porren. Divided into four books. Partly, Historical, Political, Philosophical, Upon Emergent Occasions. Engraved frontispiece hy Van Move. 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed for Thomas Guy, 1688 Halliwell-Phillipps points out the curious reference in- this edition to Sir John Oldcastle. (Consult "Outlines of the Life of Shakespeare," vol. ii., page 352.) 495. HROSVITA. Opera Hrosvita illustris virginis et monialis Germane gente Saxonica orte nuper a Conr. Celte inventa. Illustrated with 8 wood engravings (some crudely colored). Polio, half calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. Norimbergae, 1501 • Editio pifiNCEPS. An, excessively rare volume, illijstrated with very iDeautiful wood-erigravings. Cphn, in his elaborate 114 ' ' ^ treatise, "Shakespeare in Germany," says that the volume con; tains many passages that remind one strongly of Shakespeare! 1 1 • A most striking resemblance is to be noticed between Hrosvita's "Callimachus" and Shakespeare's "Eomeo and Juliet, ' ' not only in parts of the dialogue, but also with respect to characters and situations. 496. HUGO (H.). Pia Desiderata Emblematis, Elegiis & affectibus SS. Patrum illustrata. Engraved title and numer- dws plates hy C. van Sichem. 12mo, full mottled calf, gilt ^dgeS, by Lloyd. Antuerpiae, 1628 Eare. The tail-pieces are by Floetner, the celebrated orna- • ' mentist. Consult Green ("Shakespeare and the Emblem Writers"). 497. [HUISH (ANTHONY).] Priscianus Ephebus: Or a more full and copious Explanation of the Rules of Syntax. [Heretofore briefly Delivered and Printed under the name of Priscianus Nascens. . . in all things clearing and smoothing the way to- the Syntax, both English and Latin, of the usual Grammar, commonly called Lilies Grammar, with divers neces- sary Indexes.] Engrwved title. 12mo, full mottled calf, gilt t661ed back and borders, gilt edges, by Riviere (no printed title). London: For W. Garrat [1688] ■ Cited by Singer in his edition of "Macbeth." 498.HULOBT'S • DICTIONARIE, newelye corrected, anifended, set in order and enlarged, with many names of Men, Townes, Beastes, Foules, Fishes, Trees, &c. . . . also the Frenche thereunto annexed by which you may finde the Latin or Frenche, of any Englishe woorde you will, by John Higgins. Woodcut title. Folio, full calf, blind-tooling. Londini, 1572 '.<' ' This publication was on its original appearance in 1552, ,' described as what it actually is, an ABCDarium for school- boys ; the present is an impression enlarged and revised by John Higgins, an Oxford Man, and one of the persons con- cerned in the ' ' Mirror for Magistrates. ' ' There are only these two issues, although Higgins left a copy prepared for an enlarged reprint. Frequently cited by Steevens ia his Notes on Shakespeare's Plays. The British Museum copy of this edition lacks four leaves. 499. HUME (DAVID). History of the Houses of Douglas and Angus. With portraits of Archibald Earl of Angus, & James Douglas, inserted. Folio, original calf. Edinburgh: Printed by Evav Tyler, 1648 .Cited by Douce in his ' ' Illustrations " of "As You Like It. ' ' 500. HUNSDON (GEORGE CAREY, Earl of. Lord Cham- be'rlain to Queen Elizabeth). His signature to a folio docu- mieht dated March 6, 1599, signed also by Sir William Knollys, Lord Biickhutst (th^ poet), Roger North, Robert Cecil, Sir 115 J. Fortescue, Sir Thos. Egerton (Lord Chancellor), and John Whitegift (Archbishop of Canterbury). Folio, full mottled calf, by Lloyd. A GROUP OF RARE SIGNATURES. Lord Hunsdon was the patron of "The Lord Chamberlain's Company of Players." Shake- speare belonged to, and wrote almost solely for, the Lord Cham- berlain 's company. 501. [HUNTER (JOSEPH, D.D., Shakespearean Critic).] Who Wrote Cavendish's Life of Wolsey? Small 4to, full old green straight-grain morocco gilt, gilt panelled sides with emblematic tooling, doublures and flys of crimson moire silk, with emblematic tooling, gilt edges. London, 1814 One of 110 copies printed. Presentation copy "From the Author, who desires to he unlcnown," to William Eadclyffe. Inserted is a 3 pp. A. L. S. of the author to same, with a fine impression of his seal. A fine specimen of binding. ■502. ILLUMINIRTER Reiehs und Welt-spiegel, Darinnen vieler Botentaten Provintzen dte und vornehmer Personen Zufstand unnd Eigenaft't gleichsam in einer Quinta Essentia ■extrahiret gezeiget und furgebildet wird, &c. Durch einen deme der Untergang Deutchlandes steine Frewde ist und doeh nicht Besserung siehet. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. Gedrueht im Jahr 1631 Contains an account of the English comedians in Germany. Consult Cohn's " Shakespeare ' in Germany," page xcviii. 503. ING-ANNI. Les Abusez. Copiedie faite a la mode des anciens comiques, premierement composee en langue Tuscane, par les professeurs de I'Academie Sienoise, et nommee Intro- nati, depuis traduite en franeoys par Ch, Estienne, et nouvelle- ment revue et eorrigee. Woodcuts. 16mo, full citron levant morocco, gilt edges, by Trautz-Bauzonnet. Paris : Estienne Groulleau, 1552 A former owner has thus described this most rare little VOLUME. ' ' Traduction, ou mieux imitation en f rancais, par Charles Estienne, de la Comedia del Saerifieio, piece licencieuse qui parait n 'avoir jamais ete reprfisente. "La Comedie est orne h. chaque scene de jolies vignettes sur bois; elle est precedee d'une importance preface relative k I'histoire du theatre chez les anciens. ' ' Tres-bel exemplaire de ce volume fort rare. ' ' These illusirations are of the greatest value as showing the costumes worn iy contemporary players. The Italian editions were not illustrated. 504. INGANNI. Comedia del Saerifieio de Gli Intronati da Siena. Mortised headband and printer's device on title. Small 12mo, full mottled calf, gilt edges on the rough, by Lloyd. Vinegia, 1559 This edition contains a leaf at the beginning and two leaves at the end not found in the edition of 1537. Reprinted by Dr. Parmer. 116 505. INGANNI. Gl' Inganni. Comedia del Sig. N. S. [eechi.] Eecitata in Milano TAnno MDXLVII. Dinanzi alia Maesta del Re Filippo II. 12mo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. In Vinegia: Presso Daniel Bisuccio, 1602 See Note to 1615 edition. 506. INGANNI. Gl' Inganni Comedia del Signer N. S. [N. Secchi] Recitata in Milano I'Anno 1547, dinanzi alia Maesta del Re Filippo. Small 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd. In Fiorenza, Per Filippo Giunti, 1615 A very exhaustive analysis of (his and the other Ingannis, and Shakespeare's indebtedness to them is given by Hunter in his "New Illustrations" of "Twelfth Night," pages 391-397, where he prints an extract from Manningham's "Diary." Consult, too, Halliwell-Phillipps's "Shakespearean Rarities," No. 173. A fine copy, with the final leaf of Register and Colophon. 507. INGLIS. Catalogue of a small but highly interesting collection of the Rarest Old Plays in the English Drama, among them will be found the larger portion of the quarto editions of Shakespeare, a Pleasant Comedie called the Tam- ing of the Shrew (unique), printed by Short, 1594, &e. . . together with a few very rare early English Tracts. 8vo, half calf, uncut. London, 1826 A few of the prices were: — "Midsummer Night's Dream," 1600, sold for £4. 5. 0.; "Merchant of Venice," 1600, sold for £3. 16. 0.; "King Lear," 1608, sold for £8. 10. 6.; "Taming of the Shrew," 1594, Unique, sold for £21. 0. 0. 508. IRELAND (SAMUEL). Picturesque Views on the Upper, or Warwickshire Avon, from Naseby to Tewkesbury. 33 plates, chiefly aquatint views in Shakspere's country, por- traits of Lucy and Combe, a few cuts. Folio, full crimson straight-grain morocco double bands and joints, gilt, gilt on marbled edges, bound by Kalthoeber. London: R. Paulder, 1795 Large paper copy; only fifty copies issued in this state. 509. IRELAND (SAMUEL). Miscellaneous Papers and Legal Instruments under the hand and seal of William Shakspeare : including the Tragedy of King Lear and a small fragment of Hamlet, from the original MSS., 1796 ; Ireland (W. H.). An Authentic Account of the Shaksperian Manu- scripts, &c., 1796; Mr. Ireland's Vindication of his Conduct, Respecting the publication of Supposed Shakespeare MSS., 1796 ; An Investigation of Mr. Malone 's Claim to the Charac- ter of Scholar, or Critic, by Samuel Ireland, 1797 ; A Letter to George Steevens Esq., containing a critical examination of the Papers of Shakespeare; Familiar Verses, from the Ghost of Willy Shakspeare to Sammy Ireland. Portrait of 117 Shakespeare by G. Vertue, 1796 ; Webb (Col.). Shakespeare's Manuscbipts, in the possession of Mr. Ireland, examined, 1796; Waldron (F. G.). Fkee Reflections on Miscellaneous Papers and Legal Instruments under the Hand and Seal of W. Shakspeare, 1796; A Comparative Review of the; Opinions of Mr. James Boaden, 1796 ; VoRTiGfEEN under Consideration with General Remarks on Boaden 's letter to G. Steevens Esq. relative to the Manuscripts, Drawings, Seals, &e., ascribed to Shakespeare, 1796 ; Precious Relics; or the Tragedy of Vor- tigern Rehearsed, a Dramatic Piece, in Two Acts. 1796 ; VoR- tigern, an Historiear Tragedy, in five acts, 1799; Henry the Second, an Historical Drama. 1799 ; Vortigern ; an Histori- cal Play. 1832. (This issue contains a preface and facsimile not in the edition of 1796) ; Chalmers (G). An Apology for the Believers in the Shakspeare Papers, which were exhibited in Norfolk Street. Plate of facsimiles. 1797. Malone (E.) An Enquiry into the Authenticity of certain Miscellaneous Papers and Legal Instruments. Illustrated with facsimiles of the handwriting of Queen Elizabeth, Earl of Southampton, and Shakespeare, 1796 ; Confessions of William Henry Ire- land, containing the particulars of' his fabrication of the Shakespeare Manuscripts. Numerous facsimiles, 1805. Bound in 6 volumes. 8vo, half morocco. 1796-1832 These seventeen pieces form a complete set of the very scarce publications dealing with the Ireland forgeries. The Malone tract is a presentateon copy to Dr. Farmer (the Shakespearean commentator), with an inscription in Malone 'g autograph. Two autograph letters op W. H. Ireland are inserted. 510. [IRELAND (W. H.).] Shakespeariana. Catalogue of all the Books, Pamphlets, &c., relating to Shakespeare, to which are subjoined an account of the early Quarto Editions of the Great Dramatist 's Plays and Poems, the prices at which many copies have sold in public sales. Portrait of Shake- speare on India paper. 12mo, half calf, gilt edges. London, 1827 511. IRELAND (W. H., Forger of the Shakespearean Papers). The Original Holograph Poem (with many cor- rections), 1 page 4to. Referring to the disobedience of Cupid to obey his mother Vejius' Commands, who seizes his quiver and clips "pennons in rage," accompanying the action by angry words, at which "The sly urcMn Whimper 'd, a tear-drop let fall Most trimly his wings had teen shorn; So mounting aloft with a heart full of gall Quoth he to his mother in scorn, When next you entrap me: hut that ne'er shall "be, If anxious to fetter my flight, Clip only one wing-rrrfor, see mother see, I'm off — so he sprang out of sight." 118 DAEMONOLO- giE,IJs(^FO%ME ofaDialogue, Diuidcd into three Bookes. Edinbyrgh Trintedhy ^bertlValde-graut^ Printer to the Kings MajefUe. An.i^^^. Cam Privilege Rtgh» LOTi NUMBER 514 [TITLE-PAGE] 512. JACOB (G.) . The Poetical Register : or, the Lives and Characters of the English Dramatick Poets. With an Account of their Writings. Portradts of Shakespeare and others, by V. de Gucht and Vertue. 8vo, old panelled calf. London : Printed for E. Curll, 1719 First Edition. Contains reference to Davenant. Consult Halliwell-Phillipps 's ' ' Outlines of the Life of Shake- speare. ' ' (the Davenant Scandal) . 513. JACOB (G.). An Historical Account of the Lives and Writings of Our most Considerable English Poets, whether Epick, Lyrick, Elegiack, Epigramatists, &c. Frontispiece iy Vertue and 7 engraved portraits. 8vo, original panelled calf. London : Printed for E. Curll, 1720 On page 280 an account of "Mr. "William Shaiespear" and his poetical pieces, is found. The present copy has the leaf of Errata at the end. 514. JAMES I. Daemonologie, in Forme of a Dialogue, divided into three books. Woodcut device on title, and large ornamental initial. Small 4to, full crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere. Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Walde-graue, 1597 First Edition. Excessively Eare. Steevens in his edition of ' ' The Tempest ' ' says that ' ' Shake- speare closely followed James I 's Daemonologie. " It is also frequently cited by Douce in his ' ' Illustrations " of " Mac- beth, ' ' and by Dr. Grey in his notes on ' ' The Whole Conten- tion." [See Illustration.] 515. JAMES I. The Workes of the Most High and Mightie Prince, James By the Grace of God, King of Great Britaine, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith &c. Portrait of King James by Pass, and engraved title-page by Elstracke. Folio, original calf. London : Printed by Robert Barker and lohn Bill, 1616 First Edition. Drake ("Shakespeare and his Times") frequently quotes from this volume. Beneath the frontispiece are the verses attributed to Shake- speare. 516. JAMES I. The Kings Maiesties Declaration to His Subjects, Concerning lawfuU Sports to bee vsed. Device on title. Small 4to, old sprinkled calf, rebacked. Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1633 Excessively Rare, all copies being ordered by Parliament to be burned by the common hangman in 1643. Douce, in his "Illustrations of Shakespeare" ("The Ancient English Morris Dance " ) refers to this work. On the title is the signature of Henry Bradshawe, and on the verso of last page are some interesting contemporary manuscript notes. A note of a former owner on the fly-leaf, following a short sketch of the work, states ' ' This is I believe, Hazlewood 's copy. ' ' 120 517. JAMES I. Two Broad-sides against Tobacco: the first given by King James of Famous Memory; his Counter- blast to Tobacco. The second transcribed out of that learned Physician Dr. Everard Mainwaringe. Concluding with Two Poems against Tobacco and Coffee. Collected and Published as very proper for this Age by J. H. Small 4to, full polished calf, gilt edges. London, Printed for John Hancock, 1672 A very fine copy with a brilliant portrait of James I and having the excessively rare folding plate, which contains curious illustrations of a Turk smoking and of a Moor drinking coffee. At signature 12 will be found a humorous reference to Shake- speare's "Othello." 618. [JANE (JOSEPH).] Eikon Aklastos: the Image Un- broken, A Perspective of the Impudence, Falshood, Vanitie, and Prophannes, Published in a Libell entitled Eikonaklastes against Eikon Bazilike, or the Portraicture of his Sacred Majestie in his solitudes and Sufferings. Small 4to, original sheep. [London:] Printed Anno Dom. 1651 FiEST Edition. Shakespeare allusion. This is the reply to Milton 's book ' ' Iconoclastes. ' ' A very rare volume, having been surreptitiously printed. Lowndes can never have seen a copy, as he gives only a portion of the title- page. "Insteede of Shakespeare's scene of Eich. 3. The libeller may take the Parliament's declaration of the 29 May, where their words are. * * * That which he adds from his tes- timony out of Shakespeare of the imagined vehemence of Eich. the 3. In his dissembled professions; holdes noe proportion with their hipocrisies, really acted, not fancyed by a poet, and this libeller hath learnt to act a part out of Shakespeare, and with Eich. the 3. accusing loyaltie, and innoeeney of high Crymes, and crying out against their wickedness, ' ' &c. — Pp. 81-82. 519. JANSSON (THEODORE). Ab Almeloveen M.D., de Vitis Stephanorum, Celebrium Typographorum Dissertatio Epistolica, in qua de Stephanorum stirpe, indefessis laboribus, varia fortuna atque libris, &c. . . . Subjecta est H. Stephani Querimonia Artis Typographicae, Ejusdem Epistola de statu suae Typographiae. Portrait. Small 8vo, original vellum. Amstelaedami, 1683 For a long account of this volume consult Hunter 's ' ' New Illustrations " of " The Merchant of Venice. ' ' 520. JEFFREY OF MONMOUTH. The British History, Translated from the Latin into English by Aaron Thompson. 8vo, original calf. London, 1718 A beautiful copy, printed on large paper. Cited by Hazlitt ("Shakespeare's Library") in his notes on " Timon of Athens" and "King Lear." 121 521. JESTS. No Jest like a true Jest, being a compendious Record of the Merry Life and Mad Exploits of Captain James Hind, the great robber of England, hanged at Worcester, 1652. Black Lettbe. Small 8vo, levant morocco, gilt, by Riviere. [London] : Printed for T.Vere and W.Gilbertson [circa 1670] In the finest condition. ' This appears to be a unique copy of an undescribed edition, and, according to Halliwell, is earlier than the edition of 1674, which has hitherto been considered to be the first. 522. [JEVON (THOMAS).] The Deyil of a- Wife, or, Comical Transformation. As it is Acted by His Majesty's Servants at the Theatre in Dorset Garden. Small 4tb, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed for James Knapton, 1695 Contains mention of Shakespeare, Johnson, Beaumont and Fletcher in the Preface. The Prologue was spoken by the author. 523. JOCKER (CH. G.). Compendioses Gelehrten Lexicon, Darinnem Die Gelehrten aller Stande, als Jursten und Staats- Leute, &e. Frontispiece. Thick 8vo, original veUum. Leipzig, 1726 Consult Cohn's " ShjJiespeare in Germany." Contains a very curious reference to Shakespeare. 524. JODELLE (ESTIENNE). Les CEuvres et Meslanges Poetiques D'Estienne Jodelle sieur de Lymodin. Printer's device on title. Small 8vo, original calf. Paris: Chez Nicolas Chesneav, 1583 For an account of the resemblance to "Venus and Adonis" and certain poems of Jodelle consult Mr. Lee's "Life of Shake- speare," page 75;, also pages 120, 121, and 443 of the same work. 525. JOHNSON (RICHARD). The Seven Champions of Christendome, Saint Geokge of England, Saint Denis of Prance, Saint James of Spaine, Saint Anthony of Italy, Saint Andeew of Scotland, Saint Pateicke of Ireland, and Saint David of Wales. Comprising a series of engravings representing the patron Saints of Christendom. Small folio, half crimson levant morocco, uncut. [London] : Are to be sould by Roger Dainell, 1623 Op excessive rarity, and possibly unique. This engraved representation of the ' ' Seven Champions ' ' appears to be to- tally undescribed and does not appear to have heretofore been offered at public sale. No engraver's name appears on either the title or portraits, all of which are mounted. 526. [JOHNSON (RICHARD);] The Famous Historic of the Seauen Champions of Christendome. The Two Parts. 2 vols, small 4to, full red levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere i(last three leaves in facsimile). London: Printed by W'illiam Stansby, [1616?] Excessively Eaee. Of the First Edition of the first part, 122 no perfect copy is known, and all the subsequent editions are of extreme rarity. Lowndes says: "In all prohability this hook had been read by Shalcespeare in some earlier edition not now known, as at page iv. is the prototype of a passage in "Lear" and there are numerous similarities of a like descrip- tion. ' ' The Shakespearean portion has been reprinted by Halli- well in his folio Shakespeare. See also Collier's "Barest Books in the English Language." 527. [JOHNSON (ROBERT) .] Relations of the most Fam- ous Kingdomes and Commonweales through the world. Dis- coursing of their Scituations, Manners, Customes, Strengths, Greatnesse, and Policies. Small 4to, full motttled calf, gilt •edges, by Lloyd. London : Printed for lohn laggard, 1616 Fine copy, with very wide ijiarguis. Hunter ("New Illustrations" of "The Tempest") cites this volume ; so does Isaac Eeed in his edition of ' ' Winter 's Tale." 528. JOHNSON. A Catalogue of the valuable Collection of Books of the late learned Samuel Johnson, which will be sold by Auction by Mr. Christie, on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 1785, and three following days. 8vo, half calf. [London], 1785 Dr. Johnson possessed a copy of the first folio Shakespeare. This sale catalogue is excessively rare. Col. Grant's copy sold for £25. 10s. There is no copy in the British Museum. 629. JONSON (BEN.). The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. Engraved title iy Role. London : Printed by William Stansby, 1616 ; The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The second volume. Containing Bartholomew Fayre; The Staple of Newes; The Divell is an Asse [and others]. London Printed for Richard Meighen, 1640. 2 vols, small folio, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London, 1616-31-40 The FmsT Edition, ranking with the first folio Shakespeare. At the end of each play is given the list of "The principall Tragoedians. " Amongst the names occurs that of Will Shake- Speare, who played in "Sejanus," "Every Man in his Hu- mour," &c., &e. The close connection between the plays of Shakespeare and Jonson needs no comment here. Capell's "Catalogue of Shakesperiana, " No. 122 and 132. A portion is reprinted in Capell 's ' ' School of Shakespeare. ' ' The three Plays in the Second volume, mentioned in the title, each have their separate title-page, dated 1631. A choice copy, with ample margins throughout. 530. JONSON (BEN:) Execration against Vulcan. With divers Epigrams by the same Author to severall Noble Per- sonages in this Kingdome. Never Published before. Portrait by Vaughan. Small 4to, half calf (top, of title torn and margins cut close). London: Prioted by J. 0. for John Benson, 1640 First Edition: Eabe. Has the leaf of Errata. 128 531. JOURNAL des Seavans, January to December, 1708. 4 vols. 12mo, old calf. Amsterdam : Chez les Janssons a Waesberge, 1708-9 Contains an early notice of Shakespeare, "le plus fameuse des poetes anglais pour le tragiqwe." 532. JOVIUS (P.). Descriptio Britanniae, Scotiae, Hy- berniae, et Orchadum, ex libro Pauli Jovii, epicsopi nucer De imperils, et gentibus eogniti orbis. Printer's device on title. 4to, original vellum, gilt. Venetiis, 1548 Very Fine Copy. Rare. Has the final leaf of Register, and printer's device. Important extracts from this volume are given by Mr. Eye in his ' ' England as seen by Foreigners, ' ' Temp. Elizabeth and James I. 533. JOY (GEORGE). The Exposycion of Daniel the Prophete, gathered out of Philip Melancthon, Johan Ecola- padius; Chonradt Pelieane, and out of John Draconite &e. A Prophecie diligently to bee noted of al Emperoures and Kinges, in these last dales. Printed in Black Letter. 12mo,. full crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere. [Colophon] Imprinted at London by Thomas Raynalde[1550], Cited by Eiehardson in his notes on ' ' King Lear. ' ' 534. KEAN (EDMUND). A most important Collection of about 150 Play-bills of Edmund Kean's performances in London, the Provinces, Scotland and Ireland. Folio, half calf. 1814-1833 Nearly 100 of these Play -bills are of Shakespearean interest. These bills are dated from 1814 to 1833 (the year of Kean's death). Among the Plays represented are: "Othello," "Mer- chant of Venice," "Macbeth," "Eichard III," "Hamlet," ' ' Eomeo and Juliet, " " Timon of Athens, " " King Lear, ' ' etc. Many of the bills are for First Peepormances ; Last Appearances in various characters before his departure fob America, etc. There are also a number of fine character por- traits bound in. Each bill and portrait neatly inlaid to folio. A riNE collection. 535. KENILWORTH CASTLE, Warwickshire. "A note of such works as hath been done in Kenilworth Castle since the 10th of May, 1619, and what money I have laide out for the same. ' ' 3 pages, folio, signed by Gilb. Howe. Half brown levant morocco, by Riviere. 1619 An interesting historical manuscript in reference to this celebrated castle, containing a number of curious statements as to the rate of wages, etc., at that time. " To a playsterer for 3 days work in the middle lodging in Leyster tower, 3s. ' ' ' ' To the laborer for attending him 3 days at 8d. 2s. ' ' " To a carpenter for 2 days to make formes and tressles for tables, 2s." ' ' To — 44 days work at 8d. per day for cutting down and 124 grubbing up bryers and bushes that groweii within and about the Castle walls and lodgings £1. 9. 4d." &e., &c. An ancient deawing of Kenilworth Castle accompanies the document. The Castle is frequently mentioned by Shakespeare, and a view of it is reproduced in Mr. Lee's "Life of Shakespeare." The Earl of Leicester's players acted before Queen Elizabeth at Kenilworth in 1575. From the Aston Library. 536. KEMPIUS (CORNELIUS). De Origine Situ, Quali- tate et Quantitate Frisiae, et rebus a Frisiis olim praeclare gestis, Libri tres ; in Quibus Multa Scitu digna, &c. Numerous woodcuts. 12mo, original calf. Coloniae, Excudebat Gosvinvs Cholinvs, 1588 Cited by Douce in his "Illustrations" of "Macbeth." 537. KENILWORTH ILLUSTRATED ; ob, The History of The Castle, Priory, and Church of Kenilworth. With a De- scription of their present state. Portrait of R. Dudley Earl of Leicester after Garrard by Meyer and 17 finely engraved plates after Westall, Green and Barber by Eadclyffe with an extra plate inserted of KenHivortli Castle as it appeared in 1620. ito, old half calf. Chiswiek: Printed by C. Whittingham, 1821 Large Paper Copt, with the plates in open letter proof state (somewhat foxed). Kenilworth Castle is frequently mentioned by Shakespeare in his Plays. The Appendix to this Scarce work contains Laneham 's Letter (1575), with a biographical notice; George Gaseoygne's "Princely Pleasures," (1576); "Masques" performed there before Queen Elizabeth. 538. KING (THOMAS). Holograph Letter Signed, 2 pages 4to. To David Garrick. "I am very sorry my health would not permit me to play 'Malvolio' on Saturday last, I meant so to do, and then to have requested your permission (as the part has long heen dis- agreeable to me) to decline it. Your message of yesterday I did not receive till the evening; when to speaTc the truth I had more wine than wisdom, and I misunderstood it. I thought 'Twelfth Night' was to le the substitute, on Friday for, the 'Way to Keep Him'; which my Foolish Mightiness Mighty Foolishness, read which you xoill, tooTc so much in dudgeon, that J swore most vehemently that I never would play the part again. This I meant to inform you of at the House to-night, but am just now render 'd very unhappy by seeing the play at the bottom of the bill for to-morrow." Endorsed by Garrick "King's excuse about 'Twelfth Night.' " 125 ,539. KINGB (JOHN). Lectvres vpon Ibnas, delivered at Yorke, In the yeare of our Lorde, 1594.- Newly corrected and amended. Printer's device on title. Small 4t6, half calf (one leaf repaired, and some text affected by wormings). Printed at Oxford, by loseph Barnes, 1600 Valuable as fixing the date of the composition of "A Mid- summer Night 's Dream. ' ' Dr. Furness in his edition of this play (page 251) refers to the present work. 540. KIRKMAN (FRANCIS). A True, perfect, and exact Catalogue of all the Comedies, Tragedies, Tragi-Comedies, Pastorals, Masques and Interludes, that were ever yet Printed and Published, till the present year 1671. 4to, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd- [London], 1671 Kirkman^s .list includes the 11 spurious plays of Shake- speare: "Arraignment of Paris;" '''Thomas, Lord Crom^ well;" 2 Parts of " The Troublesome Eaigne of K. John;" "Locrine;'-' "London Prodigal;" "Merry DeVil of Edmon- ton;" "Mucedorus;" "Old-Castle's Life and Death ;"" Puri- tan Widow," "Yorkshire Tragedy. V A full, account of the volume will be found in "Fresh Allu- sions to Shakespere" ,,(New Shakspere Socitety, 1886), pp. 190-193. 541. [KIRKMAN (FRINCIS).] The History of Prince,, Erastus, Son to the Emperour Dioclesian And Those Famous Philosophers called the Seven Wise Masters of Rome. Rendered English by F. K. Copfperplate engravings in compartments. Small 8v0; fuUcalf, gilt, gilt edges, by Bedford. London: Anne Johnston for Fra. Kirkman, 1674 First Illustrated Edition. Douce gives an account of this- very scarce volume in his ' * Illustrations of Shakespeare, ' ' pp. ■ 545-47. ' ■ 542. KNOLLES (RICHARD). The Generall Historic of' the Turkes, from the first beginning of that Nation to the rising of the Othoman Familie : with all the notable expedi- tions of the Christian Princes against them. Together with The Lives and Conquests of the Othoman Kings and Emperors. Engraved title by Lawrence Johnston and many fine engraved vignette portraits. Folio, old calf (rebacked). Loridon: Adam Islip, 1603 F];rst. Edition. Cited by Malone in his Notes on '.'Hamlet" and "Othello." A portion is reprinted in Capell's " School of Shakespeare. ' ' Capell 's ' ' Catalogue, ' ' No. 127, 543. KRANTZIUS (ALBERTUS). Chronica Regnorum^ aquilonarium Daniae Suetiae Norvagiae, per Albertum Krant- zium, Hamburger, descripta. Folio, sound half calf (some margins wormed). [Colophon] Argentorati: apud loannem Schottum, VIII. Kalend. Februaiii, Anno M. D. XLVIIL Consult Langbaine's ("English Drajnatic Poets") "Ham- let." 126 544. KUCHLER (B.)- Repraesentatio der Furstlichen Ausszug und Ritterspil soden des Durehleuchtigen Hochge- bornen Fursten und herren Herrn Johaan Friderichen Hert- zogen zu Wiirttenberg und Teck Graven zu Mumppelgarf Herrn zu Handenheim F. Benlager gehalten worden. En- graved title and 242 plates (some of which have been re- paired) . 4to, half calf. Stuttgart, 1609 Certain of the engravings in this excessively rare pageant were used by Halliwell-Phillips to illustrate Shakespeare's "Othello," "Pericles, Prinee of Tyre," "All's Well That Ends Well," "Twelfth Night," "The Winter's Tale," and ' ' Troilus and Cressida, ' ' a remarkably fine volume of engrav- ings, and of the highest rarity. 545. [KTD (THOMAS).] The Spanish Tragedie: or, Hieronimo is mad againe. Newly corrected, amended, and enlarged with new additions of the Painters part, and others, as it hath of late been diuers times acted. Woodcut on title. Small 4to, half calf. London: Printed by W. White, 1615 Vert Bare. An exhaustive account of the Shakespearean interest of this Elizabethan play will be found in Mr. Sidney Lee 's ' ' Life of Shakespeare^ ' ' page 177. 546. LACROIX (JULES). Le Roi Lear, Drame en cinq actes, en vers imite de Shakespeare. 8vo, original wrappers, uncut. ■ ' Paris, 1868 i'lRST Edition. ' Presentation Copy to Monsieur S. de Saoy , de I'Academie Francaise, with the author's signed autograph presentation ;inscription upon the , half-title. . Printed on Hol- land paper. 547. LACY (JOHN). S'auny the Sdpt- or, the Taming of the Shrew: A Comedy, As it is now Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, by Her Majesty's Company of Come- dians. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed for B. Bragge, 1708 A very scarce version of ' ' The Taming of the Shrew. ' ' Halli- well-Phillipps described it as "tlie rarest of all the Shalce- sperian alterations." The present is a very fine copy, with the half-title. 548. LAMBARDB (W.). A Perambulation of Kent; con- teining the Description, Hystorie and Customes of that Shyre, now increased and altered after the Author's own last copie. Title "within wooodcut border afid ma/p. Printed in Black Lbttee. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. Imprinted at London by Edm. BoHifant, 1596 A most interesting volume from its reference to the Theatre OP Shakespeare's TIME. The author says that "None who go to Paris Gardein, the Bell Savage, or Theatre, to behold beare baiting, enter ludes or fence play, can account of any pleasant . . , ' spectacle unless they first pay one pennie at the gate, another at the entree of the scaffold, and the third for a, quiet stand- jug. )'_Page 233. 'Consult, too, " Transactiojis of New Shake- ' spere Society,"' 1877-79, series i. 127 549. LAMBARDE (W.). Eirenarcha, or of the Qffice of the Justice of Peace, in f oure Bookes. 8yo, full polished .mottled calf, gilt tooled, gilt edges, by Riviere. London, 1610 Boswell cites this volume in his edition of ' ' King Lear. ' ' Consult, too, ' ' Transactions of the New Shakspere Society, ' ' 1877-79, series i. This edition contains the first appearance of the added ma- terial printed under separate title at end of the volume, "The Duties of Constables, Borsholders, Tythingmen, and such other lowe and Lay Ministers of the Peace." 550. LANGBAINE (GERARD). An Account of the Eng- lish Dramatick Poets, etc. 8vo, calf extra, gilt edges. Oxford, 1691 FiEST Edition, with the Appendix, and leaf of Errata. This volume contains a long and most interesting account (pp. 16) of Shakespeare, a list of his plays, sources of the plots, etc., etc. Consult, too, ' ' Eresh Allusions to Shakspere, ' ' pages 296, and 306-332. 551. LANGBAINE (GERARD). Lives and Characters of the English Dramatic Poets, begun by Mr. Langbain, improved and continued [by Gildon]. Small 8vo, mottled calf, gilt tooled back and borders, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: For Tho. Leigh at the Peacock [1699] This edition contains a curious reference to Sir W. Davenant. "Sir William D'Avenant, the son of John VAvenant, vint- ner of Oxford, in that very house that has now the sign of the Crown near Carfax ; a house much frequented iy. Shalcespear in his frequent journeys to Warwickshire; whither for the beautiful mistress of the house, or the good wine, I shall not determirie." Consult Halliwell-Phillipps 's "Outlines of the Life of Shake- speare" (the Davenant Scandal.) 552. LASSBLS (RICHARD). Voyage D 'Italic, contenant les Moeurs des peuples, la description des Villes Capitales, des Eglises, Convents, Tombeaux, Bibliotheques, &c. 2 vols. 12mo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. Paris: Chez Louis Billaine, 1671 Cited by Dr. Furness in his edition of "As You Like It. " 553., LATHAM (SIMON). Latham's Faulconry, or the Faulcon's Lure and Cure. In Two Books. Illustrated mth .numerous ivoodcuts. Small 4to, original vellum. London : Printed by Thomas Harper, for lohn Harison, 1633 Veky eake. The present copy has the leaf containing the Acrostic, before sig. B, and the genuine blank leaf between the two parts. Cited by the Clarendon editors in their notes on "Hamlet." Capell's "Catalogue of Shakesperiana, " No. 125. 128 554. LATIMER (HUGH). Fruitful Sermons preached by the right Reverend Father, and constant Martyr of Jesus Christ, Master Hugh Latimer, to the edifying of all which will dispose themselves to the reading of the same. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edes, by Riviere. At London; Reprinted by Valentine Sim, 1596 Fine copy. Printed in Black Lettek. Consult Dr. Furness's edition of "As You Like It," page 181. 555. LEE (NATHANIEL). Mithridates King of Pontus, a Tragedy; acted at the Theatre Royal By their Majesties Ser- vants. Small 4to, half calf (last leaf cut). London : Printed by R. E., 1678 First Edition. In his Dedication the author states that he has endeavored in this Tragedy to mix Shakespeare with Fletcher, the thoughts of the former, for majesty and true Roman greatness, and the softness and passionate expressions of the latter which make up half the beauties, are never to be matched. The Epilogue is by Dryden. 556. LEE (NATHANIEL). Caesar Borgia; son of Pope Alexander the Sixth : a Tragedy Acted at the Duke 's Theatre by Their Royal Highnesses Servants. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed by R. E. for R. Bentley and M. Magnes, 1680 FiKST Edition. Fine copy, containing The Epilogue. The "Spirit of Shakespeare" is eulogized in the dedication. , 557. LEE (NATHANIEL). Lucius Junius Brutus ; Father of his Country. A Tragedy. Acted at the Duke 's Theatre, by their Royal Highnesses Servants. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed for Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, 1681 First Edition. The nature, wit, and vigor of Shakespeare are eulogized in the Preface, and his Brutus is also criticised. Contains the final leaf of ' ' Epilogue. ' ' 558. LEICESTER (ROBERT DUDLEY, Earl of. Queen Elizabeth's "Sweet Robin"). Document signed by the Earl, 1 p. folio, on vellum, dated the 17th year (1575) of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. This is the original indenture or deed of conveyance of lands in Denbighshire, to Lewis ap Williams ap Eignion. It is in Latin, and the clerk who drew it up has introduced into the initial letter the coat-of-arms (the bear and rugged staff) of the Earl. ACCOMiPANYING THE ABOVE DOCUMENT IS ANOTHER, Signed by Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, favourite of Queen Elizabeth, AND ALSO BY HIS CouNTESs, 1 p. folio, Ist Sept. 1591-2, on vel- lum. This is a deed of sale of lands in Kent. The documents, are illustrated with six engraved portraMs. Large 4to, full maroon morocco. 129 559, LEICESTER (ROBERT pTJDLET, . Earl of) . L,ey- cesters Comiiion--w;ealth. [also,, Ley;cesters G-li,ost],. :, Conceived, Spoken and Pvblished with most earnest protestation of al| Dutifiiil good will and affection toward?, thjs Realm, for whole good onely, it is made ebnimon to many. Engraved portrait of Leicester hy Marshall. Small 4to, original calf. Printed, 1641 Published surreptitiously. Cited by HuHtef in his "New Illustrations" of " OjTnbeline, " and by Steevens in his Notpp on ' ' The Tempest. " ' ' , . , > 560. LEIGH (GERARD). The Accedence of Armorie. Woodcut title, numerous coats-of-drms aifid woodcut at end. Small 4to, h^if old calf (some, pages staiped)- [Colophon] London: Printed for lohn laggard, 1612 There are quite lengthy references to this work of Leigh, by Douce in his "Illustrations" to "Hamlet," and, agiain in his ' ' Illustrations " of " The Winter 's Tale. " Consult, too, "The New Shakespeare Society's Transactions," _ 1877-79, Series 1. ,,-,,. r. ■■ ,■: > :■ v. 5'61. LEMNIE (LEVINE). ' The, Touchstone of Complex- ipns. Expedient ajnd profitable for all sijch jas bee; desirous and carefuU of their bodily health : Qontayning most r^ady tokens, whereby every one may perfectly try, and thorowly kQow, as well t,he exact state, habit, disposition, and constitu- tion of his body, &c. , Small 4to> full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. ■ London: Printed by E. A., for Michael, Sparke, 1633 Cited by Ca,lc(ecott in his notes on "As You Like. It. " 562. LEONICO(ANGELO). X'Amore di Trolio, et Griseida, ove si Tratta in bvona parte la Gverra di Troia. Numerous woodcuts, and title within woodcut border, 4to^ Ijialf vellum. Venetia, Pavolo Gerardo, 1553 The story of "Troilus and Cressida" in Italian ottava rima. A VOLUME OF GREAT RASlrt AND APPAEENTLT QUITE UNKNOWN TO ALL THE EDITORS OF SHAKESPEARBI. 563. LESIEUR (SIR STEPHEN, Celebrated Diplomatist and Agent of James I. in Germany)'. A. L. S., 1 p. folio, in French. To Prince Christian d'Anhalt, ministre, de I'JJlecj- teur, Palatin Frederic V. Vienne, Janvier, 1613. Sound in folio, full mottled calf, gilt, by Riviere. ' For an account of tl^e negotiations between Ijesieur and Fl-ederick, Duke of Wurtenberg the "Cpsen Garmombles" and "Duke de jarma.n)je" of "The Merry ;Wives, of, Windsor"), consult Mr. Eye's interesting Shakespearean- volume,, " England as seen by Foreigners in the Days of Elizabeth ,anji James I." An important letter, dealing with the naariiages. of,,the Elector Palatine and Eli^abetli^ , daughter, of James I. 130 564. LET! (GREGOBIO). Vita di Sisto V, Pontefice Romano. Portrait. 2 Vols, small Svo; full mottled calf,' gilt edges, by Ritiefe. ' Losanna: Per Gloritio Gree, 1669 , * Consult Dr. Furn'ess 'sedition of "The Merchant of Venice " '■'■ ■ page 297. , :' ■ - ' An ini,portant work. ' V565. LEWKENOR (SIR J.). The Estate of English Fugi- tives under' the King of Spaine and his Ministers. Small 4to, old calf, rebaeked. London: Ppnted for John Prawater, 1595 I ,' , ",. First Edition.' Cited by Malone in his notes on "Hamlet." ■" ' This mt^restikg and very rare work ' contains particulars relat- ing to Mary Queen of Soots, Earl Darnley, Oapt. Smith, &c. t:..-' .The author Complains in the preface of a surreptitious "Dis- ^ , eowrse, printed m Failles Church-ywrde (in 1594)., so falsified . and dhfmged that he cannot but oondemn it as a thing fabulous and full ahmrdities. " 566. LIGON (RICHARD). A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbadoes. Folding map, 3 folding plans .and folding index, ail nwunted' pn.Unen; arid 6 hoianiccd plates. Small folib, full Wottled calf, lilind tooled, by Riviere (map ti-immed);' ' London : For Humphrey ,Moseley, 1657 ' ' PiEST Edition. Scai'cfi. An accurate and very amusing his- '!' ;• ' toi-yi Tells of soihe dances he saw in Barbadoes "in great ', ; ; esteem. .-.'': uJhen .Sir John Falstaff makes his Amoiirs to Mis- tresse Doll Tear-sheet." The music and dances referred to are , discussed at length in "Shakespeare's Centurie of Pra,yse," and by Douce in his " Illustrations ' ' of " King Henry IV. ' ' Douce also quotes from this volume in his " IlliistrationS " of "Troilus and Cressida, ' ' in his discussion of the Assinego, whether an ass or an ass-driver be meant, concli^iding ,in favor of the, four- ,M''"i-- ^ 'legged aniial. ' '' ' • ' ^ -667. LILtY (JOHN) . Eyphves, the Anatomie of Wit very f)leasant for alL gentlemen to read and rupst necessarie to re- rf^ber, whei'ein a,re contained the delights, that Wit foUoweth in iiis Youth, by the Ple^asantnesge of Love, &c., 1617. Evphves AND HIS England, containing his Voyages and Adventures, mi^ed with Sundry Pretty Discourses of Honest Love, de- ligfhtftiU to be read and nothing hurtfuU to be regarded, &c., i617, 2 vols, in one.' Small 4to, full crimson morocco gilt, gift edges, by F. Bedfordi "' = " Printed at London tiyG. Eld, for "W. B., 1617 Printed in Black Letter. '■"' Numerous passages 'haVe been pointed 6ut in Shakespeare's ""',' '; playS' as 'proofs of his extensive indebtedness to Lyly's ,( -M ■ ' "Euphues" for sentimehts and phrases (consult W. L. Eush- ;'■;'■•'' ' ton; "Shakespeare's Euphuism,'' 1871). ' ' ■ •' It is citfe'd, too, by Donee iii his "Illustrations",' of "The Mbrehant bf Venice. '■' ' '' ' , ,, Capell'8 "'Catklo^ue of Shakesperiaha, ''' No. ,363.' 131 •'Oi'.' 568..LIPSIUS (JUSTUS). Monita et Exampla Politica Libri Duo, Qui Virtutes et Vitia Principum spectant. 8vo, vellum, gilt edges. Antverpiae, Ex Offieina Plantiniana, 1606 Illustrative of "Measure for Measure." Consult Douce 's notes on this play, also Langbaine's. 569. LITHGOW (WILLIAM) . The Rare Adventures and Painfull Peregrinations of long Nineteen Yeares ' travails from Scotland to the most famous Kingdomes in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Numerous curious woodcuts, including portrait of the Author in his Turkish dress. Small 4to, old calf, rebacked. Imprinted a London by I. Okes, 1640 Bare. Crisp copy. Eef erred to by Hunter in his "New Illustrations" of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." 570. LLOYD (DAVID). The Legend of Captaine Jones, relating his Adventure to Sea; .... his Combat with a mighty Beare; his furious batteU with his 36 men, against the Army of 11 Kings . . . his strange and admirable Sea- fight with six huge Gallies of Spain, &c., &c.. Frontispiece of the fight with an elephant, iy W. Marshall. 12mo, mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London, 1656 Cited by Halliwell-PhiUipps in his edition of "Eomeo and JuHet." "The said Captain Jones, on whom, the legend was made, lived in the reign of Q. Elizabeth, whom, Sir John Norris and Ms noble brethren, with (Sir Walter Saleigh, were endeavouring for the honour ' of their nation to eternize their names by mMTtial exploits." — ^Ant. a Wood. 571. LOCKE (JOHN); An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. Folio, original calf. London, 1690 First EiDition. Cited by Boswell in his notes on ' ' Hamlet. ' ' 572. [LODGE (THOMAS).] The Divel Conjured. (Top margins neatly mended, some words a little defective) ; Wits Miserie, and the Worlds Madnesse, Discovering the Devils Incarnat of this Age (title and a few leaves partly restored).. 2 vols, small 4to, full crimson levant morocco, gilt tooled back and borders, gilt edges, by Lloyd. London : Adam Islip, 1596 First Editions. Black Letter. Two excessively 'bare pieces of Thomas Lodge, the con- temporary of Shakespeare. To the latter pamphlet Shakespeare is supposed to allude in "Midsummer Night's Dream, "^" One sees more devils than vast Hell can hold." A passage at page 40 begins : ' ' They say likewise there is a Plaier De\dl, a hand- some Sonne of Mammons," &e. 573. LONDON (W.). A Catalogue of the most vendible Books in England, Orderly and Alphabetically Digested, under the heads of Divinity, History, P\iysick and Chyrur- gery. Law, Arithmetick, Geometry, Astrologie, &c. &c. with 132 Hebrew, Greek and Latin Books, for Schools and Scholars, the like Work never yet performed by any. Small 4to, half calf. London, 1658 Tie first catalogue which mentions Shakespeare's "Works. 574. LOPE DB VEGA GASPIO. Las Comedias Eecopila- das por Bernardo Grassa. 8vo, boards. Milan, 1619 Lope de Vega dramatised the story of ' ' Komeo and Juliet. ' ' — Sidney Lee 's ' ' Life of Shakespeare. ' ' 575. LOUIS XL His signature to a letter addressed to the Duke of Milan, Plessis, Janvier 2. 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. n. d. A MOST RAKE AXTTOGEAPH. One of the principal characters in ' ' King Henry VI. ' ' 676. LUCAN'S PHARSALIA; or the Civill, Warres of Rome, betweene Pompey the great, and Julius Caesar . . . Englished by T. May. Engraved frontispiece ty Frederic Hulsius 1631, — A Continuation of Lucan's Historicall Poem till the death of Julius Caesar. Curious engraved title, 1630. 2 vols, in 1. Bvo, full sprinkled e^lf, gilt edges, by Lloyd, Wallis and Lloyd. London: Printed for Thomas lones, 1630-1 An account of this translation will be found in Transactions of the New Shakspere Society, 1875-6. 577. LUCY. — Arms of the Baronets in trick, with the arms arranged alphabetically. Unpublished Manuscript of the EAELY YEAES OP THE EEIGN OP ChARLES L, CONSISTING OP 80 PAGES ENCLOSED IN A MOROCCO CASE. 4tO, SCWU: (Circa, 1632) Amongst the arms will be found that of Lucy ' ' Three louses rampant for his arms. ' ' From the Aston Library. 578. LUTHER (MARTIN). CoUoquia Mensalia; or. Dr. Martin Luther's Divine Discourses at his Table, &c., Which in his life Time hee held with divers Learned Men, conteining Questions and Answers touching Religion, &c.. Collected first together by Dr. Antonius Lauterbach, and translated into the English Tongue by Capt. Henrie Bell. Portrait hy Trevethen. Folio, contemporary calf (portrait slightly frayed). London: William Du-Gard, 1662 First Edition in English. Lowndes remarks on the history of this book. It seems that nearly all the copies of the original ' edition were destroyed by order of the Pope and that one, pre- served in Iseeswax and linen, was dug up, and from it were published the ],ater editipns. Cited by Douce in his "Illustra- tions " of " The Merchant of Venice. " 133 579. LYDGATE, (JOJSN), The T;ragedies gathered by John Bochas, of all such Princes as fell from theyr estates throughe the mutability of Fortune since the creation ' of Adam until this time ; 'wherein may be seen what vices bring menne to destruocion, wyth notable warnings howe tHe lika may be avoyded. Translated into English by John Lidgatej Monke of burye. Title within Woodcut border, and, crude woodcut representing the Creation' of Eve, the te'mpting of Adam, etc. Folio, full brown levant morocco, gilt and bliiid tooling, gilt edges, by F. Bedford. Imprinted at London : by John Wayland [1555-1558]' bouee in his "Illustrations" of "Midsummer Night's Dream'? points out that Shakespeare; "closely imitated" some lines in Lydgate. , • , Capell's "Catalogue of Shakesperiana,", No,.34. See also, Warton's "History of English Poetry." 580. LTTE (HENRY). A Njewe HerbaU; or Historie of Plants, nowe first translated out of French into English by Henry Lyte. Woodcut title and numerous woodcuts.' Folio, half calf, gilt back, gilt edges, by Eiviere. Lopdon, 1578 First Edition. A volume op vebt'^ great rarity, when fiij'f and perfect, like the present copy. Shakespeare must h'am made frequent use of it. Consult, in particular, Dr. Eufness's edition of "The "Winter's Tale," "Midsummer Night's Dream, ' ' and ' ' The Tempest. ' ' 581. [MABBE (JAMES, Translator) .] The Eogue : or. The Life of Guzman de Alfarache. Written in Spanish by Matheo Aleman, Servant to his Catholike Majestic, and borne in Sevill. Folio, old calf (rebacked, title, mounted, old signature on title, last leaf mounted). London : E. B. for Eobert Allot, 1634 Erdm this volume Bolton Corney takes a quotation, support- ing his claim that the lines signed "J. M. " in the first folio Shakespeare were by James Mabbe, and not by Marston or Mayne, as formerly attributed. Consult ' ' Notes and Queries, ' ' second series, XI. 4. 582. MACHIN (LEWES). The Dumbe Knight, an His- toricall Comedy Acted Sundry times by the Children of hip Majesties Eevells. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Eiviere. London : Printed by A. M., for William Sheares, 1633 Cited by Malone in his notes on "Hamlet." It contains' almost the same quotations from ' ' Venus and Adonis ' ' as are given by Heywood in his "Fayre Mayde of the Exchange." A portion is reprinted in Capell's "School of Shakespeare." 583. MALESPINI (CELIO). Du cento Novelle, nelle quali si raccontaho diversi Auvenimenti cosi licti, come mesti & stravaganti. Small 4to, full mottled calf, giltl edges, by Eiviere. .In Venetia:Al Segnp dell' Italia, 1609 Fine COPY. Capell's "Catalogue of Shakeaperiana, " No, 163. " ■■:.-' 'i ■ ■ ■ -■.'.'•;.,. • ',:(1 134 PRESENTATION COPY. 584. MALONE (EDMOND). An Inquiry into the Authen- ticity of certain Miscellaneous Papers and Legal Instruments, published Dec. 24, 1795, aud attributed to Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth, and Henry, Earl of Southampton. Ilhis.trated by facsimiles of the genuine hcmd-writing of that Noilemcm and of her Majesty; a new facsimile of the hand-writing of Shake- speare, never before ,exhibited, and other authentick docio- ments, in a letter addressed to the Bight Hon. James, Earl of Charlemont. 8vo, original boards, uncut. London: Printed by H. Baldwin, 1796 Fine paper, presentation copy, with inscription in the AUTOGRAPH OP THE AUTHOE. A note concerning the detection of the forgeries is written at page 368. PRESENTATION COPY. 585. MALONE (EDMOND). An Account of the Incidents from which the Title and Part of the Story of Shakespeare's Tempest were Derived ; And Its True Date Ascertained. 8vo, full polished mottled calf, gilt and gilt lettered, edges uncut. London : Baldwin, 1808 Very rare: Privately Printed for Malone's Friends. Presen- tation copy with eight-line inscription by Malone: "To The Meverend John Price, from the Author. Not published, — only eighty copies having ieen printed. It is requested that this pamphlet may not he inadvertently put into the hands of any person who may he likely to publish any part of it." "In January 1808 Malone issued privately a tract on the origin of the plot of the ' Tempest, ' associating it with the account of the discovery of Bermudas issued in 1610. Douce had published like conclusions in his 'Illustrations' in the pre- vious year, but Malone's result^ were reached independently." — Sidney J^ee (the editor of the "Life of William Shakespeare") in the "Dictionary of National Biography." 586. MANTtJANUS. Bap. Mantuani Carmelitaj Theologi Adolescentia seu. Bucolico, hreuibus lodoci Badij commen- taries illustra,ta. Printer's device on title. 12mo, new wrap- pers. Colohiae : Apud haeredes Arnoldi Birckmanni, 1562 One of Shakespeare's school-books. Consult Mr. Lee's "Life of Shakespeare, ' ' page 15. 587. MARCO POLO. La Description geographique des provinces et villes plus fameuses de I'lnde Orientale, meurs, ibix fit CQustumes des habitans d'icelles, mesmement de ce qui est soubz la domination du gran Cham empereur des Tartares, par M^rc Paule et nouvellement reduicte en vulgaire fran- 135 cois. 4to, full brown levant morocco, gilt edges, with mono- gram "J. L." in gilt on "back and sides, by Cape. Paris, Sertenas, 1556 The first Ekenoh edition. Steevens (in his notes on Shakespeare) suggested that Shakespeare found the germ of "The Taming of the Shrew" in Marco Polo's voyages. A BEAUTIFUL COPY OP AN EXTEEMELT BARE BOOK. The rare final leaf with the printer's device is present. 588. MARINI (G. B.). La Lira, Rime Amorose, Maritime, Boscherecce, Heroiche, Lugubri, Morali, Sacre and Varie. In 2 parts. 12mo, full sprinkled calf, gilt back, gilt edges, by Lloyd, Wallis & Lloyd. Venetia, 1621-1625 Tyrwhitt points out that at page 149 the lines commencing: ' ' Morte la 'nsegna sua pallida e bianca ' ' ' bear a very strong resemblance to "And deaths pale flag is not advanced there." — "Eomeo and Juliet," Act Vi, scene iii. 589. MARKHAM (FRANCIS). The Booke of Honour; or, Five Decads of Epistles of Honour. Equestrian Portrait of Charles I. by W. Marshall. Folio, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed by Augustine Matthewes, and John Nor- ton, 1625 First Edition. Consult Hunter 's ' ' Illustrations " of " King Richard II." The leaf "The Preface to the Reader" has been misplaced in binding. 589a. MARKHAM (GERVASE). The English Husband- man. The first part contayning the Knowledge of the True Nature of every Soyle within this KingdoM: how to plow it, and the manner of the plough, and other instruments belong- ing thereto. Together with the Art of planting. Grafting, and Gardening after our latest and Rarest fashion. Numerous woodcuts. Black Lettee. Small 4to, mottled calf, gilt, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : T. S. for John Browne, 1613 PiRST Edition. Cited by Dr. Furness in his edition of ' ' The Tempest. ' ' 590. MARKHAM (GERVASE). Cavalarice, or the Eng- lish Horseman, the eight books complete. Engraved title to each hook and many woodcuts. Small 4to, contemporary calf. London, 1616-17 Valuable for its account of Banks, and his performing horse, "The Dancing Horse" of Love's Labpur's Lost." Douce, in his ' ' Illustrations ' ' of thi^ play, as well as his " Illustrations ' "■ to ' ' King Richard III, ' ' ttientions this work. 136 591. MAEMION (SHACK^ERLY). The Antiquary. A Comedy, Acted by Her Maiesties Servants at The Cock-Pit. Written by Shackerly Mermion, Gent. Small 4to, mottled calf, gilt, gilt edges, by Riviere. * London: P. K. for I. W. and F. B., 1641 First Edition. Cited by Walker in his Notes on "The Winter's Tale." A portion is reprinted in Capell's "School of Shakespeare." Consult, too, "Fresh Allusions to Shake- speare, ' ' p. 146. 592. MARTEN (COL. HENRY). Familiar Letters to his Lady of Delight. Small 4to, contemporary calf. Bellositi Dobunorum : Printed for Richard Davis, 1662 Contains an allusion to "Pyramus and Thisbe" ("Mid- summer Night's Dream"). Has the bookplate of Charles "Viscount Bruce. 593. MARTIN (WILLIAM). The Historic, and Lives of the Kings of England ; From William the Conqueror, unto the end of Raigne of King Henrie the Bight. Title within wood- cut harder. Folio, full old calf. London : Printed for John Bill, 1615 First Edition. This edition has at the end, with a separate title, "The Successions of the ■ Dukes and Earles. " Consult Langbaine ("English Dramatic Poets"), notes on "King Henry IV." and "King Henry VIII." ; 594. MARTORELL ( JOHAN) TIRANTE il Bianco Valoro- sissimo Cavalieri. Nel quale contien si del prineipio della cavaleria; del stato, & ufficio suo; dell' essamine, che debbe essa falto al gentile, e generoso huomo, &c., &c. Woodcut title (strengthened on margins). 4to, original vellum. Vinegia, 1538 Contains the plot of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Noth- ing." It is reprinted in the Variorum Shakespeare, Vol. 12, but the editor could only obtain the reprint of 1737. EXPESSIVELT RAKE. Hibbert's copy having sold for 12 guineas nearly 100 years ago. 595. MARVELL (ANDREW). The Rehearsal Transpros 'd, or Animadversions upon a late Book, intituled A Preface, shewing what Grrounds there are of Pear and Jealousies of Popery. Small 12mo, full old calf. London : Printed by A. B., 1672 This play contains Shakespearean allusions to "The Mer- chant of Venice," "Merry Wives of Windsor," etc. 596. MARVELL ^(ANDREW) . The Rehearsal Transpros 'd : Jhe Second Part. Occasioned by T'vyo Letters: The first Printed, by a nameless Author, Intituled, A Reproof &e., The- 137 Second Letter left for me at a' Friend's Hou^e, fee. Small 12mo> full iQottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere; ■■'."•■■•■ • ! ' London: Printed for Nathaniel Pdiider, 1674 Vert kaei!. Shakesjfeare allusion.' ' , ' • "/ remember within' our time one Simons, who roh 'd aliuuj/es upon the Bricolle, ihat 'is to. say, never interrupted the Pas- sengers, but still set lipow the Thieves- themselves, after, like Sir John Falstaff, they were gorged with a booty; and by this way, ~ , so ingenious, that it was scarce orimAnal,.he lived: seeare and unmolested all his dayes with the reputation of a Judge rather than an High-way man." — ^Page 43. 597. MASSINGER (PHILIP) . The Picture. • A Trage- 'comedie, As it was often presented with good allowance, at the Globe, and Black-Friers Play-houses, by the Kings Maiesties servants. Small 4to, mottled calf, gilt edges (a few lower margins shaved close) . London : Printed by L N., 1630 First Edition. A2-N2 in fours. Cited by Monck 'Mason in his Notes on "Othello." Consult, too, "Fresh Allusions to .Shakespere, " p. 91. ' ■ 598. MASSINGER (PHILIP). The Maid of Honour. As it hath beene often presented with good allowance at the Phoenix in Drvrie-Lane, by the Queenes Majesties Servants. Small 4to, full sprinkled calf, gilt edgesj by Worsfold. London : Printed by I. B., for Robert Allot, 1632 First Edition. For references to this work consult ' ' Shake- speare 's Centurie of Prayse'' and "Fresh Allusions to Shak- spere. " 599. MASSINGER (PHILIP). The Great Duke of Flor- ence. A Comicall Historic As it hath beene often presented with good allowance by her Majesties Servants at the Phoenix in Drurie Lane. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed for John Marriot, 1636 First Edition. Consult "Fresh AUusiois to Shakspere,'' page 91. 600. MASSINGER (PHILIP). The Unnaturall Combat. A Tragedie. The Scoene Marsellis. Small 4to, full sprinkled *calf, gilt edges, by Worsfold. London : Printed by E. G., for lohn Waterson, 1639 First Editioit. A portion is reprinted in Cfapell's "School of Shakespeare." Consult "Fresh Allusions to Shakspere," page 89. Sig. H, back, may possibly have followed a passage in "King John," Act III,, sc. i., fourth speech of Coristalice. . ' ' Consult, too, Malone's "Shakespere," 1821, vol. 15, p. 262; Dr. Nicholson, in "Notes and Queries," .4th Sej:,, ,1. p. 289; and Drake's ''Shakespeare arid his Times,'' vol. 2,' page 142. 138 ,601. MASSINGEE, (PHILIP) and DECKER (THOMAS). The Virgin-Martyr : A. Tragedie, as it hath been divers times publickly Acted. with great applause. By the Servants of his Majesties Revels. Small 4to, fi;ll, mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere.. . ,, London: Printed by E. A. 1651 Consult "Fresh Allusions to Shakspere," pages 89 and 94. A portion is reprinted in Capell 's ' ' School of Shakespeare. ' ' 602. MATHEWS (SIR TQBIE). A Collection of Letters made by Sir Tobie Mathews Kt with a Character of the Most Excellent Lady, Lucy Countess of Carlisle, to which are added many Letters of his own, to several Persons of Honour. En- graved portrait inserted. 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed for Tho. Home, and others, 1692 A fine and perfect copy of this edition, containiiig many let- ters from Sir Francis Bacon to various people. Contains an allusion to Shakespeare on page 100. HalUwell-Phillipps only possessed an imperfect copy of this volume. 603. MATHEWS (CHARLES, Actor). His Manuscript common-place Book for the year 1823, containing, amongst other interesting matter, quotations from ' ' Julius Caesar ' ' and Dr. Johnson's preface to Shakespeare. 4to, half calf, by Lloyd, WaUis and Lloyd. Circa, 1823 604. MATTHEW OF WESTMINSTER. Plores Histor- iarum per Matthaeum West-monasteriensem coUecti: prae- cipue de Rebus Britannieis; Ab exordio mundi usque ad annum Domini 1307 et Chronieon ex Chronicis, ab initio Mundi usque ad annum Domini 1118, deductum: Auctore Florentio Wigorniensi monacho, Cui accessit Continuatio usque ad Annum Christi 1141, per quendam eiusdem eoenobi eruditum. Folio, original calf. Francofurti, 1601 Matthew's Chronicle was used by Shakespeare. 605. MAY (THOMAS). The History of the Parliament of England, which began November the third, 1640 ; with a short and necessary view of some precedent yeares. Polio, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd, Wallis and Lloyd. Imprinted at London by Moses Bell, 1647 FiEST Edition. Fine copy, with the leaf of License. "May, in his 'History of the Parliament of England,' 1646, taking a review of the conduct of King Charles and his minis- ters from 16S8 to 1640, mentions that plays were usually repre- sented at Court on Sundays during that period."— UaXone's ' ' Historical Account of the English Stage. ' ' 606. MAYNE (JASPER). The Amorous Warre. A Tragi- comedy. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. . Printed in the Yeare 1648 ' ICIEST EbmoSr. A portion is reprinted in* Capell 's "School of Sh^fespeare." 139 607. MELVIL (SIR JAMES). The Memories of Sir James- Melvil of Hal-Hill: containing An Impartial Account of the- most remarkable Aifairs of State during the last Age, More- particularly Relating to the Kingdoms' of England aud Scot- land, under the Reigns of Queen Elizabeth, Mary Queen of Scots, and King James. Folio, full mottled calf, gilt edges,, by Riviere. London: Printed by E. H. for Robert Boulter, 1683 First Edition. Knight, Halliwell-Phillipps, and Reed each give a long extract from this volume in their editions of "The- Winter's Tale." 608. MEMOIRS of the Shakespeare's Head in Covent Garden; and Several Remarkable Characters; by the Ghost of Shakespeare, "I'd take the Ghost's Word for a thousand pounds. ' ' — Hamlet, 2 vols, small 8vo, old calf (no frontispiece, lacks first half title, signature on titles, "C. Richardson"). London : F. Noble, 1755 David Garriok is satirized under the name of Buskin. 609. [MERITON (G).] The Praise of York-shire Ale, Wherein is enumerated several Sorts of Drink, with a Di- scription of the Humors of most sorts of Drunkards, to which is added, a Yorkshire Dialogue in its pure natural Dialect, as is now commonly spoken in the North parts of Yorkshire. Small 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. York : Printed by J. White, for Francis Hildyard, 1697 Hunter, in his "New Illustrations" of "The Merry Wives of Windsor," refers to this volume on Yorkshire Ale, and men- tions that there is a long and curious list of wines drunk in England in the Reign of Charles the Second. 610. [MERSBNNE (.).] Traite de I'Harmonie Universelle. Ou est contenu la Musique Theorique & Pratique des Anciens & Modernes. Miisic and one plate (latter slightly damaged at top). 8vo, original vellum. Paris : Pour Gvillavme Bavdry, 1627 Rare. Consult Cohn 's ' ' Shakespeare in Germany, ' ' page xcvi. 61L [MEXIA (PEDRO).] The Foreste or Collection of Histories, no lesse profitable, then pleasant, and necessarie, dooen out of Frenche into Englishe, by Thomas Forteseue. Title (inlaid) within woodcut border. Small 4to, half calf, carmine edges (margins wormed). Imprinted at London by John Day, 1576 Black Letteb. Hunter ("New Illustrations of Shake- speare") points out that Shakespeare possibly derived the plot of "Timon of Athens" from this translation by -Forteseue- and Payne Collier remarks: ' ' In Thomas Forteseue 's translation, called ' The Foreste, or Collection, of Histories no lesse profitable then pleasant,' is a .140 story ' of a pretie guile practised by a vertuous and towardes her houseband, by means whereof Jame/ Arragon, was begotten,' which much resembles a in "All's Well that ends Well." 612. MEXIA (PEDRO, and others). Treasvi; •cient and Moderne Times. Folio, old calf. London: Printed by William Ia!gg»».^. Bare. This volume contains at pages 364 and 365 ' ' The memorable historie of faire Julietta of Verona the Montacute and Borneo the Capulet. ' ' An account of this Shakespearean volume will be found in Halliwell's "Index to the Works of Shakespeare. ' ' 613. MEZERAT (FRANgOIS DE). Abrege Chronolo- gique on Extraict de I'Histoire de Prance, par le Sieur de Mezeray Historigraphe de Prance. Portrait of Louis le Grand, by P. Landry (trimmed) , numerous portraits. 3 vols. 4to, contemporary red morocco, gilt edges. Paris, 1668 Eefers to Bishop Warbtirton's notes on "Much Ado About Nothing. ' ' With bookplate of Henry Gartside. Volume one has the duplicate pages 409-434. 614. MIDDLETON (T.j. A Mad World My Masters: A Comedy, As it hath bin often Acted at the Private House in Salisbury Court, by her Majesties Servants. Small 4to, full polished calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed for J. S., 1640 First Edition. Contains the final leaf ' ' The Catch for the Fifth Act, sung by Sir Bounteous Progresse to his Guests." According to Fleay, there are allusions to Shakespeare's "Venus and Adonis" in this play. 615. MIDDLETON (T.) and ROWLEY (WM.). The Changeling; As it was Acted (with great applause) at the Privat-house in Drury Lane, and Salisbury Court. Frontis- piece. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1653 First- Edition. Cited by Douce in his ' ' Illustrations ' ' of "King Eichard III." A portion is reprinted in Capell's "School of Shakespeare." 616. MIDDLETON (THOMAS). The Mayor of Quin- borough : A Comedy. As it hath been often Acted with much Applause at Black-Pryai-s, By His Majesties Servants. Small 4to, half vellum (writing on title) . London : Printed for Henry Herringman, 1661 First Edition. Cited by Dyce in his Notes on "King Lear," and "The Tempest." The editor of "Shakespeare's Centurie of Prayse" refers to this work in connection with the latter play, and says "The date of 'The Tempest' must be settled before we can determine whether Shakespeare or Jlliddleton Was the imitator. ' ' Consult, too. Donee's notes on the "Clowns and Fools of Shakespeare. ' ' 141 617. MIDDLETON (THOMAS) ; A Tragi-'Gooin'odie, called The Witch ; Long since acted by His Matins Servants at the Blaek-FrierS. 8vo, half brown moroeeo, -gilt tdp, lower edge uncut. [London, 1778] One of only 20 dopies, now first priiite'd by Isaac Reed for distribution among his friends, from the original ' Manuscript in the possession of George Steevens. An exhaustive account of the connection between this play and ' ' Macbeth ' ' is given by Dr. Furness, in his edition, pf, " lilaiJbeth, "; yyhere the whole of it is reprinted. 618. MIEGB (GUY). A Short Dictionary English and French, with another French and English. According to the present Use, and modern Orthography. = 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Eiviere. London : Printed for Tho. Basset, 1684 Cited by the Clarendon editors in their notes on ' ' Macbeth. ' ' 619. MILLES (T.). the Catalogue; of Honor, or Treasury of true Nobility peculiar arid' proper to the Isle of Great Britain. Engraved Utle "by ElstrabJce, and numerous cuts of arms, &c. Folio, full old calf, rebacked. Lofldon : Printed by William laggard, 1610 TiEST EDiTiON. Cited by Hunter in his "New Illustra- tions" of ''Macbeth," , 620. MILLINGTON (EDWARD).. Bibliotheca Selectis- sima, Diversorum Libtorum, viz. • ^ Theologieorum, Philo- logicorum, Historicorum, Mathemat; &c. Plurimisque Libris, Gallicis, Italicis, etc. Quorum Auctio habebitijr Londini, in jiEdibus Nigri Cygni ex Adverso Australis Porticus Ecclesise Cathed. Paulin. in Ooemiterio D. Paul, 18 die April 1687. 8vo, half calf. 1687 I ''Hamlet" was sold with 12 otller plays "in a bundle." 621. MILTON (JOHN). Paradise lost. A Poem ib Ten' Books. The Author John Milton. Small 4to, full blue levant moroeeo, gilt and blind tooled, gilt on rough edges, by Riviere (a few leaves' Very neatly strengthened). London, Printed by 8. Simmons, and are to be sold by T. Helder at the Angel in Little Britain. 1669 > , ,i . First Edition. Has the seventh title, with the word IiOn- don in imprinj; in thp larger type, and the word Angel before the' change to itEllicd. Douce cites this vblume in his notes on "Twelfth Night" and "Midsuinnier Night's Dream." So, too, do the Clarendon editors in their notes' on " Macbeth, ' ' and Richardson on "The Winter's 'Tale.'"- Capell's "Cata- logue," No. 139. ; ' if 622. MILTON (JOHN). The Histoipy of Britain; that part especially now -call'd Englandy from the fitst traditional ' biS- ' ginningj continued to the Norman Cctriquest; colleigrams. 636. MORE (SIR THOMAS). A FrutefuU pleasaunt, & wittie worke, of the best estate of a publique Weale, and of the newe yle, called Utopia ; written in Latine ; and translated into Bnglishe by Ralphe Robynson, newlie perused and cor- rected, and also with divers notes in the margent augmented. Printed in Black Letter. Small 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt edges on the rough, by Riviere (some marginal notes cut into). Imprinted at London by Abraham Vele [1556] Vert Rare. Cited by Howard Staunton in his notes on "Macbeth" and by Caldecott in "As You Like It." Consult, too. Dr. Furness's edition of "The Tempest," page 383. Capell's "Catalogue of Shakesperiana, " No. 153. 637. MORE (SIR THOMAS). The Life and Death of Sir Thomas Moore, Lord High Chaneellour of England. [By Cresacre More]. 4to, original calf. [Paris, 1626] First Edition. A most rare volume by the holy chancellor 's great-grandson. It was reprinted in 1828, with an introduc- tion by Joseph Hunter (the Shakespearean commentator). Capell's "Catalogue of Shakesperiana," No! 130. A portion is reprinted in Capell's "School of Shakespeare." 638. MORGAN (SYLVANUS). The Sphere of Gentry: An Historical and Genealogical Work, of Arms and Blazon. Engraved title by B. Garwood, portrait of' Camden, mamj engraved plates and vignettes, some colored by hamd. Folio, calf. London : William Leybourn, 1661 First Edition; Very interesliing old work, containing much curious geRealogical and heraldic information. Douce in his "Illustrations" of "The Winter's Tale,'' discusses Morgan's statement that Jesus Christ was a "Gentleman" and bore arms, ,&nd aga,in , in ; th« same , work compares Morgan's state- ments with. thos^ofDame Juliana Beroers on that subject. 146 639. MORHOFF (D. G.). Unterrieht von der Teutsehen Sprache und Poesie Deren Ursprung fortsang und Lehrsaken Sampt dessen Teutsehen Gedichten &e. Engraved portrait iy Michaelis. Small 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. Lubeck und Franckfurt, 1700 This edition contains a portrait and mneh matter not in that of 1682. Vert Eahe. This is the first volume published in Ger- many which contains Shakespeare's name, but the author at the same time confesses himself perfectly unacquainted with his works. (Consult Cohn's "Shakespeare in Germany.") 640. MORNAY (PHILIP DE). A Notable Treatise of the Church, in which are handled all the principall questions, that have beene moved in our time concerning that matter. Trans- lated out of French into Englishe by J — F — , and againe perused and corrected. Woodcut title. Small 8vo, full panelled calf, canary edges. London, 1580 Printed in Black Letter. The works of this author are cited in an article in Blackwood's Magazine for June 1884, en- titled ' ' New Views of Shakespeare 's Sonnets. ' ' 641. MORNAY (PHILIP DE). Foure Bookes, of the In- stitution, use and Doctrine of the Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist in the Old Church, as likevrise. How, When, and by what Degrees the Masse is brought in, in place thereof. Folio, original vellum. London: Printed by John Windet, 1600 First Edition. Inserted is a 1 p. L. S. of De Mornay, and on the title-page is the contemporary autograph of Ph. Main- waring. On the margins here and there throughout the vol- ume are manuscript notes in a contemporary hand. 642. MORNAY (PHILIP DE). The Mysterie of Iniquitie. Curious wood engraving &)i title-page. Folio, old calf. First Edition. London : Printed by Adam Islip, 1612 643. MORNAY (PHILIP DE). A Worke concerning the trunesse of Christian Religion: Against Atheists, Epicures, Paynims, Jewes, Mahumetists, and other Infidels. Begunne to be translated into English by Sir Philip Sidney, and at his request finished by Arthur Golding. Small 4to, old calf (hinges weak). London: Printed by George Purslowe, 1617 Printed in Black Letter. 644. MORYSON (FYNES). An Itinerary, Containing His Ten Yeares Travell Through the Twelve Dominions of Ger- many, Bohmerland, &c. Divided into III parts. Folio, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by F. Bedford. At London : Printed for John Beale, 1617 First Edition, with the rare leaf before the title, with the words, "An Itinerary," etc. on it. This is nearly always wanting. Consult Dr. Furnesa's edition of "The Winter's Tale," Hunter's notes of "The Merchant of Venice," Singer's notes 147 on "Macbeth," "Shakspere's England" (New Shakspere So- ciety), 1877, Drake's "Shakespeare and his Times," and Rye's "England as seen by Foreigners in the Days of Eliza- beth and James." Portions are reprinted in Hughes' "Shake- speare's Europe." 645. MOTTLEY (JOHN). List of all the Dramatic Authors, with some account of their Lives, and of all the Dramatic Pieces ever published in the English language in the year 1747, also Scanderbeg, or Love and Liberty, a tragedy, by Thomas Whincop, portraits of Shakespeare and other Dramatists. First Edition. 8vo, original boards, uncut. London : Printed for W. Reeve, 1747 A VERT PINE COPY. The account given of Shakespeare and his Plays is very important. 646. MUFPBTT (THOMAS). Healths Improvement; or Rules comprizing and discovering the Nature, Method, and Manner of Preparing all sorts of Food used in this Nation, Corrected and Enlarged by Christopher Bennett. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed by Tho. Newcomb for Samuel Thompson, 1655 First Edition. Very Bare. Fine copy, with the leaf of Imprimatur. Hunter, in his "New Illustrations" of "The Tempest" refers to this work; and in his Notes on "Hamlet," remarks on the drunkenness of the Dervish Court. 647. MULCASTER (RICHARD). Positions wherein those primitive circumstances be examined, which aire necessary for the training up of children, either for skill in their Booke, or health in their bodie. Printer's device on- title. SmailL4to, full crimson levant morocco, by Riviere. Imprinted at London by Thomas VautroUier for Thomas Chare, 1581 First Edition. With the leaf of Errata. Mulcaster was ridiculed by Shakespeare under the guisfe of "Holof ernes" ("Love's Labour's Lost"). There was a copy of this excessively rare volume in Halliwell's Sale Catalogue, 1856. Eefer to Mr. Hazlitt's "Shakespeare," p. 252. 648. MUNDAY (ANTHONY). The First Part [and the Second Part] of the no Lesse Rare, than Excellent and stately History, of the Famous and fortunate Prince Palmerin of England. Declaring the Birth of Him, and Prince FlOrian du Desart his Brother, in the Forrest of Great Britaine. Black Letter. 2 vc)lg. in one, small 4t6, full crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by F. Bedford. London; Printed by Ber: Alsop and Tho: Fawcet, 1639 A CHOICE COPY OF THIS EXTREMELY SCARCE WORK, of which Cervantes said : ' ' Master Nicholas, ' if you tMnhe good, ihis and ' Amadis de Gaule' may 6e preserved. frOTlt,' the fire, and let.all ike rest, without 'fv/riher search or regard, parish." ■ See Drake's "Shakespeare and his Times." 148 , 649. MURALT (R. S. DE). Lettres sur les Anglois et les Francois et siir les Voiages. 3 vols, small 8Vo, original calf. ... [Paris,] 1726 ^ These letters, were written in 1694-95, although not printed till 1726. The volume is of remarkable interest as containing one of the earliest notices of Shakespeare from the pen of a ■ Frenchman. Speaking of the theatres Muralt says: " L'Angleterre est un Pais do Passions et de Catastrophes, jusque Id que Sohakspear, uri de leurs meilleurs anciens Poetes, a Inis une gratide partie de lewr histoire en Tragedies." Consult the very interesting account given by M. Jusserand in his "Shakespeare en France." The earliest French refer- ence known to Lowndes ("Bibliographers' Manual") is dated 1749. 650. NASH (THOMAS). Miscelanea (Quaternio), or a Fourefold "Way to a Happie Life, Set forth in a Dialogue be- tweene A Countryman, A Citizen, A Divine, and A Lawyer. Small 4to, half calf. London : Printed by John Dawson, 1639 Eef erred to by Hunter, in his "New Illustrations of Shake- speare. ' ' 651. NAUNTON (SIR ROBERT). Pragmenta Regalia. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd. Printed Anno Dom., 1641 FiKST Edition, published surreptitiously. Cited by Hunter in his ' ' New Illustrations " of " The Merry Wives of Wind- sor. ' ' Naunton's daughter married Philip, Earl of Pembroke, Shakespeare's patron. This copy wants the portrait as usual. 652. NAVARRE (HENRY, King of Navarre, afterwards Henry IV. of Prance). Letter signed, 1 page, folio, to Mon- teyl. Undated. Polio, full mottled calf, by Riviere. An excessively ease autograph. Whilst King of Navarre he was the hero of "Love's Labour's Lost," the scene of which play is laid in his dominions. . 653. NEGRI (CESARE) Nuove Inventioni di Balli Opera Vaghissima, nello quale si danns i giusti modi del ben portar la vita,'ajid di accomodarsi con ogni leggiardri,a di moyimento alle Creanze, et Gratu dAmore, Convenevoli a tutti i Cava- lieri, i Dame, Perogni sorte di Ballo, Balletto, ^ Brando ,d Italia, di Spagna, & di Prancia .... Divisa in Tre Trattati. Fim portrmt of the author by Desa Palcwitinq, and numerous plaAeSi of danciifig. Polio, origiijal calf ■ ,:,,, M ,, , , Milano: Appresso Girfllamo Boifdone, 1604 , ,An extremely rare treatise on Dancing. Illustrates "All's Well That Buds Well,," afid'.' Twelfth Nigl^t." , 65i IvflCCOLS (RICHARD). London's Artillery, Briefly containing ,tlfe nqblCi praetise'of that worthy Spcietie: with the Moderne and Ancient Martiall exercises, natures of armes: vertue of Magistrates, Antiquitie, Glorie and Chronography 149 of this honourable Cittie. Small 4to, full crimson crushed levant, gilt tooled borders, gilt edges. London: Printed by Thomas Creede, 1616 First Edition. Fine copy with full margins. Cited by Douce, in his Illustrations of " Oymbeline. " 655. NIGHTINGALE (The), Containing a Collection of Four Hundred and Twenty Two of the most Celebrated Eng- lish Songs, &e. Frontispiece. 12mo, calf, gilt. London, 1738 Cited by Douce in his Illustrations of "King Lear." 656. NORDEN (JOHN). Bill in the handwriting of John Norden (and twice signed by him) deputy to Sir Richd. S'mith, Surveyor General to the Prince. Signed by Tho. Savage ; J. FuLtBETON ; Sir Henry Vane ; Ric. Smythe ; Tho. Trevor, etc. July 20, 1622. 1 p. folio, half brown levant morocco, by Riviere. Norden designed the famous Map of London. 657. NORDEN (JOHN). The Signatures of the members of the Council of Charles I (when Prince) to an Order to pay John Norden a sum of money for "surveying of certen Man- ners for his highness necessarie use and seruice. ' ' Bound in folio, half brown levant morocco, by Riviere. Dated XXth March, 1621 An important and interesting group of Autographs, com- prising Thomas Savage, created Viscount Savage, of Rock Savage; James FuUerton; Sir Henry Vane; Oliver Cromwell, Uncle of the Protector; Thomas Trevor, &c. Also Norden 's Autograph Receipt. Fine and rake. 658. OLAUS MAGNUS. Historia Olai Magni Gentrum Septentrionalium Variis conditionibus statebusue & de morum, irituum, superstitionum exercitiorum, iregiminis discipline victus cqz mirabili diversitate . . . Opus omnibus Cuiuscumque conditiones &c. Mwp and numerous woodcuts. Thick folio, old suede calf (two corners repaired). [Colophon] Basileae, ex ofScina Henric Petrina, 1567 Bare. Has the final leaf, with Colophon and Printer's de- vice. .! Steevens cites this volume in his edition of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," and so does Drake ("Shakespeare and his Times") in his notes on the saine play, and Douce in his Ulustraitions of "The Tempest." ; Consult, too. Douce 's; " Illustrations. of; Shajfspeare," pa^e5i78. 659. OLDHAM ( JOHN) . The Works of Mr., Johu Oldham, Together with his Remains. 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed by Jo. Hindinarsh, 1692 Fine copy, with the separate titles bearing various dates from 1683 to 1693. i . 150 • 660. OLORINUS (J.). Ethnographia Mundi, Lustige Artige und Kurtzweilige jedoeh warhaffitige und glaubwirbige beschreibung der heutigen Newen Welt, etc. Der Posteritet zum historischer Zeitspiegel, etc., etc. Woodcut on title. 2 vols. 12mo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Eiviere. Magdeburgb, 160'9-1613 Fine copy. Contains a curious notice of the English comedians of Shakespeare's time. Consult Cohn's "Shakespeare in Germany." 661. OELEANS (CHARLES, Duke of). D. S., 1 p. oblong 4to, on vellum. 1454. Oblong 4to, full mottled calf, by Eiviere. Excessively Eare signature. See Shakespeareana Genealog- ica for a long account of this Duke. 662. OTWAY (THOMAS). Friendship in Fashion, a Comedy as it is acted at His Royal Highness the Duke's Theatre. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Eiviere. London : Printed by E. F., for Eichard Tonson, 1678 First Edition. Fine copy, with the leaf of Actor's Names. There are Shakespeare allusions to "Much Ado about Noth- ing," and "King Henry IV." 663. OTWAY (THOMAS). The Souldiers Fortune, a Comedy, acted by their Eoyal Highnesses Servants at the Duke's Theatre. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed for R. Bentley and M. Magnes, 1681 First Edition. Fine copy. Shakespeare's "Falstaff" is referred to in the Dedication. Otway, by way of defending his works against the charge of indecency which some ladies (he lamented) raised against it, quoted Mrs. Behn's remark that "she wondered at the impudence of any of her sex who would pretend to an opinion in such a matter." 664. OTWAY (THOMAS). The History and Fall of Caius Marius. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed for R. Bentley, 1692 First Edition. Otway acknowledges in the prologue that half was borrowed from "Eomeo and Juliet." There is a spirited reference to Shakespeare in the prologue. 665. OVID. The XV. Bookes of P. Ovidus Naso, Bntituled Metambrphosis. Translated, out of Latine into English Meiter, by Arthur Golding. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. Imprinted at London, by W. W., 1603 ' ■ ' ' A fine and perfect (iopy. Printed in Black Letter. ' "One of ShakespeHhs's best loved looks." Halliwell-Phillipps said of this volume : ,, ,;. :,., "One of the books that can le positively asserted to have been at least partially read iy Shakespeare, several passages 151 from it being adopted in 'The y^empest.' " Similaj- state- ments are made by Malone and Farmer. Hunter, in his "New Illustrations" of, "Twelfth Night" and "The Merry Wives of Windsor," is equally emphatic. A portion of the volume is reprinted by Dr. Turness in his edition of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." 666. OVIDS Festivalls, or Romane Calendar, Translated into English verse equi-nnmerally, by John Gower. Small 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Eiviere. [Cambridge] : Printed by Roger Daniel, 1640 PrasT Edition in English. Consult Hunter 's ' ' New Illus- trations of Shakespeare," Vol. II., page 318. 667. OWEN (LEWIS). Running Register: Recording a True Relation of the State of the English Colledges, Sem- inaries and Cloysters in all forraine parts. Together with a briefe and compendious discourse of the Lives, Practices, Coozenage, Impostures and Deceits of all our English Monks, Friers, Jesuites, and Seminarie Priests in generall. Small 4to, full polished mottled calf, gilt tooled, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : For Robert Milbourne, 1626 First Edition. The Dedication to Sir Julius Cresar, Kt., is quoted by Hunter in his "New Illustrations" of "King Eiehard. ' ' Consult, too, his Notes on ' ' King John. ' ' 668. PALMER (SIR THOMAS). An Essay of the Meanes how to make our Travailes, into forraine Countries, the more profitable and honourable. Folding tables. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. At London : Printed by H. L., for Mathew Lownes, 1606 First Edition. Hunter, iii his "New Illustrations" of "King Henry IV., " Part II., quotes at length from this voltune. 669. PANEGYRICI tres Anglo Wirttembergici Decantantes Heroicum Ordinem Regise AnglicEe Societatis Garteriorum D. Georgi: in quem Auctore Diva Elisabetha, . . . Perfectore Jacobo primo ..... per amplissimum Legatum Robertum Spencer Baronem de Wormeileton, etc. Portrait of Frederick Duke of Wurtemhurg. Small 4to, sprinkled calf, gilt, gilt edges, by Lloyd. Tubingae: Erhardi Cellii, 1604 The very curious portrait of Shakespeare's Duke of Wur- ternberg was used by Halliwell-Phillipps to illustrate ' ' The Merry Wives of Windsor. ' ' 670. PARABOSCO (GIROLAMO). I di Porti de LSig. Gieronimo Parabosoo. Ritocchi meghorati & aggiUnti second o I'orijinaile dell auttore &e. Woodcut on title: Small, SvO, full old calf (hinges weak). In Venetiu : Appresso Antonio RicCiardi, 1607 Fine copy. The woodcut on title represents a quintet of musicians, three of which are 'playing on their instruments. Capell 's ' ' Catalogue of ,Slxakesperiana, " No. 165. 152 671. PAEADIN (CLAUDE). Devises Heroiques. Numer- ous wood engravings. Small 8vo, full crimson straig-ht-grain morocco, gilt edges. A Lion : Par Ian de Tovrnes, et Gvil Gazeav, 1557 First Edition. A most beautiful copy, formerly in the Yemeniz Collection. Douce in Ms "Illustrations" of "Pericles" gives a most interesting account of Shakespeare's use of the English trans- lation of this volume in the composition of the play ("Pericles"). He reproduces three of the illustrations. Green ("Shakespeare and the Emblem Writers") makes no less than seventeen references to it, and reproduces a. number of the illustrations. Consult, too, Drake 's ' ' Shakespeare and his Times. ' ' J. PAYNE COLLIER'S COPY. 672. PARADISE of Dainty Devices (The). Reprinted from a Transcript of the First Edition, 1576, in the hand- writing of the late George Steevens, Esq. With an Appen- dix: Containing Additional Pieces from the Editions of 1580 and 1600. And introductory remarks, biographical and Critical by Sir Egerton Brydges, K.J. Large and Thick Paper Copt. 4to, original boards, uncut (back missing) . London, 1810 J. Payne Colliee's Copy, with a bibliographical note of five lines in his autograph (signed with initials) on the fly- leaf, his full autograph signature "J. Payne Collier" and a note in pencil in his autograph on the title-page and very numerous annotations by him throughout the volume; almost every page being annotated by him. There is also a poem of 3% pages 4to; in Payne Colier's autograph inserted at p. 78. Only 120 copies of this scarce work were struck off on fine, THICK PAPBE of which the majority were 8vo size. Large, PINE and THICK PAPER copies like the present are consequently exceedingly rare. 673. PARKINSON (J.). Theatrum Botanicum: The The- atre of Plants, or, an Herball of a large extent: Containing therein a more ample and exact History and declaration of the Physieall Herbs and Plants that are in other Authours, &e. Numerous illustrations (engraved title wanting). Thick folio, old calf. London : Printed by Tho. Cotes, 1640 First Edition. Frequently cited by Halliwell-Phillipps in his notes on "A Midsummer Night's Dream." The leaf of Errata, at the end is present, but repaired. 674. PARNASSUS BICEPS, or Severall Choice Pieces of Poetry, Composed by the best Wits that were in both the Universities before their, Dissolution. With an Epistle in the behalfe of those now doubly secluded and sequestred Members, by .one who, himself is none. ■; Small 8vo, polished calf, canary edges, by Zaehjigdorf. .1 London: Printed for George Eversden, 1656 Gbntaihs allusions to Shakespeare. 353 675. [PAYNE (NEVIL).] The FatalJealousie. A Trag- edie. Acted at the Duke's Theatre. Small 4to, half calf. London : Printed for Thomas Dring, 1673 First Edition. The character of Jasper, says Hazlitt in his "Handbook," seems to be a poor copy of Shakespeare's lago in "Othello." 676. PEACHAM (HENRY). The Garden of Eloquence, conteyning the figures of Grammar and Ehetorick. Small 4to, half calf. London : Printed by R. F., for H. Jackson, 1593 Black Letter. Cited by Henderson in his notes on "Mac- beth." 677. PEACHAM (HENRY). The Truth of our Times; Revealed out of one Man's Experience, by way of Essay. 12mo, original calf. London, 1638 Frequently quoted by Malone in his edition of Shakespeare. 678. PEACHAM (HENRY). The Compleat Gentleman: Fashioning him absolute in the most Necessary and Commend- able Qualities, concerning Mind, or Body, that may be re- quired of a Person, of Honor. To which is added the Gentle- man 's Exercise or. An exquisite practice, as well for drawing, as for making colours, &c. Engraved title iy Delaram, and numerous woodcuts of arms, &c. Small 4to, full polished calf. Imprinted at London for Richard Thrale, 1661 Best Edition. Cited by Steevens and Douce in their notes on "The Merchant of Venice," and by Hunter in his "Ulus- trations" of "Hamlet." 679. PENDRAGON ; or. The Carpet Knight. His Kalendar. 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed for John Newton, 1698 First Edition. The first book which has a quotation from Shakespeare on the title-page. A reference to Hamlet and Polonius is also on p. 97. This work is sometimes ascribed to Durfey. 680. PERRIERE(GUILLAUME DE LA), La Morosophie, Contenant Cent Emblemes Moraux, illustrez de Cent Tetrast- iques Latins, reduitz en autant de Quatrains Francoys. Wood- cut title, each page within woodcut horder, & numerous wood- cuts. 12mo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. A Lyon : Par Mace Bonhomme, 1553 See Greene's "Shakespeare and the Emblem Writers." 681. PETERS (HUGH). God's Doings, and Man's Duty, Opened in a Sermon Prea(3he(^ before both Houses of Parlia- ment, , the Lord Mayor and. Aldermen of'the Citie of London, ... At the last Thaiiksgiving Day, April 2, &c. Sbcqnd Edi- tion, corrected by the Author. Small, 4to, spyi^kled c^,!!, gilt, gilt edges, by Lloyd. , . London, 1646 Peters was an actor in Shakespeare 's company. In Dr. Farmer's sale, catalogue 3719. , . .; 154. 682. PETERS (HUGH). The Case of Mr. Hugh Peters, impartially Commuiiicated to the View and Censure of the Whole World. Small 4to, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd. London : Printed for Sam. Speed, n. d. Dr. Farmer's sale catalogue 3719. 683. PETRARCH. II Petrarca Con nuove Spositioni, Nelle quali, oltre I'altre case, si dimostra qual fusse il vero giorno & I'hora del suo innamoramento, etc. Waodcttt on title and woodcuts (in the Triumphs). 12mo, old red morocco, gilt floreate back, by Padeloup. Lyone, 1564 George Steeyens' (the Shakespeare Critic) most interesting copy, with hia ex-libris and a note on the fly-leaf stating that it was bought at Steevens' Sale. 684. PFEIL (CHRISTOPH CARL LUDWIG von). De Meritis Serenissimae Wurtembergiae Domus in Imperium Oder, Wie das Hochfurstliche Hans Wurtemburg sich um das Teutsche Reich verdient gemacht habe. Aus denen bewahr- testen Geschicht, Schreiben Documentes, Diplomatibus, &c. Small 4to, half vellum, carmine edges. Ludwigsburg und Tubingen, 1732 Mr. Rye points out that this volume contains an interest- ing account of Frederick, Duke of Wurtemberg (the "Cosen Q-armombles" and "Duke de Jarmanie" of "The Merry Wives of Windsor.") 685. [PHILLIPS (E.).]> The New World of English Words, or, a General, Dictionary : Containing the Interpretations of such hard words as are derived from other languages; &c. Together with all those Terms that relate to the Arts and Sciences; &e. Engraved frontispiece with 12 compartments; views of Oxford and Cambridge, and portraits of Spenser, Chaucer, Bacon, Sidney, and others. Polio, old calf, rebacked. London: Printed for Nath. Brook, 1671 It is cited by Theobald in his edition of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." 686. PIRATES. Barker (Andrew) . A True and Certaine Report of the Beginning, Proceedings, Overthrowes, and now' present Estate of Captaine Ward and Danseker, the two late famous Pirates: from their first setting forth to this present time. As also The firing of 25 Saile of the Tunis, men of warre; Together with the death of divers of Wards chief e Captaines. With <^ quadV't woodcut pf a,slvip of the period on , ^/le Z^sf «a.fife. Black Letter. 4to, half calf (stained), [^ ' ' London: Printed by 'V^illiam Hall, JL609 TMs sparce tract Wongs to a period when the buccaneer Was ramj)ant, and when Shakespeare maltes ".Shylock" speai, ' of '" water thieves and land thieves, I mean pirates. " ■ 1 This copy is purported to have belonged to Boswdl ( John- son's Biographer). ' •'■• ■ 155 687. PIRATES. The Lives, Apprehensions, Arraignments, and Executions,, of the 1,9 late Pyrg-tes, Najnely :, Capt. Harris. Jennings. ' Longcastle. Downes. Haulsey and their companies. As they were severally indited on St. Margrets Hill in South- warl^e, on tHe 22, of December last,, aiid executed, the Fryday following. Fine woodcut of a ship on the tiile-pftge. Biack AND Roman letter. Small 4to, mottled calf, gilt tooled, gilt edges, by Riviere. Lfondon Printed for John Bushy the elder [1609] A very scarce little , book reminiscent of 8h,akespe.ar6:'s ' ' water thieves and land thieves ' ' — Sljylock. , 688. PLAUTUS. Plautus's Comedies, Amphitryon, ,Bpi- dieus, and Rudens, Made English: With Critical Remarks Upon Each Play [by Laurence Echard] . Fiest Edition. 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt tooled, gilt edges, by Lloyd. London : Printed for Abel Swalle, 1694 Contains on verso of bl, an interesting reference to the pun- ning of Shakespeare and Jonson and their contemporaries. The volume is unknown to the editors of Shakespeare's "Cen- turie of Praise. " 689. PLEASANT and Delightful History of Jack and the Giants. Woodauts. Small 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt top, uncut, by Lloyd. Nottingham [circa 1700] Halliwell-Phillipps and Eitson believe Edgar ("King Lear") quotes from two different compositions. . . . The second from ' ' Jack and the Giants. " 690. PLAYFORD (JOHN) . The Musical Coinpanion, in Two Books. Engraved title. ' Oblong 4to, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd. London : Printed by W. Godbid for John' Playford, 1672-73 First Edition. {Fine eojjy. Very Rare. This contains several of Wilson's Songsy ihcluding '" Where the Bee Sucks" ("The Temjlest?'), also ,^'What shall he have •that killed fte Deer" ("As You Like It"), t^e latter, of , , . which is omitted in ^he "Select Ayres.'' (Consult Dr. Fer- ness's edition of ' "'As You Like, It," pages ,228, 229;) ' ' ' ' " ' It is cited by Douce i& his '"Illustrations'" of "Othello," , "Much Ado- About Nothing,?? and "King Lear," (where the music and words of one of the songs is reproduced). . ,, HaUiwell-Fhillipps , only possessed an imperfect copy. ~ , 691. PLAYS. An Ordinance of the Lords ant^ bomnidris assembled, in Parli^m,ent, for the" utter suppression and abolishing of all Stage-Plays and Interludes, with the Penal- ties to be inflicted upon the Actors and Spectators herein exprest. Small 4to, full crimson levant morocco, uncut, by Riviere. ' Imprinted at London fori Johai Wright,., 1647 AN. EXCESSIVELY RARE TRACT OF .FOljR LEAVES ; aS an . UNCUT 1 ./COPT, it. is possibly "UNIQUE. Inserted ig, a, letter 'from Payne 1, Ccjllier, to. George Daniel,, dated June,, p,§,; 1^31, Collier writes: 156 "I thank you for your invitation and will avail myself of it without fail. I promise myself great pleasure in looking over your treasures, qualified, though it may be, by some tinc- ture of envy. Sowever, I will make up my mind to be as little spiteful as possible." In 1846 Collier gave an account of this tract in his "Memoirs of the Principal Actors in the Plays of Shakespeare." No copy is cited in Lowe's Biblio- graphy OP Dkamamc Works. 692. PLOT (ROBERT). The Natural History of Oxford- shire, Being an Essay towards the Natural History of Eng- land. Engraved title and plates by Michael Burghers, with folding map of Oxfordshire. Polio, original calf (cover loose). Oxford, 1677 First Edition. One of the few printed on large paper. Cited by Toilet in his notes on "As You Like It. ' ' 693. PLOT (ROBERT). The Natural History of Stafford- Shire. By Robert Plot, L.L.D., Keeper of the Ashmolean Musaeum and Professor of Chymistry in the University of Oxford. Title vignette, folding map by Joseph Broivne, and 37 fine plates by Burghers. Folio, sprinkled calf, gilt tooled, gilt edges, by Lloyd (a few lower margins slightly stained). Oxford, 1686 Large Paper Copy. Douce, in his "Illustrations of Shake- speare, ' ' gives a lengthy extract from Plot regarding the an- cient Hobby-horse Dance as practiced in Staffordshire. See also, Isaac Eeed 's notes on ' ' The Tempest. ' ' 694. PLOWDEN (EDMUND). Les Commentaries, ou Re- portes de Edmunde Plowden un apprentice de le comen ley, de diuers cases esteants matters en ley, & de les Arguments sur yoeux. Ouesque un Table perfect des ehoses notables con- tenus en ycell, nouelment compose per William Pletewoode, 1578 ; Cy ensuont certeyne Reportes per Edmunde Plowden * * * Commentaries & ceo addes. 1579 ; Un Report fait per un uncertaine author del parte de un argument del Edmund Plowden * * * en un case enter William Basset et William Morgan vers Edwarde Manxell. 1579. 3 vols, in one, thick folio, old calf (re-hinged, early notes on first title and on some margins) . London: In Fleetstrete within Temple Barre, by Richard Totteli,, 1578-79 The first two volumes have the woodcut titles. Parts of this work were discussed by Sir John Hawkins in his Notes OIL "Hamlet." Consult Dr. Furness's edition of "Hamlet," pp. 376^377. ; 695. PLUTARCH. The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, compared- together : by that grave learned Philos- opher and Historiographei', Plutarke of Gheronea. With the Lives of Halnnibal and' of Scijiio AfriCali'; translated into Eng- '157 lish by Sir Thos. North Knight, &c. Woodcut portrcdts mid Printer's device on title. Thick folio, old suede calf. Iixiprinted at London by Richard Field for George Bishop, 1603 Five at least of Shakespeare's plays are largely founded on this translation — " Coriolanus, " "Pericles," "Julius CKsar, " "Antony and Cleopatra," and "Midsummer Night's Dream." Warton styles it "Shakespeare's Storehouse of Learned History." Douce and Malone say that Shakespeare must have diligently read it, and Halliwell-Phillipps that "it is one of the books that can be positively said to have been in his ovm hands. ' ' Writing concerning this edition (of 1603) in 1866, Halli- well-Phillipps stated that "The present edition is of exces- sive rarity and unnoticed by bibliographers. ' ' A portion is reprinted in Capell's "School of Shakespeare." Capell's "Catalogue of Shakesperiana, " No. 179. Printed by Shakespeare's Staffordshire friend — Biohard Field. 696. POCOCK (RICH.). The History of the Seven Wise Masters of Rome. Now newly corrected, better Explained in many places, and Enlarged with many pretty Pictures, lively expressing the full History. Numerous curious woodcuts. Small 12mo, full crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere. London, 1687 From the library of W. C. Hazlitt, with a long note in his autograph inserted. Hazlitt, in the inserted autograph note states that the pres- ent work, and "Gesta Eomanorum" passed under the eyes of Shakespeare, without a doubt. The twenty-first story in the present collection exhibits a curious analogue of the pound of flesh incident in "The Merchant of Venice." A perfect copy of this work, such as the present, is exceed- ingly difficult to procure. 697. POLIDORE VERGIL of Urbino. An Abridgement of the Notable Worbe of Polidore Virgile, Conteining the de- visers and fyrste fyneders oute of as well of Antyquities, Artes, Ministeries, Feastes, &c., Compendiouslye gathered and newlye perused by Thomas Langley. With the last leaf con- taining woodcut of Abraham about to offer Isaac. 12mo, full blue calf. [Colophon] Imprynted at London by John Tisdale(Circa'15B0) Printed in Black Letter. "Here {'The pioture of old Adam new appareU'd') seems to be an allusion to some well-known contemporary painting, perhaps of a sign. 'Adam whom God' dyd fyrst create, made the fyrst lether coates for himself and his wyfe Eve our old mother, leavyng thereby a patron to all his posterite of that crafte.' Polydore Vergil de rer. invent, translated by Lang- ley, f 0. LxIX. Similar instances had before ooc'urred in the' pioture of we three, and Mistress Mall." — Douce 's "Illustra- tions" of "Comedy of Errors. " Consult, too, his notes on "The Two Gentlemen of Verona. " "' . Hunter, in his "New Illustration^" of •" Othello, " quotes > . 158 from this volume. Consult, too, his notes of "King Eichard II." Langbaine considers that Shakespeare consulted this author for the plots of "King Henry IV.," "King John," "King Richard II.," and King Richard III." 698. POMET (PIERRE). Histoire Generale des Drogues. Illustrated with mimerous copper-plate vignettes of plants, animals, etc. Folio, old calf. Paris, 1694 Douce refers to this work in his ' ' Illustrations " of " Ham- let." 699. POOLE (JOSHUA). The English Parnassus, or a Help to English Poesie, containing a collection of all the Rhythming, Monosyllables, the Choicest Epithets and Phrases, with some General Forms upon all Occasions, Subjects, and Themes, Alphabetically Digested, together with a Short In- stitution to English Poesie, by way of Preface. Engraved frontispiece. Small 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd. London : Printed by Henry Brome, etc., 1677 A fine copy of this Rare work. Among the books principally made use of in the compiling of this work, are the "Plays of Shakespeare. In the Third part, p. 221, in which phrases and extracts are arranged under the alphabetical order of subjects, passages and lines from various poets are blended and run together. Extracts may be noticed, from "Twelfth Night," "Romeo and Juliet," "Merchant of Venice," "Hamlet," "Midsum- mer Night's Dream," etc., etc. 700. POPERY. The History of Popery; or Pacquet of Advice from Rome. The Fourth Volume. Small 4to, original calf (old name on title). London, 1682 Shakespeare allusion: Mr. Elliott Browne in "The Academy," March 8, 1879, discusses the Oldcastle case and writes that "Henry Care, in the 'Pacquet of Advice from Rome,' March 31, 1682, alludes to the aspersions on Oldcastle 's memory, by Parsons the Jesuit and others," and proceeds to quote a considerable passage. 701. PORTO (LUIGI DA) . Rime el Prosa di Messer Luigi da Porto coUa vita del Medesimo Consagrate al merito incom- parabile dell' illustrissima Signora Contesse Irene Porto, Moglie del Signor Conte Lionardo Tiene del Signor Conte Francesco. Small 4to, full old straight-grain morocco, gilt edges. Vicenza, 1731 A S^PEBB COPY OF THIS EXTREMELY RAKE WORK, with very wide margins. In his "La GiuUetta" at the end, there are profuse manuscript notes written on the margins, corrections made in the text, with deletions and emendations, presumably by some editor of the work; scarcely a page is without these ,,,interestipgi features. ' ,., ^ • -.i, Malone writes in detail of this work, which contains the ' , story of "Romeo and Juliet," Da Porto telling of the story being related to him by' one of Ms guard,^ a Veronese named Peregrino. The First Edition, was printed at ^Venice in 1535. -. 159 702. PORTUGAL.' The Historic of the Uniting of the King^ dom of Portugall to the Crowne of Gastill,: containing the last warres of fhe Portugals against the Moores of Africke^.the end of the house of Portugall, and change of that Government. Small folio,. half calf, gilt edges. , Imprinted at London by Arn. Hatfield for Edward Blount, 1600 Dedicated to Shakespeare's patron. "To the Most Noble and aboundant president both of Honor and Vertue, Henry Earle of Southampton. ' ' An account of the Shakespearean interest of this very rare Elizabethan ' volume is given,. by the poet's most recent biographers, .Mr. Sidney Lee and Mr. Haz- litty ■ , :'-'■,, 703. POWELL (DAVID). The Historic of Cambria, now called "Wales : A part of the most famous Yland of Bryta,ine, written in the Brytish language above two hundredth yeares past : translated into English by H. Lloyd. Woodcut title and numerous woodcut portraits. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges on the rough. [Colophon] Imprinted at London by Rafe Newberie, 1584 Best Edition. Drake ("Shakespeare and his Times") de- scribes this as one of the books Shakespeare was well acquainted with. 704. POWELL (THOMAS). The Attomies i Almanaclse, provided and desired for the general ease and; daily use of all such as shall have i occasion to reniove any person,, Cause or record, from an inferior Court to any of the higher Courts at Westminster. Sniall 4to, fuU mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. - -'• . .[.,,! 'London: Printed by B. A.^and T. F., for Ben': Fisher, 1627 First Edition. Has the genuine blank leaf before the title • :, with a large ',' A,.'', ! I ;, ■ ; m ■ - ,,- ■ ■ " ■ ' ■ -: ' ■'■■ ,•■• ,,1-; /'' ■'■ , 705. POWELL ( THOMAS ) . The Attovrneys Academy : or. The manner and Forme of proceeding Priapticall^^, . vpon any Suite, Plaint or Actionwhatsoeuer in any Court ipf.Recjppd Whatsoeuer I within thife' KingdOme. /.Smal?! 4tp>; ftijl]i-:™P^^tt^*i calf, gilt "edges, by Riviere, .h. d ,.,. ; i" ' ' ': i'i Londbn:;Printedi,f,or Benjamin Fisher, , J.6,30 A long account of Po^elly and of this a^nd. hiS other publica- tions -will be found) in/ ' * Shakespere 's England"- ,(j:;tew Shak- spere Society), 18,76, ^ee alsOj Dojice's ".Illustrations" of "Lpve's Labour's L^Qst," A fine perfect' iidpy, ' with the rare final leaf. , , ' ' '' !■ ■ )■■ i •■• ■/ ■. . '■"' .''■ ■-" ' ' ' ' " 706. POWELL (T^Oi^IA^J, , Tbe -Repertorie of Records: Remaining in The 4. "TreasurieSj.fOii tli§,Receipli, sid,e at West- minster,' The two Remembranoers of the Exchequer. With a brief e introductivfe Index: of thd Records of the Chancery and 160 the Tower: As also, A most exact Calender of all thosp Records ot the Tower, &c. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt tooled, gilt edges, by Riviere. London, 1631 ! • First Edition. Fine copy, with, wide margins. 707. PEEQITZEH (JOHANN ULRICH). Wirtemberg- ischer Ledern-Baum, oder VoUstandig^ Geiiealttgie des Hoch- Furstlichen Hauses Wirtemberg, In seehs Theilen, &c., Und mit Historischen Humerctungen vermehret und illugtrirt von altistem Sohn, &c., &c. Folio, full mottled calf, gilt edges by ^i^iere. Stuttgardt, 1734 Contains an interesting account of Frederick, Duke of Wurtemberg (the "Cosen Garmombles" and "Duke de Jar- manie" of "The Merry Wives of Windsor"). 708. PREVOST D 'EXILES (A. F.). Memoires et Avan- tures d'un Homme de Qualite, Qui s'est retire du monde. Engraved vignettes on titles. 7 vols, in four. 12mo, eon- temporary calf, rebaeked (one title slightly torn). A Amsterdam ; Aux depens de la Compagnie, 1731 Contains the FiEST Edition of "Manon Lescaut." There are curious references to Shakespeare, an account of which is given in Mons. Jusserand 's ' ' Shakespeare en France, ' ' pp. 155- 709. PRIMAUDAYE (PETER DE LA). The French Aeademie Fully Discoursed and finished in foure Bookes. Newly translated into English by T. B. Title within woodcut harder. Small 4to, full sprinkled morocco, gilt edges, by Lloyd, Wallis and Lloyd. Imprinted at London, by Edmund BoUivant, 1586 Referred to by Hunter, in his ' ' New Illustrations " of "As You Like It, " and also in his Notes on "Hamlet" and "The ; M^erchant of Venice. ' ' 710. PRYNNE (WILLIAM). Histrio-Mastix, the Players Scourge or, Actors Tragedie, divided into two parts. Wherein it is largely evidenced, by divers Arguments, by concurring Authorities and Resolutions of sundry texts of Scripture, &c. That popular Sta:ge-playes are sinfull, heathenish, lewde, un- godly spectacles, &c. And' that the Profession of Play poets, of Stage-players, together with the penning, acting and fre- qiientittg oi Stage-playes, are unlawfuU, &e. Thick 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed by E. A. and W.I., for Michael Sparke, 1633 , A' VERT, riNB COPY or THE EXTREMELY BARB FiRST EDITION, "wWh THE RARE LtlAF 4 X 2, WHICH THE PEIVY COUNCIL ORDERED TO BE CANCELLED BEFORE PUBLICATION. For the publication of this work, Prynne was sentenced by 'i , , , th.e ,St|ar', Ql|^mber to pay a fin^ of ,£5,000, to be disbarred, and to lose his e^ijs in the pillory. It is Very cui'ious f6r the history ' ' ■ of the early English stage and allusions to Shakespeare, amongst ' *hieh it is Stated, ' i Sliackspeefe.'s Plaies are pr,inted.in the iesi .11 Crowne paper far betpr than, most Bibles." 161 711. PULCI (LUCA). Ciriffo Calvaneo di Luea Pulci Gentil'huomo Fiorentino. Con la Giostra del Magnifico Lorenzo de Medici. ' Insieme con le Epistole Comppste Dal Medesimo Pulci. Small 4to, full crimson levant morocco,, gilt top, edges untrimmed, by Riviere. , Piorenza : Nella Stamperia de ' Giunti, 1572 A fine copy, with the rare leaf of Register and Colophon. Cited by Singer in his notes on "All's Well that Ends Well." 712. PURCHAS (SAMUEL). Purchas his Pilgrimage; or, Relations of the World and the Religions observed in aU ages and Places discovered, from the Creation unto this Present. In Foure parts. This first containeth a Theologicall and Geo- graphical Historie of Asia, Africa, and America, with the Hands adjacent. Declaring the Ancient Religions before the Floud, &c., with Brief Descriptions of the Countries, Nations, States, Discoveries, &c. Folio, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed by "William Starisby, 1614 Second Edition, much enlarged with additions. Cited by Wright in his "Illustrations" of "King Lear." 713. QUARLBS (FRANCIS). Argalus and Parthenia. Newly perused perfected and written by Fra. Quarles. En- graved title by Cecil, with the preceding leaf "The mind of the Frontispiece." Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges. London: Printed for John Marriott [1630] Cited by Douce in his "Illustrations" of Twelfth Night, and by Caldecott in his edition of "As You Like It." 714. QUARLBS (FRANCIS). Emblems. Engraved title and plates ty W. Marshall, W. Simpson, Payne, &c. Small 8vo, full old brown morocco, gilt backs and sides, gilt edges, by Mackenzie. Cambridge: Printed by R. D. for Francis Egleffeild, 1693 Cited by Dr. Purness in his edition of ' ' Hamlet, ' ' page 86, This edition contains the ' ' Hieroglyphikes of the life of Man ' ' with its separate engraved title, and the genuine blank leaf between the two works. 715. RABELAIS (FRANQOIS). Les CEuvres, Contenant cinq livres de la vie, faits, & dits Heroyques de Ga,rgantua, & de son fils Pantagruel. Plus, la prognostication Pantagru- eline, avec I'oracle de la Dive Bachuc, & le mot de la Bouteille. Brilliant impression of the author by Moncornet. 8vo, full blue levant morocco, gilt over marbled edges, by Duru. A Lyon, par lean Martin, 1558 Fine copy. Shakespeare had evidently read Rabelais in the original French, as no ^English translation existed in his day. In "As You Like It," Act III, Scene 2, he allludes to Gar- gantua's swallowing five pilgrims and their pilgrim's staves in a salad. Consult Halliwell-Phillipps 's note on "Shakespeare and Eabelais," Douce 's "Illustrations" of "The Taming of the Shrew" and "Antony and Cleopatra," and the "New Shakspere Society's Transactions," 1877-79.' 716. RADCLIFFB (ALEXANDEE). The Ramble; an Anti-Heroick Poem, together, with some Terrestrial Hymns alid Carnal Ejaculations. 8vo, original calf (back repaired). Xiondon: Printed for the Author, 1682 FiKST Edition. Shakespeare allusion on pp. 118, 119. Bound in at the back is ' ' Ovid 's Travestie, ' ' Second Edition. 717. RADCLYPFE (HENRY), Earl of Sussex. Letter signed by him, 1585. 4to, full mottled calf, by Riviere. Lord Sussex was patron of one of the six companies of play- ers which flourished in Shakespeare 's time. 718. RALEGH (SIR WALTER). The Historie of the World, in five bookes, Intreating of the beginning and first Ages of the same, from the Creation unto Abraham. Of the Times from the Birth of Abraham to the Destruction of the "ireimple of Solomon, &c, untill the Romans (prevailing over all) made Conquest of Asia and Maeedon. Frontispiece hy Elstracke, portrait on title, and numerous maps. Thick folio, full mottled calf, gilt tooled back and borders, gilt edges, by Riviere. London, 1652 > ' The first part contains a curious notice of Banks and his horse — ^the dancing horse of "Love's Labour's Lost" (con- ; suit Steevens's notes on this play). Cited by Caldecott in his notes on "Hamlet." Capell's '' "Catalogue of Shakespeariana, " No. 187. Consult, too, Transactions of New Shakespeare Society, 1874. r|719. RAMESEY (WILLIAM). Some Physical Considera- tions of the Matter, Origination, and Species of Wormes, Macerating and DirefuUy crueiating every part of the Bodies of Mankind, of all Ages and Constitutions ; whereby it doth probably appear to be an Epidemical Disease, killing more, then either the Sword or Plague, together with their Various causes, Signs, Diagnosticks, Prognosticks, the horrid Symp- toms by them introduced, as also the Indications and Methods of Care. ... Portrait of the AutJior, folding plate. Small 8yo, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges. London : Printed by John Streater, 1668 Contains a curious "Illustration" of Caviare mentioned in ' ' Hamlet. ' ' See also. Douce 's ' ' Illustrations of Shakespeare, ' ' ' ' ■ pp. 460-461. ■'720. RAMIREZ DE PRADO (L.). Pentecontarchus sive Qiiinquaginta Militum Ductor D. Laurente Ramirez de Prado Stipendiis Conductus: Cujus auspiciis varia in omni littera- rnm ditione monstra profligantur, abdita panduntur, latebrae ae tenebrae pervestigantur, & illustrantur. Fine portrait of the author. 4to, original calf (rubbed). Antuerpiae, 1612 A note in the volume says " Summae raritatis opus. " Douce, in his "Illustrations" of "King Henry V." refers at length to this volume. 163 721. RANDOLPH (THOMAS'). ' Cornelianmn Dolium. Comoedia lepidissima,, optimori;iin judiciig approbata, ^,,&c. Engraved frontispiece h'y Marshall. Bmall 12mo, old ' calf (title and a few leaves wormed).', Londini :. Apud Tho. Harperum, 1638 i , , PiRsa?, EriiiiiOiKr,, ; Extkemelt >EjAEE. Has, ■ the , final leaf of Epilogue and E:?r,ata. i A,-^ page 22 will be, found a reference to"Venug and A'donis." ' ' ' ' i ■. ■ ■■ i , ' i ,- ,,, (" She carries m -her itfsom too a rather ipanton boolc (oaMed) Venus and Adonis; and throv,gh\it has hee/ome mu^h more hnowmg. them is meet, for an honest, girl/ But these things move me little; t have brought her up, and noi deluded her^ I hope, with vain expectations. Let her learn to behmie better, or ,' , perish.^') ,,' ' : ' ' ' ' ■' ■ ■ . < The ivolume is also cited by D,ouce in his " Ulustjrations " of ".Measure for .Measure," " Tlie Tw,b. gentlemen oi Verona" and f'jTimon of Athens. " 722. RANDOLPH (THOMAS). Poems, ^t^ J;lie Muses' Looking-Glass, AmyntaSj Jealous ho-vers, 'etC; Frontispiece containing portrait of the author. Small- 8vo, full old calf. -MM, - Londou: Printed f 007 F. jBowipari, 1664 In "The Jealous Lovers'" there are numerous sjmiilaiities with , irarioMS scenes and. incidents in Shakespeare's, plays of "Borneo and Juliet," "King'Eichaird III," aid "Hamlet;" as pointed out in "Shakespeare's Oen-tulie of Praysei" "'The *hdle scene (sc. III. Act IV.) recalls strongly the grave-dig- ger's scene in 'Hamlet,' and is worth reading with it; though the expressions are not absolutely, repeated^, the 8.uthor must have had 'Sliakes;^6a)-e in his mimd' when he wrote- There is some interest, as Prof. Dowden remarks, in noting ^the involun- tary tribute to Shakespere from Eandolph, a professed pupil of Johson, who woMd probably look oil him as the dramatist by art, and who talked! of 8J}afcespe:?e as having written for mon^y," HazUtt points out that '.^.Troilus; and Oressida'* is referred to in "The Muses' Looking Glass.'" ' ' ' . : V : . ,1 "Who will rely on fortune's giddy smile tJiat hath Seem Priam ailtSd tin- the stage?" 164 , .FOURTH SESSION thubday Evening, February 14, I9I8, at 8:15 o'cloek , LOTS 723-969 1 ' 723. [RASHGBB (JACOB).] Kurtze und Warhaffte Beschreibung der Baden-f ahrt welche der durch-leuclitig hoch- gebom Fiirst und Herr Friderieh Hertzog zu Wurttemberg unnd Teckb Grave zu Miiuippelgart .... uund Hosenbands in Bngellend, &c. Portrait af the Duke of Wirtemherg, arms of the JQuke,' ixnd folding plates. 4to, original vellum (pp. sta,ined). Tubingen, 1602 First Edition. This volume is not only highly interesting as a description of England in 1592, but is also valuable to the Shakespeare collector. In the 4to edition of the "Mbiiey Wives OF Windsor," and only therein, occurs the word Gar- mombles which has puzzled Shakespearean annotators, and, as Mr. Bye, in his "England as Seen by Foreigners," suggests was probably an allusion to the Duke of Wirtemberg, who had been travelling in England incognito as Count of Mump- pelgart. The' present is' a vert fine copy in the original VELLUM BINDING, THE RARE FOLDING PLATES BEING INTACT. ' 724:. RAVBNS'CROFT (EDW:). Titus Andronieus, or the Rape of Lavinia. Acted at the Theatre Royall, A Trag- edy, alter 'd from Mr. Shakespears "Works. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd. Lqndon: Printed by J. B., for J. Hindmarsh, 1687 First Edition. In the "Epistle," Eavenscroft makes the '■ positive' assertion that the original play was not written by ' Shakespeare,' but was brought to him 9.nd he, merely retouched '• a few Scenes. '--'.: ,,.,,, ' 725. RAYMOND (J.).. An Itinerary eontaynipg a Voyage II Blade through Italy, in the yeare 1646, and 1647. Frontis- piece hy Cross and divers' figii,res of AntiqyMies, &c. 12mo, half calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. ,. tiondon : Printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1648 First Edition. Cited by Douce in his "Illustrations" of "Hamlet." 726. RECREATION for Ingenious Head-pieces : or, a Pleas- ant Grove for their Wits to Walk in, &e. Engraved title by Marshall and numerous most curious woodcuts. 12mo, full red levant morocco, gilt edges. London, 1663-67 Perfect copies of this very rare volume are but seldom met with. Amongst the Epitaphs is Basse's well-known one on Shakespeare (No. 173). This epitaph not only differs from the version m Donne s Poems, but contains two additional lines. The volume was not known to the editors of "Shakespeare's Centurie of Prayse" and "Fresh Allusions to Shakspere." 165 727. REED (ISAAC). Bibliotheca Reediana, a Catalogue of the Curious & Extensive Liljrary of the late Isaac Reed Esqre. of Staple Inn, deceased, Editor of the last Edition of Shakspeare, Comprehending a most Extraordinary Collection of Books in English JJiterature ; particularly relating, to the English Drama, and Poetry, &c., Which wiU be sold by Auc- tion ... on Monday, Nov. 2, 1807. Portrait iy Freeman. 8vo, half red levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, by Larkins. [London] 1807 Reed edited the "Shakespeare" of 1793, His eolleetions delating to- the Drama were very important. Priced in ink. ' 728. RBISCH (F. G.). Margarita Philosophica, hoc est Habituum Seu Disciplinarum Omnium, quot quot PhilosophisB Syncerioris, etc. Extremely curious map of, the world (showing Ameeica) and many curious woodcuts. Thick 4to, boards (worn). Basilese, 1583 A eyclopsedia of arts and sciences. The most important are: de Musica et Musica figurata; and de principiis astronomiae (including Astrology, Divination, Magic). A copy of this rare volume must have been accessible to Shakespeare. 729. RENE (FRANgOIS) . Essay des Merveilles de Na- ture, et des plus Nobles Artifices. Engraved titled and numer- ous illustrations. 8vo, original vellum. Rouen r Chez Charles Osmont, 1644 Cited by Douce in his "Illustrations" of "Macbeth." The present copy has the final leaf ' ' Privilege du Eoy. ' ' 730. REUSNERUS (N.). Emblemata, Partim Bthiea, et Physica, Partim vero Historica, & Hieroglyphica, &c. En- graved title, portrait of the Author, and numerous woodcuts. 4to, original vellum. Francoforti, 1581 Fine copy, with brilliant impression on last page of printer's device, with Colophon. There are thirteen allusions to or quotations from this vol- ume in Green 's ' ' Shakespeare and the Emblem Writers. ' ' Some of the woodcuts are reproduced. With the bookplate "Museo Van der Helle." 731. REYNOLDS (JOHN). The Triumphs of God's Re- venge against the Crying and Execrable Sinne of . . Murther .... In Thirty severall Tragicall Histories (Digested into Sixe Bookes) committed in divers Countries beyond the Seas, &c. Engraved title ly John Payne. Folio, old calf, rebacked (corner of one leaf torn away). London : Printed by Edward GrifSn for "William Lee, 1640 Steevens, in his edition of Shakespeare (vol. I., p. 446), speaks of the extreme rarity of this book in good condition. 166 732. RHYMER (THOMAS). The Tragedies of The Last Age Considere'd tod Examin'd by the Practice of the An- cients, and by the Common Sense of all Ages, in a Letter to Fleetwood Shepheard, Esq. 12mo, half morocco, gilt top, by Toovey. ' London : Printed for Richard Tonson, 1678 First Edition, with the Leaf of License. A long extract from this volume is given in Shakespeare's "Centurie of Prayse," page 366. 733. RICHARD II. The Life and Death of King Richard the Second, who Was deposed of His Crown, by reason of His not regarding the Councell of the Sage and Wise of His King- dom, but followed the advice of wicked and lewd Councell, &c.. Published by a Well-wisher to the Commonwealth. Small 4to, full mottled calf, by Riviere. London: Published for G. Tomlinson and T. Watson, 1642 Cited by Dyce in his notes on "Richard II." This copy wants the portrait as usual. 734. RIDDLES. A new Booke of Merry Riddles in Pic- ture. 12 engraved pages, containing a vignette and 35 pic- tures, MS. notes in fly-leaves hy Dr. P. Bliss. 12mo, old polished calf. Printed for C. Bates in Guiltspur Street, Pye Corner [1660] This excessively rare Shakespearean volume is mentioned in Halliwell's folio Shakespeare, Vol. 2, page 299. Dr. Bliss notes on the fly-leaf that he never saw another copy and that when Malone purchased his copy in 1805 Isaac Eeed shed tears with vexation at having missed the prize. Malone 's copy must have strayed, as it is not amongst his books at the Bodleian. 735. [RITSON (JOSEPH).] The Quip Modest, a few words by way of Supplement to remarks. Critical and illus- trative, on the Text and Notes of the Last Edition of Shake- speare; occasioned by a republication of that Edition. 8vo, half levant morocco, gilt, gUt top, uncut. London, 1788 736. RITSON (JOSEPH). Pieces of Ancient Popular Poetry from authentic MSS. and old printed copies, adorned with cuts by Bewick. 8vo, original calf. London, 1791 Fine copy of the First Edition. Contains the best account of Adam Bell (the archer), mentioned in "Much Ado About Nothing." This copy contains the autograph of Charles Mathews, the actor. 737. RITSON (JOSEPH). Bibliographia Poetiea: A Cata- logue of English Poets of the 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th Centuries, with a Short Account of their Works. 8vo, half <3alf, uncut. London: Printed by C. Roworth, 1802 First Edition. Contains Eitson 's very curious account of Shakespeare, "the wonder and ornament of the Engleish (sic) Drama," and of the early editions of his poems. Autograph of Charles Spence on title. A fine copy, in rare, uncut state. 167 738; l^ITgON (JOSEPH). ' S61ect CollectiDn -off 'Ea^ish Soi^gs. BeauUfut vigndtU'by ' Stotk^d''i. FurneSs's edition of "As You Like It," pages- 1 275, 276; lalso Douce's "lUtistrations" of "The Winter's Tale.,": Laid in is a 3 pp. A. L. S. from Isaac Heard, of the College of Arms, relating to the personal and family history of the author.' ^ I ' ' , , ■ , 780. SBLDEN (JOHN). Table-Talk: being: thq Discourses •of John Seldon Esqre; or his Sence of the Various Matters of "Weight and High' Consequence 'Relating i especially to Re- ligion and State. 4to, full mottled calf, gilt tooled backs, and borders,.gilt edges, by Lloyd (some margins trimmed close). ■i London:,Printedfor E.Smith, 1689 ' First Edition.' Douce in' his "Illustrations'' of "Ham- ' let, " discuss'e^ the witches in this voluipe. ■ He also cites " TafeleiTalk " ' in his' notes on "The Clowns and Fools of Shakespeare." ' ' ■, >. , 781. SELDEN (JOHN). The Duello, or Single Combat: from Antiquity derived into this Kingdom of England j with several Kinds' and Ceremonious Forms thereof from good Authority described. By the Learned. Mj". Selden. 8vo, inottled calf, gilt tooled, gilt edges., , , , I London : William Bray [17;69] Cited. 'by iDoUcB' in his .VJUustrations?' of "King Henry VI.," part n, , , ,782. SENECA., His Tenne-Tragedies, translated into Eng- Jysh [by .T. Newton] . Title ' within ' ivMdcut harder. 8vo, half mdroQco, gilt edges (writing on title ' and' margins- ex- tended) . ' Imprinted at London by Thomas Marsh, 1581 . ., i .; 1 The first edition in Englisli of the ten tragedies. ''A'^bttion of "The Tragedy of Tiyebtes" is reprinted by 'Capell in his .^ , , "School of Shakespeare." ',' •\, HolfWhite, in his notes'on "Romeo ando'Juliet, " Act IV, Scene 5, remarks: " In tiiis' speiSOh erf^inock iheroic woe, and perhaps in the two tJt^t follow, Shakespeare seems to have 176 ridiculed, as he has done elsewhere, the translation of Seneca's ■ trageMe&pv,]nlis},ed.l\n.,l&81."i -^©tepivtMis ooi)si(^eTa.. tl^at-some lit; Vi ii;?**^? liness m f 0%ellp" were taken f rom tHs 1;ranslatio;i» . Consult, too, Whalley's I 'Enquii-y into ■•■the Learning of Shakespeare.'" " An ' autograph' signature of Sir Edward' Wot- ton has been ' laid do-vshl on- fly-leaf. ■..783. SHADWBLL (THOMAS); The Sullen Lovers': or. The Impertinents. ;A Comedy Acted by His Highness llhe Duke of York's Servants. , Small 4to, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd. London: I'rinted by Henry Herringman, 1670 The preface contains a curious allusion to Shakespeare's ' Sir John PalstafE. Fine copy, '784. SHAD WELL ( THOMAS)/ The Virtuosa; a Comedy, Acted at the Duke's Theatre. Small 4to, full polished calf, gilt edges. , London:, Printed by T. N., for Henry Herringman, 1676 First Edition. Cited by Douce in. his ," Illustrations " of "Eing Lear," and by Dyce in "The Tempest.',' 785. SHADWBLL (THOMAS). A True Widow. A Comedy, acted by the Duke's Servants. Small 4to, full mot- tled oalf, gilt ed^es.) ■ ' '■' '. London : Printed for Benjamin Tooke, 1679 .First, Edition. iFinei copy, .with, the final leaf of, i Epilogue. Shakespeare allusion., ',,,,,;<■; i;- "Nor are your Writings unequal to any Man's of this Age, {not io speaTc of dVun.dance of excellent Copies of Verkes) you^Kahie in the MuXbirry -Garden shown the true Wit humour, and Satyr of a Comedy; , and in Antony and, Cleopatra, the true Spirit: of a Tragedy, ,. the, only on^ .dfxcept two of John- •■''" I son's' arid one of ShaTcespear's) wherein \S,prnans< are made to speak and do like Bomans." --The Epistle ,De(Jicatory to Sir Charles Sedley, signed " Tho. Shadwell, London, Feb. 16, , 1678/9." 786. SHADWBLL (THOMAS). The Lancashire Witches, and Tegue o. Divelly the Irish Priest. A Comedy i Part the First. The Amorous Bigot, with the Seciond Part, of Tegue o Divelly a Comedy. Both Acted by their Maj,e(sties Serv«ynts. '^mall 4to, full 'Sprinkled ealf, gilt edges, by Lloyd. '' : . London t Printed for B. Olavell,. and others, 1691 The introduction contains a reference to Shakespeare and his knowledge of "Witchcraft. •^' 787.. SHXDWBLt' ■(TH6Mi:S)'. -l^he History of Timon of Athene,,, tb'.Man-H^ter, as, it is actecl by his Majestic 's Ser- vants, madg,, into 'a. Play. Small 4to,_ full mdttlfed calf, gilt , edges, some louver ' edg^s uncut, by ' Riviere. ' _ ,,;'Lon.donf Vxw^ed Vj Tho: Warreq, foi- Henry , Herringman, ','Cofatiains allusions, to,Shake3peare,in the Epistle Dedicatory, the Prologue, and; the Epilggue.. ':■,,,. ■■'■■■" 177 ■■' 788. SHAKESPEARE. The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. As it is, now Acted at his;Higiiness the Duke of York's Theatre. Small 4to, full sprinkled; calf ^ gilf ledges, by Lloyd. , , London: Printed by Andr. Clark, for J. Martyn, and H. Herringman, 1676 Fine copy of the First Restoration quarto. . With the leaf ' ' To the Keader ' ' following the title. Very Halle. 789. SHAKESPEARE. Henry the Sixth, The First Part: "With the Murder of Humphrey Duke of Glocester. As it was Acted at the Duke's Theatre. Written by Mr. Crown. Small 4to, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed for R. Bentley and M. Magnes, 1681 First Edition. Borrowed from Shakespeare. ■ 790. SHAKESPEARE. Othello, the Moor of Venice : A Tragedy, as it hath been divers times Acted at the Globe, and at the Blaekfriers ; and now at the Theatre Royal, by His Majestic 's Servants. Small 4to, half calf (foxed). London : Printed for Richard Bentley, 1695 The fourth edition of- "Othello," and ^o Rake as 'to bk quite, unJcnovJn both to Lowndes and the editor of " The ' Play Collector's Manual." The previous editions w«re those of 1622, 1630 and 1655. ( ' 791. SHAKESPEARE. Measure for Measure, or Beauty the Best Advocate; as it is acted at the Theatre in Loncoln's- Inn Fields. Small 4to, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd. London: Printed for D. Brown, 1700 The FIRST SEP ABATE EDITION of " Measure, f Or Measure." 792. SHAKESPEARE. The Works of Mr. William Shake- spear; Revis'd and Corrected, with an Account of the' Life and Writings of the Author, by N. Rowe. Engraved frontis- pieces hy Vander Oucht. 7 vols. 8vo, full crimson levarit mo- rocco, gilt edges, by- Riviere. • ' London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, [and E. Curll], 1709- 1710 The First Complete Edition of Shakespeare's Works, both Plays and Poems. This precious edition also contains the first life of Shakespeare, as well as the first camoiSM of HIS work. It is, too, the FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. These illustra- tions preceding each play are of the very greatest importance as they are th^ earliest existing records of the mariner in whicK the plays were mounted and |0f the costumes worn 'by the Actors. Absolutely perfect copies of the seven volumes, such as the , above,, are of extraordiaary rarity. 178 793. SHAKESPEARE. Steevens (George). Twenty of the Plays of Shakespeare, being the whole Number printed in Quarto During his Life-Time, or before the Restoration. 4 vols. 8vo, original brown 'morocco, gilt tooled, gilt edges. London : For J. & R. Tonson, 1766 Large Paper Copt: one of only twelve sets printed. A very beautiful set, in fine condition, and very scarce. 794. SHAKESPEARE Traduit de I'Anglois, (par Pierre Le /Tourneur) Dedie au Roi. 18 vols. 8vo, original calf. The first complete French translation. Paris, 1776-1782 795. SHAKESPEARE. Macbeth ein Traverspiel in funf Aufzugen von Shak'espear. Furs hiesige Theater adaptirt und herausgegeben von F. J. Fischer. 12mo, unbound. Prag, 1777 The First Edition of Fischer's translation. Unknown to Lowndes. 796. SHAKESPEARE. William Shakespear's Tooneel- spelen. Met de Bronwellen, en Aanteekeningen von ver^- scheiden Beroemde Sclrfyveren (Rowe, Pope, Theobald, Han- nier, Warburton, Jonson, en Capell). Naar de uitgaaf van Capeli uit het Engelsch vertaaldj en met aantekeningen van Prof. Eschenburg, en van den Vertaaler B. Bnlnius, &c. Finely engrwued plates after Wagenaar hy Bogerti. 5 vols. 8vo, original wrappers, uncut. Amsteldam, 1778-82 The Firs* Dutch Edition. Unnoticed by Sidney Lee — the earliest edition mentioned by him is that of 1873-80 — 93 years later. 797. SHAKESPEARE. Macbeth. Tragedie, Remise au Theatre le priemier Juin 1790. Par M. Ducis. 8vo, sewed, edges uncut. Paris : P. F. Gueffier, 1790 Scarce. The British Museum catalogue has no earlier edition than that of 1827. 798. SHAKESPEARE. The Plays of William Shakespeare, with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators, to which are added notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. 15 vols, royal 8vo, full old russia, bottom edges uncut, gilt top and fore edge. London, 1793 Large paper copy, one of only 25 so printed. This very beautiful copy in a superb old binding is from the library of Sir Mark M. Sykes, with his bookplate in each volume. 799. SHAKteSPEARE. Shakepeare's dramatische Werke, ubersetzt von August Wilhelm Schlegel. 9 vols, small 8vo, cloth and boards. Berlin, 1797-1810 '' ' iTie First Classical German, translation. Lowndes states that this excellent translation entirely superseded its predeces- sors. 179 800 SHAKESPEARE., William Shakespeare's TrkgfsK fesjerker, oversatte af Peter iFoerson og P. F. Wulff. 9 vols 8vo, half calf. '., ", , , , , Ejobenhavn,, 1811-1826 The PIKST edition of the first DAIJISH TEANgllAlTION. 801. SHAKESPEARE. Romeo et 'Juliette, Nouvelle de Luigi da Porto, traduite eii Frtocais, et suivie de quelques scenes traduites de la Juliette de Shakspeare,'ipar ,M. E. J. ;I)elecluze. 12mo, fiill calf; uncut. '!;;.■ ' -Paris, :1827 802. SHAKE SPBARp. Dramatiache Werke ubersetzt von Aug. Wilh, V. Schlegel und Ludwig Tieck. 12; vbls. in 6, small 8vo, half calf. ^ ' ^ , -— ... Berlin, 1839-40 ' ., The. BEST TRANSLATION. Fine copy. Schlegel and Tieck's , translation still liolds the field among German .translations-'. . 803. SHAKESPEARE'S Historical Play of King Henry ,, the . Eighth ; arranged for representation at' the Princess's Theatre, by Charles Kean, first perfotmfed on Wednesd^, 16th May, 1855.' Syo/full crimson mordceo,' gilt, gilt edges. ■■;;', London [1855], ' First' Edition. Autograph presentation copy from Charles Kean to Henry Angelo, -with inscription .pn; tijtie-page. In- serted is a 2 pp. A. L. S., from Mr. Kean to Mr. Angelo on theatrical matters, , intimating trouble, ;wjth,t^e,,:management. , The, presentation inscription is also lettered' o'n the side.^o ■' 804. SHAKE SPE ARE i'S; 'Iplay of a Midsummer Night's Dream arranged for representation atjthe Princess's Theatk-e, with Historical and Explanatory Notes, by Charles' Kean, as first performed on "Wednesday, October l5th, 18^6,. 8vo, full crimson molroceb, gilt, gilt edges. ' London [1856] First Edition. Autograph presentation Copy from Charles Kean to Henry Angelo, with inscription on title-page. In- serted is a 1 p. A. L. S., 'irom kr. Kean tb Mr.: Kenney. The ^tesentation inscription is alSo lettered on the r side. „ > , ' ' ' ' ' ' . ' ' ' ' ' ''(',■•',■', ,805. SHAKESPEARE'S Play\ of The Tempest, arranged for representation at the Princess's Theatre, with JHistorical and ^Explanatory Notes; by Charles; Kean, F.S.A., as first per- formed on "Wednesday, Jiily 1;, 1857. 8vo, full crimson mo- rocco, gilt, gilt edges. ' London [1857] ' First .Edimon, Autogr^ph^ pjfesejitation copy, :from, Charles J. , ,,, K^a^ tp. Henry Ajigelo, .-yrLth' inscription on title-page. In- serted, is a 3 pp. A; L. S. 'from Mr. K!ean to'Mr. Webster. !The presentWion' inscripti6ii ' is? also lettered/ on the side. , , ' '. 8()6,,|^:B:AKESPEAlili'g 'Play 'of Kinf Richard 11. ■ ar- ranged for representation at the Princess 's Theatre), with His- torical and Explanatory Ndtes, by Charles Kean, F.S.A., as 180 first performed on Thursday, March 12, 1857. 8vo, full crim- spp.Hlopcco^ gilt, gjilt, edges. London [1857] , , - .'First "fet*ioi]- ' "'Sertca is a 2, pp; A. L. in the third person from Mr. Kean^'to Harry Emanuel. The presentation inscription ' is als6 lettered on the side. - i > ' 807. SHAKESPEARE 'S Comedy of MuQh Ado about Noth- ing. Arranged for representation at "l;he Priiicess's Theatre, with E^xplanatory Notes, by Charles Kean, F.S.X., and revived on ' Saturday, November 20th, 1858. Syo, full, crimson mo- rocco, gilt, gilt edges. London [1858] First Edition. Autograph presentation copy from Charles Kean, to Henry Angelo, with inscription on title-page. In- serted is a 1 p. A. L. in the third person to Mr. Thelwall. The presentation inscription is also lettered on the side. 808. SHAKESPEARE 'S Tragedy of King Lear, arranged for representation at the Princess's Theatre, with Historical and Explanatory Notes, by Charles Kean, F.S.A., as first per- formed on Saturday,, April 17, 1858. 8vo, full crimson mo- rocco, gilt, gilt edges. London [1858] - ; Tirst Edition. Autograph presentation copy from Charles I !. ; ;,K^ean,to Henry Angelo, with inscription on title-pagei ■ In- ; serted is a 1 p. A. N. "To Henry Lamb with Mr. Kean's Com- pliments. Charles Kean, Jan. 31, 1835. ' ' The presentation in- scription is also lettered on the side. '809! SHAKESPEARE 'S Play of The Merchant of Venice, arranged for representation at the Princess's Theatre, with , Hi^tori^al Explanatory Notes, by Charles Kean, F.S.A., as first performed on Saturday, June 12t}l, 1858; '8vo, full crimson m,orocco, gilt, gilt edges. ' • London [1858] , . , , First Edition., Autograph presentation copy from Charles ^ean to Henry Aligelo- with a 1. p. A. L. in the third person to ' Mr. Phillips, inserted. The presentatioji inscription is also let- tered on the side. . ,, , ' ' 810. SHAKESPEARE *S GARLAND. Being A Collection of New Song's, Ballads, Roundelays, iCatches, Glees, Comic Serenatas, &c. performed at the Jubille at Stratford upon AVbn. Engraved frontispiece, Garrick reciting the Ode. 8vo, mottled calf, gilt, gilt edges, by Riviere. , London, 1769 Halliwell-Phillipps, in his " Outlines of the Life of Shake- ' ' ' speare, " gives a most interesting Recount of .this Jubilee, rtiost , , , ; pf T^hich he considered Tomfoolery. ' ' ' ' ' 81L SHA^KHSPBARB ; IlMstrated by an Assemblage of Portraits and .Views, with, Biographica,l Anecdotes; to which are added Portraits of the Actors, Editors, etc. iS8 portraits of Shakespearean celebrities a/nd views of places visited hy r Shakespeare. 2, vols. 8V9,' old, blue sjtraight-grain morocco, igilt edges-,; . i?; , ' London, 1793 ■ . ' !■ .:., • -,• 181 812. SHAKESPEARE. Illustrations of Shakspearg.; con- prised in Tmo Himdred and Thirty Vignette Engravings, ^by ■Thompson, from designi' i^ Th/wrston: Adapted to all B'di- , tions. Sv'O, half brown levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, by Wallis. > . ' London, 1831 813. SHAKESPEARE. The Biography and Bibliography of Shakespeare [including an account of every known edition of his Works, either together, or separately printed]. By Henry G. Bohn. , Illustrated iVith 19 engravings, including accurate copies of the Droeshout head, portrait iy Jansen, the Chandas head, and the Stratford hust. Small square 8vo, half green levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, by F. Bedford. , , [Whittingham, 1863] Autograph presentation copy from Henry G. Bohn to Jas. Orchard Halliwell, with inscription dated, Oct. 1, 1864. Pri- vately printed for Members of the Philobiblon Society. The Bibliographical part is reprinted from the enlarged edition of the Bibliographer 's Mapual; with an additional leaf containing Lists of copies in the Earl of Bute's Library, and in that of Mr. Lenox. 814. SftAKESPBARE. A History of the Shakespeare Memorial, Stratf ord-on-Avon. Frontispiece. 12mo, half brown levant morocco, gilt top, original wrappers bound in, by "Wallis. ' '' London [1882] Second EdImon, abridged from the First, and brought down to February, 1882. • ' 815. SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM). Mezzotint portrait of Shakespeare, by Gf. F. Storin, hinged' in folio, half maroon levant morocco covers, by Riviere. A FINE PROOF BEFOEE ALL LETTERS {and signed by the. artist) of the mezzotint engraTing by G. F. Storin in IS^-S, from the three-quarter length portrait of the Poet belorigiiig to Clemeiit Kingston Esq. of 4^shbourne, Derbyshire. In the top left-hand _ corner it is inseribeii: Mtatis sum, 47. A. 1611, but there is no' mention of the person for Whom it is intended, so far as the print enables us to* judge. Its identity with Shakespeare js nevertheless unquestionable, although the circumstances imder which the painting was executed are not known to us. It is enumerated in the Dictionary of National Biography among the extant likenesses. , . • , , ^ ; 816. SHAKESPEARE'S. BIRTHPLACE. The Gentle- man's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, vol. XXXIX, for the year M.DCC.LXIX, by Sylvainus Urban, Gent. Numerous maps and plates. 8vo, half calf,' gilt edges. London, 1769 spacing , page 044, is an engraving, after E. Greene, by B. Cole, of the house, p which Shakespeare was born. IVfj. SidB^ Lee ("Alleged Vandalism at Stratf ord-on-Avon") states that the earliest known engraved viSw of Shakfespeare's birthplace is dated 1788 — nearly 20 years later (see note in the volume). 182 ' 817. SHAKESPBAR'S JESTS, etc. Small old half calf (covers loose) . [No name of place or printer— -circa 1750] The Halliwell-Phillipps and Sir William Tite copy of one of th,e very rarest volumes in the whole range of Shakespeareana. For obvious reasons there is no title-page, and it is practically certain that the volume was immediately withdrawn and never published. It is printed on rough paper and occupies 152 pages (sig- natures B to O). Mr. Halliwell-Phillipps thus described this extraordinarily rare little volume in his sale catalogue (1859) : "It is difficult to account for the extreme rariti/ of this quaint hut very gross collection, in which a number of anecdotes are fathered on Shahespeare. Only two oo/pies besides the present have oc- curred to our notice. It does not appear to be noticed in any list of Shakespeareana. ' ' 818. SHARPS (LEWIS). The Noble Stranger. As it was Acted at the Private House in Salisbury Court by her Maiesties Servants. Small 4to, full dark blue levant morocco. Imprinted at London by I. 0. for lames Becket, 1640 First Edition. At sig. 4, there is a reference to Shake- speare 's ' ' Venus and Adonis. ' ' 819. [SHARPHAM (EDWARD).] Cupid's Whirligig', as it bene sundrie times acted by the Children of his Majesties Revefe. Small 4to, half calf. London: Printed by T. H. for R. Meighen, 1630 In thisplay there is a resemblance to a passage in "Eomeo and Juliet, " Act I., scene ii., line 25. 820. SHERWOOD (R.). A Dictionarie English and French. Folio, half calf. London : Printed by Adam Islip, 1632 First Edition, with the leaf of Errata (repaired on margin). Cited by Douce in his "Illustrations" of "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and "King Lear." ,821. [SHIELDS (A.).] A Hind let loose, or Historical Representation of the Testimonies, of the Church of Scotland, for the Interest of Christ. Together with a Vindication of -the' present Testimonie, against the Popish, Prelatical, & Malignant Enemies of that Church, &c. Wherein several Controversies of Greatest Consequence are enquired into. Curious folding frontispiece. 12mo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. Printed in the Tear 1687 First Edition. The frontispiece, which depicts "the tor- ture Of the boot," is cited by Douce in his "Illustrations" of "The Two Gentlemen of Verona." 183 822. -SHIRLEY ',( JAMEIS)'. ,' CJiafa^kj/o^ li'o^e' iia lalTVEstefrl A Com^die, As it w,ai presents at the 'P]:'lV;y,i!e House 'iij.' ^alis-,' bury Court, by the! Compatiy o^ Bti^'lViajestiegRevfeis.'' Small'',' 4tOy mottled, calf, gilt, gilt edges, by Riviere.' ■ '■' ' London: G. P. for William Cooke, 1632 : " FjEST, Editton. \ I^are, , Cited by Dyce in his notes on "A ,. Midsummer'; ISTight'^ Dreaifv'', -^ portion is lepriiited in Capell ?s ," School of Shakespeare. " 823: SHIRLET.C JAMBS) .; The, Bird in,a Cage, A Comedie, As it hath- been© Presented at, the Phoenix ia Drury-Lane., . Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere, London,: Printed by B. Alsop, and T. Fla^w^cet,. f or Wiljiam Cooke, 1633 , ,, . , ,, , ' First Edition, with the leaf "The ,Printer to, the Reader" at the end. Douce refers to this Play by Shirley ,. in, his "Illustrations" of '"Twelfth Night,",, ,,,,,,,,, , ,\ ...^:' Consult, too, "Fresh AUusions; to Shakspere, ", p. 108. A portion. is reprinted in Capell's " School of Shakespeare. " 824. SHIRLEY (JAMES). The Example. As it was pre- selited by her Majesties * Servants At the private House in Drury-Lane. Small 4to,' full mottled calf, gilt tooled, gilt edges, by Riviere.' London: Printed by John NoTton, 1637 First Edition. Good copy, with full margins and the pro« ' logue on separate leaf *2. i There 'is a very early Shakespeare allusion, occurring at 04 .verso, wl^ere Ja.cintha says: "Fal- , , , ,,st^ffe, I -wifl li^elieve tljeQ, There is noe faith in vilanous man." This is a quotation of Falstaife 's answer to Prince Hal^ ' ' There is nothing but roguery to be found in villanous man." The same sentiment ; is , o]3sei;v^d in ' f Rom^p and Julj^t, " where , ,, , _tl^e,ii,urse pays:,,j"T^er,e is no trust, no, faith, no honesty in. '825. SHIRLEY (JAMES). The Lady qf pleasure. A Comedie, As it was Acted by her Majesties Servants, at the private House in Drury Lane. Small 4to, mottled calf, gilt, gilt edges, by Riviere. , ; jLjondsn: by T%< Also, consult "Fresh Allusions to Shakespere," page 150. 829. SHIRLEY (JAMES) i ; The Gentleman of Venice, a Tragi-Oolnedie. ' Presented at the; Private house in Salisbury Court, by her Majestife 's . Servants. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. , ., , , , London : Printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1655 , , FiEST 'Edition.' Cited by Farmer in' his notes, 6n ' ' Hamlet. '"' No, copy /is in the IBodleian Library or in the British Museum. ; 830., SHIRLEY (JAMES). The Wedding. As it was lately Acted by her Majesty's Servants, at the Phenix in Drury Lane. Small 4to, full calf, gilt edges, by Zaehnsdorf . London: For William Leake, 1660' ' " Cdted by Hazlitt ("Shakespeare's Library") iii ■ his notes "'' 1' oli'i''. Dorset, where their daughter, the Countess of ' Sichmond, founded a grammar-school in 1497." — Shakespeare- ana Genealogica. 840. SOUTHWELL (ROBERT). Saint Peters complaint. With, other Poems. Title within woodcut horder. Small 4to, full calf, gilt edges (outer title margins extended, three other margins repaired) . London : I. R. for G. C, 1599 An extremely rare little volume of verse, containing the first known allusions to " Venus and Adonis " and "Love's Labour's Lost." » » * * » « ' ■' "Sweet volumes, stoard with learning fit for saints. Where blissful quires imparadize their minds; Wherein eternall studie never faints Still finding all, yet seeking all it finds : ■ How eadlesse is your labyrinth of blisse, Where to be lost the sweetest finding is ! " — The Authour to the Eeader. I J^ portion is reprinted in Capell 's " School of Shakespeare." ■ ' Capell's ''Ca^talogue of Shakesperiana,", No, 195.; ' ■ This early 'edition concludes on page 66 (14 verso), with the poem, ' ' rtSm' Fortunes reach. ' ' 187 841. SPECULUM BRITANNIA. The first parte. Anffis- t6rieall and Chor6grat)hie^ll Descri'ption bf Middlesex j.wherieiii are also' Alphabet! c'allie' sett ddwrie, 'the' Jaamefe of > the .Cyties, To wnes, Parishes, 'Hamletes, Houses df Narhle, &aol En^Yaved title, maps and woodcuts of arms.i Small 4to, full straight- grain crimson morocco; gilt tooled, gilt edges, ioy Rifehard De Coverley (maps inlaid,' a few eoirnei-s restored) N. p., 1593 This exoessiyely rare volume contains the three folding plans (by John iNorden) of Elizabe.tham London and Westminster, in, excellent condition. The second pf iib^e plans shows the Rose Theatre (called by Norden "the; Play Hoyvse"), the only regular theatre; then, on the, south of, the Thaoipes, and that in which Shakespeare 's earliest , dramas were proi^uced. ' ' ThifS plan," says.HalliweU-Ehillipps, "gives a /more accurate idea • than any flther eocistvrig of ^owfhwarjf^q^ it was in^Jifikespeare's • time.": • ,,:: ' , , i >,, ' "■. ,, 842. SPEED (SAMUEL); Fragmenta Careeris, or, The King's Bench Scuffle, with the Humours of the Common-Side, The King's Bench Litany and the Legend of Duke Humphrey. Curious engraving of a drinking ]}0ut^in .the King's Bench. Small 4to, old, half morocco. ' London: Printed by J. :C., for S. S., 1674 First Edition. , Ri^tp. Shakespeare allusions. , * * *,!>, ,*,,;■!!* * ' "On which the Buke, to Shun a iseoi'dhing doomy Perambulated to Ben Johnson's Tomb, , , .,1 ;', ,, Where, Shakespear, Spencer, Cambdep .and, th,e xest, „ Once rising Slips) are noV set in the WeStj'""'-' ' ''^ ' But Still their lustrfes'do So' brightly' shine, i- "'f 'I ; . : J That' they invite- ohr. Worthies there ,t6 Djihia., ,' , , ,•', . >, , f There our ingenious Train have thought it fit ' ''■ ■ ' To change their Dyet, and to Dike in Wit. ' ' ' "Next day his Grace, and all his Guests so Arim, ; , ,| . Do Shakespear find, lanfi thepthey jfeq,st op liim. i , i ^ , ,— The Legepd of Duke Humphrey. (Sign JFl, ha^ck,' W, F3, back r4, F4, back.) ', ; ' !, ' 843. SPENCE' (JOSEPH). Extracts relating. to English Poets and Prose Writers and to the English Writers of Plays, taken from 'the four Manuscript!, Volumes, written by Mr. Spence, in the possession lof; his Grace the J)]iiJse;of Newcg,stle. Manuscript, neatly written and bound, in 2 vols. , 12mo, old calfygilt. ■- .. ■ ■■.', ,;,,;,:i , ,., ,,_,,,,,, ',,, : ,;^ ,,. ',1782 ,' These, two, closely ,, written xolw™es coptaip num^rdps inter- esting anecdotes, of and references to Dryden, t)'efoe. Gay, Pdpe, Shakespeare, and the Eliz^bethkn' Dl'amatistS', &e. This te'es- SNT MANtrSCRlPT WAS USED BY MaLONE WHfcN PREPARING HIS Life or Drtden. i i , ^ 844. SPENSER ' (EtJ^UND) ?; ^lie Faerie Qveen: The Shepheards Calendar: , Togeth'ei:; vfith the other. Works of England's Arch-Poet. Collected into one,,Volum^ and care- 188 ' '■' '■■''■'■' ■■ i fully. corrected. Title' within. woodcM border, and, numerous woodcut vignettes: Folio, full, mottled calf, gilt edges. ;, [London] : Printed: by H. L., for -Mathew Lownes, 1611 First Collected Edition of Spenser's works, with separate titles to each portion, The "Faerie Queen" portion in the ; 1609 edition, with that date in Colpphon, and contains the First J Edition of Two Cantos of " Miitabilitie. " , '' Cited' bj^ Hunter in his "New DluStrations" of "As You ., . , . . .I-ike It" and "The Merry' Wives of Windsor"; and by Douce , : in his " Illustrations " of " All 's Well that Ends Well, " "An- tony and Cleopatra," " Cynlbeline, " ahd "Hamlet." Green in his "Shakespeare and the Emblem Writers," repro- duces two of the illustrations. Lan^baine says that Shakespeare took the plot of "Much Ado About Nothing" from the "Faerie Queen," and Dr. Fur- ness reprints a portion of it as the source of the plot of ' ' King I , Lear." ' Capell's "Catalogue of Shakespetiana, " No. 316. ; 84;5.' [SPENSER (EDMUND).] The Skepheards Kalendar : Newly AUgmerited and Corrected. Profusely illustrated with interesting woodcuts. Folio, original Calf (polished and re- Ijacked). ' '" liondon: Printed by Robert Ibbitson, 1656 • Certain of the fine old woodcuts in this volume were used ' later by Halliwell-Phillipps to illustrate Shakespeare's "Mid- summer Ndght's Dream',' /and, 'f Measure for Measure." 846. SPENSER,' (EpiVliJND),. The Works bf that Famous English Poet, Viz.j The Faery Queen, "flie Sheplierds Calendar, The History of Ireland; Colin Clout's Come Home Again, The Tears of the, Muses, &c. Whereunto is added an Account of His Life; with, other new Additions never before in print. Engr Cfeliturie of Prayse. ' ' 190 853 STEPHENS (JOHN). Satyrical Essayes Characters, r^ .°i.f ^ Or, Accurate and quick Descriptions, fitted to the lite ot their Subjects. Small 8vo, full old blue straight-grain morocco, gilt and blind tooling, gilt edges. London : Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1615 -^ First Edition. Extremely Eare. "The Character of a ® rn "-^^PPOsed to portray Shakespeare. The CSharacters of Players" is cited by Dr. Furness in his ed^t^ons^of "As you Like It" and "Hamlet." Consult, too, Halliwell-Phillipps's edition of "Borneo and Juliet," and the- -New Shakspere Society's Transactions," 1880-82. iCapell 's ' ' Catalogue of Shakesperiana;, ' ' No. 198. 854. STBEVENS (GEORGE, The Commentator of Shake- speare). , Four Holograph Letters Signed, 4 pages 4to, dated Hampstead Heath, 14 Aug. 1778, Emmanuel College, Novr. 7th, 1783, Hampstead Heath, Feb. 1st, 1799, and Aug. 2nd, 1799, to Isaac Reed, Thos. Hill and others. Entirely in refer- ence to literary matters. In. the first letter Steevens writes: "Leave your iooTcs accessible for fear any of the old plays ^ should he wanted for Seed's publications (Shakespeare.) . . . Tou said you would leave your volume of notes etc., behind you. I beg you will not carry it with you. . . . St. George 's Channel has had its share of literary spoil, ' ' etc. The second is a chatty letter and is evidently addressed to a friend and man of letters. The writer states that mon oncle kept the Bishop of LlandafE (just returned from a funeral) laiighiug for half an hour. He wUl return; the papers with his • o\rn hand. In a postscript Steevens states : "Tou may be sure that not a line out ofDr.F's Letters, or .any of the. other Papers you honoured m^ with, shall be tran- scribed for publication." To Sir Isaac Reed in the letter of 1 Feb: 1799 George- Steevens writes about his health. He is very sorry to hear of the death of the Duke of Leeds: "Perhaps his end has been precipitated by his long compotation with Messrs Kemble, Pope, Molman etc. I have often wished he ?iad not been of such a theatrical turn of m,ind. ' ' Accompanying these , letters is an engraving of George- Steevens '' house at Hampstead Heath with a facsimile of an autbgraph letter above, mentioning Dr. Johnson. 855. STEPHEN (HENRY). A World of Wonders, or an Introduction to a Treatise touching the Conf ormitie of Ancient and Moderne Wonders, or a Preparitive Treatise to -the Apologie for Herodotus, the Argument whereof is taken from the Apologie for Herodotus,' written in Latin by Henrie- Stephen, and continued here by the Author himself. Folio, full mottled calf, ; gilt edges, by Lloyd. ' London, Imprinted for John Norton, 1607 JPiRST Edition. Fine copy, with the le!af of Errata. Dedi- cated to Shakespeare's patrons, the Earl of Pembroke and the- Earl of Montgomerie. ''The phraseology< of Shakespeare iS' better ilVmtrated ih'. 191 ^''''■' ''' 'this iOm-Tc than in' any otMr work existing. "-^CalS^aott^EAi- iinr. i'io'-tioi of'Shsike&pefe. ■ ' '- ''■'• ''' ' ''■ ■ '" ''"* ■:■ ''i •.'■.■" jifl,') ' "!;:!':Conswlt, tooyihis' notes on '",Hamkt,i" .and the lUjIfevr' jBhak- {.U-,\ -.'v ppere Society ,'s' Translations,'-' 1877-7^, :S?ries. I. vjin llijiir- !:('■",! ./■■;-"'""'/, ■ill-,, i ,)i)rf<>,l (' i)'o;-,(;il-.-i : 'llr.' l;l!) .cH- l!:.;--'' ■'"■" 856; 'STE'MJEM; .Cfi$}NRY-)J'i''^,.W6iadJ<|f Wi)iii(iers, or an '''Inttodufififlyii'.'to a^'Tre^'tl^? toucliirig'tfie Cori'foirm'iiife'Qf Ancient and Moderne Wonders, or a Preparative Treatise to the ,-(4tl)ologip„ f or Her odoti^s, . the Argument whereof is takeji-.from fti;e,,^pologig lor HerodQtiis, ,-^ritten •, in, Jjatifle ;bj, ^epry ..^te^tens, and continued here by [the Au.thpj;' hims^lie, ti^^ns- ^^■ted put of the ;best corrected ,.,Freji,9h^ copie. , , ,Fo|i9, full ^,.'s'prinfeled calf, gilt edges,,., ./ ; ,; .M I'-i .i-.' :<•. ,■,■!■■ ',_, '^'.J^iiiiburgh, ; Inij) rented., by ',Anai'e,W;'H,|art and. I^ichardlljaw^ ',^s<|n, 1.608 ' , ■,' ,^^^\''; ■ ' ,,' , ... i , ,,;' . ./■ ' ■"' ' The" exceediMgly rare Edinburgh ' EDlriojsr. The present is the Cole, Fahriet'y Jo'lley and CVossley 6opf ' of this famous book. Farmer's signature is on the fly-leaf together with a -rftn'^i ' Ipng.a'epount inlMs^ autograph af/Miit'he st^fek'this]ifrl,iber ,(-,.,-, ^.j Earior,.'! B.elpe iji, to '' ABeQdoteS|,pf|,]fjjte!i;a;twp Mii .^a^ce Bobjjs" (ybT. Vl, pp. '231-431), gives an account of this, work, ""',"■' " ' ' 'stating that "the EdiiiWrgh edition i^''elksAed''ambh'g''t'he 'Mg- .■■''■,; 1' ' ■ lish bboks' of rarities.'!" 'iwi'if ■ 'it'i'-i .■<••■ -.-.■; .■■.•■iri ^■l"pl'T .;i ; BcuND '.IN with .Ithe' above, is the Bare First' BDMONuof Oceana, by James Harrington. .London, 1656, ' Iiarmer's.co.py, '':'•()' \' : . W(ith jUptes by .him,' on title and. margins. 7|;''^|5f> STOCKyro^O|)_ j('t[OHl<[). ';iL.,^efy fr^iteful Sermon ^.•'fp^^'(;l?.,ed at .iP^ule?. (j'^bss^ ith^e tentl^ ^ef May, lasti, being the first Sunday in Easter Terme. London, 1579. A very godly AND LEARNED TREATISE of the Exercisc of Pastyng. London, ■^'ilBSO. ' Ini one volume. ;Small 8v6, old- haM calf ('hSadlinfes cut ,,,into).,i-, ' ■!". i;- •'!-! 'tM 'MM.: v( f.-H f. ■ Loddon^ 1S79-80 .(i[f.'>) )*>' ' Black LfETTER.' Excessively !RAato,/!andi one of'ljh^.imost ■J A ,-•,.. |.'i valuable of the contemporary printed |dDCVfli}pntB,rile)l^^iyje itlOi"J;he ;,r'j. 'Elizabethan Theatre, and Dra'ma. "Stockwood, in,,,this,.ffe- * ■'''" ' tnarkable Sermon, devotes no less than three pages' '((i'om- v.i't -.r .|« mencing on folio '24) to a denuncia;tibli''"'feg^iist Plaies and ■ " ';'■'>-• ■> lother vaine exercise on' the Ldriefe :''., 'in. -i ';:;ii .nsii' !■ ; .■ .' ',i:ii,J J-";iO','. .Mm,' ■■■ ■■''•■■ r - I , n"i',i,| :.'iA.i:' [w \.:\', M ■'■' - 858. STORER (THOMAS). The Life and Death of Thomas '"Wolsey Cardinall, divided ihto thtee parts,' His Aspiring, ^Triumph,, and, Death. Small,, ito, old re.d. , iporocco gilt, gilt '-edges, by Hayday. , ■•, i i , '"" 1 I At London: Printed by Thoihas 'Oaiwson, 1599 .,,i,.^,, , , This, very rareyolume ■Viras,,ptie of t}j^, jpirmcjipal sources of ■' ' ' 'Shaiespeare's "Henry •VlII.*' ■ " ' 192 , ,,,859,, STOW (JOHN), The Annq,les of England, faithfully collected out of the most authenticall Authors, Records and other Monuments of;the Antiquitie, from the first inhabitation untill this present yeare 1592. Woodcut title, black letter. Small ito, old calf (rebacked) . London : Ralfe Newbery, 1592 This edition, was unquestionably used by Shakespeare. See Boswell-Stone's "Shakespeare's Ilolinghed, " aiid the eatajogue of Capell 's Collection of Shakespe'areana at Cambridge. 860. STOWE (JOHN). The Annales of England, faith- fully collected out of the most authenticall Authors, Records and other Monuments pf Antiquitie, lately collected, en- creased, and continued, from the first inhabitation u^til this present yeere 1601. . Black Letter. Title within woodcut hotder. Small 4to, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. Imprinted at London by Rafe Newberry, 1601 Capell 's ' ' Catalogue of Shakesperiana, ' ' No. 331. 861. STOW (JOHN). The Annales of England, Faith- fully, collected out of the inost autentieall Authors, Records and other Monuments of Antiquitie, lately collected, since encreased and continued from the fi:rst habitation untill this present yeare, 1605. Woodcut title, black letter. Thick 4to, original calf (rebacked). At London by George Bishop [1605] James I's copy, with his arms on the binding. In his notes .on "The Merry Wives . of Windsor" (New Shakspere Society, 18,77-79), Dr. J'urnivall refers to Stowe's Annales, ed. 1605, 'p. 1277. See, too, the long note by Malone in Steevens's ■ lie," vol. Ill, p. 128. ■ 86a.; STOW (JOHN). The Annales, or Generall Chronicle of England, begun first by maister lohn Stow, and after him continued ... by E,dmond Howes. Fine engraved title. Folio, fuH mottled calf, gilt tooled back and borders, gilt edges, by Riviere. , Lpndirii .- Impensis Thomae Adams, 1615 First Edition. .Contains a Shakespeare allusion where the , ; author mentioi^s a list of ,f' Our moderne, and present excellent Poets , which worthely florish m; their onms. . worjces," if-c, in- , eluding , Shakespeare. ' '863: STOW (JOHN). Annales, or Generall Chronicle of Etigland.' Engraved title. Folio, full russia, gilt, gilt edges. Londini: Impensis Richardi Meighen, 1631 Printed in Black Letter. At page 828 is a highly interest- ,.,,|| , ing acciount of Frederick, Duke of , Wurtenberg (the " Cosen Garinombles " and ." Duke dp Jarmanie" of "The JVI^rry Wives of Windsbr.'') This edition is referred to 'by Douce in his ' ' Illiistrations ' ' of "The Tempest"; "The Two Gentlemen of Verona"; ,r: "King Henry IV.," rParti I.; "King Henry VIII.," and "Antony and Cleopatra. " A'ti6t>tioil'is''repfitited'iu Capell's " School of ' ^liakespeare. " 193 864. STOW (JOHN). The Abridgement of the English Chronicle .... augmented with very many memorable An- tiq-aities . ■. 4 '. with matters forreine and domestickll unto' the Begibaing of "the 'present year 1618; ByE. H. Gentleinan: BiiiiGK"AND RoMAJsr Lettee. 8vo, ' original vellum (corners stained). ' ' ; '' ■■ Imprinted at London : Por the Company of Stationers, 1618 ' ' An aocbunt of the murder of Arden of Faversham is found ■ '' at page 252 of this work. ■"' 'Sidney Lee in his Life of Shakespeare refers to the play of "Arden of Feversham" which is assigned by some to the pen of Shakespeare. ' ' The play is founded upon a sordid murder I ' ' >of"a husband by a wife which took place at Faversham in ;.., i.lSSJy"' saysMr. Lee. . '■ '■ V:: ■ ,. ) : I , ;: i - ; ', ' ■ ' ■ , ' 'i i". .,!<' i; 865. STOW (JOHN). A Survay of London, description^ &c.'of that Citie, also an apologie or defence against the opinion of "somis concerning the greatnesse thereof, and an Appendix Jjy W, JFitzstephen. Black Letter. Small 4to,' full old spj'inbled calf, carmine edges (a few corners mended). '- . • • [London] : Imprinted by J. Wolfe, *1599 There is a obpy of this rare edition Amongst Ckpeil's coUec- ■■',', 'tion of Shiakespeateaha. An exhaustive and invaluable record of ElizabethEin London. ' ' )■ THere^is'a brief reference to the theatres, bull-baiting, etc. 866. STOW (JOHN). A Survey of L6ndon, conteyning thq Orjginall, Ajitiquity, Increase, Moderne Estate, and- de- seripticin'cif 'that City, written in the yeare 1598 . . .increased, with diyei's tare notes of Antiquity, and published in the 3^%r.e' i'603. Also an Apologie (or, defence) against the dpui^^n'.'of gome' men, Concerning that Citie, the greatnepse theVeof. "With an Appendix, &c. Black Letter. Small 4io, fitil sprinkled calf ,,^lt, edges. London: Imprinted by lohn Windet, 1603 : i:i- Fine eopy, with the leaf of Errata. ■ - /867v- STOW (JOHN:).. Svrvay of London, Containing, The Ori^naU; Antiquities Encrease, and more Modern Estate i. of the. 3ayd Famous Citie. . ... Continued to 1617. Printer's device' on title, -cmd woodcut initial frcxm, "The Donee r^f Death." Small 4to, original calf . .,,. i/ ■ ii' r;'.i i ..: ■11,', I 'London: Printed by George Purslowe, 1618 T-his edition- was corrected and enlarged by Anthony Mun- day. Douce, in his "Illustrations" of "Measure for Meas- ,..ii. ,, ure,", r^ro duces: this initiai letter, and refers, to it at length. \i'.i:\i>ir<'^ ?^9 refers to this work in his " Illustj'ations " of ','Kang .';',^ ^Henrjr IV," Part I. .Douee's notes on the "Ancient English ^■' " ' Mdrti^ Dariee" and '^Macbeth" are also interesting in, connec- tion with this author and his work.- ' ' ■ . .■■;- • . :. -.' ;';;■! - .Dreike ("Shakespeare and, hiS; Times 'J), makes numberless .. ,.., . quotations froHi.thi^ edition of Stowe, : ' ' * ; " ' 194- fi -l^-/n ^^^^F^- ^"^-^^y of London, now c^^ finished by the study and labour ot A. M(unday) .id-Hl U(5rson). Nimiermiscoats-of-arms, (&c. Thick .foZio^ half calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. ' > ,i ■*,. • : i : , London : Printed by Elizabeth Evrslotv,. .1633 Hunter in his "New Illustrations of Shakespeare,"' gives an extract from this edition concerning the Lucys. At page 449 IS an account of the " Beare-CJarden. " .The .present eopv , lia,s the rare leaf preceding title,,, having Coat of .Arms. ■ 869. STOW (JOHN). Part of Stowe's Survey oi, London, with many Additions by A. Munday, etc. Contemporarv Manuscript of Extracts from the Edition of 1633. Folio half morocco, macut. .;, ,. ./[cilrea.1633] !.., . At the end of the Stowe ■ portion of this, mainiscript. will-be .,. . found a lemarkably «arly and most curious account of.Shafee- ..speare. ' ; ", This important volume was formerly in tii6 poss^s^ion 'of tti famous antiquary William Herbert, who notes on the fly-lek'f:' .,. "This Mmiuscript appears for the most part to be a Tr.am,- ■ script, hy some indefatigable contemporary ivriter, from the 1st Folio Bditign of Stowe's Swrvey printed 16^3; but besides totally altering, the arrangement and malcing many additions, there are. varkms original pieces; together with the; substance of some scarce tracts relating to London, particularly Tiie Fatal Vespers at Black Friars, Narrative of the EeheUion of Wat :i. Tyler and JacTc Strmi}," ete.; <' >■;''•,.' ;);-(;.■ ■870;.STqW (JOHN). A Survey of the bitie^ ofLo^^'pn ai;^ Westminster : Corrected, Improved & very mucji ^i^laVspii by. John Strype. Engrcwed portrait of Stow avd .nflmero't(s engrdped folding and fulLpage maps and plates. , 2 vols., ,f otio^; ol^c^lf (re-hinged). ' Lond'on^^iy^^jt]' This is the only edition of Stow which contains . an accQunt of the Falstaff monument in St. Helen's Church. 'The'"]ji'fe • " ■ ' of' Stow," by Strype, is frequently cited by Steevens. Con- tains also, "An Appendix of Certain Tracts, Discourses, and Other Eemarks, Concerning the State of the City of London." • .:871. STEAPAROLA. Les Faceeieuses Nvictz dvSeygriifevr lean Francois Straparole, nouvellement traduictes d 'ItiaKeB' eu Frangois par lean LOuveau (Le Second Livre par Pierre de^ la Rivey): 2 vols. 16mo, half old red morocco (lower' line'- ©1 title, with date of vol. 1) torn away). ' ■ '• " ■ t ;'! " ■ : Paris : V. Norment et Abel L 'Ajigelier, 1577 ;, ; . . jAn early French translation of considerabl© rarity. 872. STRAP AROLA. Le Notti. Neli eqvali si contengono, l€f Fauole, con i Ibro Enimini da dieci.doime, & da' duci giouani raccontate. Printer's device on titles. 2 vol?., small, 8 vo, orig- inal vellum (name on titles). : , . ; In Vinegia : appresso Francesco Loreiizini da Turino, 1560 Douce considers that Shakespeare found pai't' 'of''the plot of "Taming of the Shrew" in Straparola's "Piacevoli Notte. " It also contains the foundation story of "The Merry Wives 195 ' of/Windsbr,'' and'was tianslated atid re^iriiitea In' "'iThe' first >'. i '' • Sketch /of I Shakespeare 'S.ociety,M; 1860. It: 'is Wsa reprimtedin , ..; Hazlitti'p ;"Shakesp;eare,'s, Li'b.raryi.V';! - / , Jl /;s ■;;, ■ . A portiofli is reprinted in Oipell's "School, of Shakespeare." ■; ', ,'■ ' , Capell's "Cafalogiiej of ghakesperiana; ' ' l^o. 159;. ' V ' ' '" ' 873. SfRAPAROLA. Le Tredeci Piacevolissime Notti, divise in due libri. , Title mthin'woodout ih'order'y and numer- ous woodcut sin the text ■ Small :4to, original ,vellum. '; In Venetia :' Pressoi Alessandro de' Veeehi, 1599 This edition is valuable for ^ its illustrations, which are not found in th'e earlier editions. " ' ' ' ' '''' 874. STEATFORD JUBILEE. Judith; a Sacred Drama : As performed in the. Church of Sti-atford .uponi Avon, on oecasion of the Jubilee held there, September i6, ,1769, in Honour of the Memory of Shakespeare, the "Wol'ds by Mr. Bickerstaff. 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. , , , ; : ,,;,,:- .Lpndon : Printed, f oi; Iff., qfrifila [ J769] 875. STtJBBES (PHILIP). A TKui' and Plains Declaka- TiON of the horrible Treasons practised by William Parry the Traitor against the Queenes Majestie^i his arraignment, con- viction ^ and' execution, &c;, imprinted at London by C. B. 1584-5---A TfeuE AND StTMMABiE RepoSte of the declaration of some part of the Earl of Northumberland's Treasons delivered publiquelie in the GOurt at the Starre-chamber by i the Lord Cihauncelibur, &c.,: with the ihahrl'er 6f his most wicked and violent murder Qopimitteii upon hinaself -v^^th his pwne hand in the Towre of. London, 20 June, 1585, in aedibijl^ C Barker ; iil' I vol. Small 4to, full spirinkled calf; gilt edges'. [1585] '* , . ' ; Two ixcESsivELT rabS, TBicTS — ^From the library of Isaac Reed -tvith'his autdgraph and date, 1789, on fly_-16af — He has also transcribed the titles. Inserted is a'rarfe br'badside "The LAST WORDS OP WlLLlAM Paert a lawyer who suffered for endeavouring to depose, the Queen's Highness." The Earl of Northumtei'laiid 's Treii4ohs 'were'(Says '"Wtarbiirtomj ineiitioned '■'•'■ ''by .Shakespeal-e in ■>!'iMidsunijner, Night's' Ttieaxal' [" And jier- _;■ .()■ t4v>' sta/r^i'shQfit ma^ly /?: meut of an, imperfect Copy of Verses :of Mr. Wil Shakespears, ' ' .Qu page ,29, are from Shakespeare's "Luerece," which was first published in 1594. They , djfEer, , however, from the lines as given m that edition and reprinted in " England *s Parnassus, " , , ,, ,, 16Q0, .Suckling was a great admirer of Shakespeare ,$n4 refers , , ^to him m several places. ' ' ■ ■ •' '/;; '.: , Etef erenc'es ire ma'de to this work in " Shakespeiire 's CentuVie ■ "' ' of Prayse"; "Fresh Allusions to Shakespere, ' ' , etO; ■ Halli- ■■/. ,■ WellrPhillipps only possessed an imperfect copy., ,,, , ,, . j ■'., ' ,'■ , ' ' '■ ' '' ■^■'>'''i''J 878. SllCKLiNG (SIR JOHN)! The Last Remains. Being- a Full-iCbllection of- all hisi Poems and. Letters , which ,h«,ve been so long tepejcted,' and; 'never till now published; .With The Licence and Approba,tion of his Noble and Dearest, Friends. F4ne'portrait en^g'raved by Marshall.,, 8vo; original , calf ;.,,,, t-jiv ' = -I , London : 'Humphrey .Moseley, il65|9 ''' ' ' 'I -FlftST 'Edition. Extremely 'rare,' there being U'O copyi iu.Jthe I'i". I ,, Hoe or Huth < collections and no, nlien,tion made pf ,it in, l^ildip- Mii ; f ■! .the.ca, AnglOTPoetica, in Lowndes nor in Hazlitt. Has separate ., , titles to "Letters to Several Persons of Honor,''' 1659:' ani ' '*'Th'^ Sad One,*" 1659. Earl Gb'wer '5 copy, with his signWUre '' ' ■■ on title; 'his- bookplate inserted, and 'his arms on" froiit iftovar. ,' ■■; Suck-Hag's 'admiration, for Shakespeare has ,been frequently ;,; , .noted, and .in xnany instances, as in the present, "The Sad .,;il .,|| '(Jlnp,,',' he uses fpr his characters names taken direct from ..li", .,i,,S'hak^speare's plays. , , ' , , 879. ,SWAN (J.). Speculum Mundi, or a Glasse represent- ing the' Face of the World, showing, both that it did Begin, and must also End, the Manner how, and Time when, being largely examined, wheretinto is joyned an Hex^tneron, or a Swous, discourse of ,t];ie causes, continuance, and qujilitieg of ., things, in ^pature, Qccasioned as niattfsr pert^ne.ij.t to th,^ ,wf»,f k ,,4one .in t;he , Si^, IDayes oi the W^rld.'s Oreatioji.^ Prontigpiecf hfy-..Mars,t{iJ\l. Small, 4to, ,.full,rao^tJed. calf ^, gilt &d,s^^,'^\xs' .Riyiere, ,.•,,; ,i, ,,.,■•, i;' London ;■ Printed Iby Roger iDahi'elj 16^3 VEBY;BAja;.,,, A, .splendid copy, -yrith.-the genui^ie blank ieaf ,,|ii-i(l „ ,,,,in front.',' i';/,-: , ;: .:,, ;,,;,, \ ■ I: IV. .ir,: -On page 2,93 is foundi,a quotation from "Borneo and Juliet" ,,,, ^T-an important : quotation — Sf^A. it sho-^s,. in soipe lines a dif- , 1;. )., ferent reading to. any. .exjtaiit copy of , th^ play. .,, , .,,. Douce also refers to' Swan , in, big ", iflustratipps " of "The ,, , ... Tempest", I an,d ',';M:uoh Adq About |l Small 4tb, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Btiviere. , ; i i • London : Printed by S. Roycroft for Robert Clavell, 1686 Cited by, HayiTPell-Phillipps in reference to the: ante-marriage ' ' connection between Shakespeare ' and Anne Hathaway, (' ' Qut- lin-^s of the Life of ' Shakespeare, ' * Vol. II., page 357).' 881. SYDNEY (SIR PHILIP).- The Countesse of Ptoi- broke's Arcadia, now the' fourth time published, with some new additions. Title within w-oddbkt border. Folio, pld mot- tled calf, carmine edges. ' , ' , ., London : Imprinted by H. L., for Mathew Lownes, 1618 Mr. Hazlitt, in..' hisif Shakespeare's Libraryy'l' reprints a portion of the ' ' Arcadia ' ' as the source of the plot of ' ' King Lear," and the Clarendon editors .cite this edition of 1598 ' ' "' as the one used by Shakespeare. It ii also cited by Hunter in J his 'fNew Illustratiods " of "King Lear.'' DoUoe, in" his ."Illuatrajtions'? of "Twelfth Night", and,"LOve's Labour's Lost, ' ' emphasizes the frequent use made by Shakespeare , of Sydney,^, ,,^ .,;,.,,. i .:-..i ■ i ,.. i.,. • -■; - ■ '/ .,1 882. SYLVAIN (ALEXANDRE). Epitomes de Cent His- toires' Tragicques;' Partie Eitraittes 'des Aetes 'des Rordkins & autres, de I'invention de lAuteur, ayec q'les demandes, accu- sations & diffences Siur la matiere d'ieelles. Ensemble quelques poemes. Small Svp, crushed crimson levant morocco, gilt on marbled edges, by Duru. Paris: Nicolas Bonsons, 1581 ' BEA"tf!lftPtrL Copt. This excessively tare' Volume' feontains the orii9«>io!.bf I the' ^famous story of the Jew arid his' poundof flesh, whic has been immortalized by Shakespeare in ' ' The Mer- , , chant, , of Venice.," i Iti .was ti\a,nglated. tajw' .Engliphy in 155,6 uHdel: thfe titfe' of "The Orator,',' arid this.'.translatioii, is ire- ,, qUently 'referred to by the tarioufe editors' of Shiakes]peare. The ',1, ' pfT^enfc: and ! original edition , of' fifteen i years earlieT Se§tti9 to'i' -, , , fiavpijel.uded all, : previous reseaj-ches. .Ii^sprt^d is ,Ajf Ayro-' ', "" ' GRApp; Lejtter of J. Pa,yue^CoUier,, opverii;g,3,,pp.] ^toj|.^skii^g.. i f or '" information respecting' any -visit paid by" Shaiespfeiare either to Italj- or 'to 'ftriy bther part of the -Continent?" Col- li i . lier states, that he is ' ^ erigaged' on an ' edition of ' Shakespeare 's , ,' .,., Works ^whichi, will lb© preceded by a new ' LitCei'of.tther'' Poet, " , 'ji.^.j.ljhereiSoxe^any freshi'tidingS'wiilbe ivery valuable-, &ei.''i"il 883." SYLVESTER' (JO'SHUA)l''DTi Bartd^': His .Divine Weekes, and Workes with A Compleate Collection of all the other most dplightW Worke^, Trapslateji ,311^, writteij,feyry£ famoiis' ' Phildmiifeus, 'Jo^ah' Sylv4s,1iel^. '' 'Engraved title ' ty Elkrdbie. Fdltelfik'tl iiii'ttJed'Mf,"gilt ed^eS, by te^p.', ' : ^^1 Londdjii-'I»riaitipd1)y'Humphray Lw^ ' Tne 'Editor or '" Shakespeare *s^(Jenturie of Prayse '', remarks, 'feoaoeriiiwg 'Blett! 'Jlo,il^Oii'S''faiW(itis vferses'A'^ljBttiea; to' the first / •'m folio ■Shyke8^«iare,;iit*?fch e^iiniiittifeS: "ifojisbh, ' not ijripxooflbiy f^olf^^ ^}i^e Qotig.gff^ ,,i?f J^}^ 1^0 lines 198 .. from the verses appended to the portrait of m Booths w 8yl- vesper, s^ed. of 16gl, a work, to which : J onson himself had eon- I,,,,,,, ti^bv,te^ %n q. commendatory po,em " "Hamlef"'"'' '" '''*^* ^^ Douce' in his '''Illustrations'' pf, 884 SYMBON (GABRIELLO). La Vita et Metamorfoseo JJUvidio, Pigurato & abbreviate in forma d'Epigrammi. Numerous woodcut designs, some very curious, with fine wood- cut borders. Small 4to, original calf. ' Lione : Giovanni di Tornes, 1584 -;,,,,; I , ,r)adipated to Bianede Poitiers.. Green ("Shakespeare and fi^^C^^^ Writers") quotes from this ■ volume in, illustration ?r,r- ?,■ . ° Gentlemen of Verona," "Eoikeo and Juliet'' "King Eichard II.," "King Henry VI., '"Part III, &e., &c., : ^. He reproduces one of the illustrations. ' 885. TASSO (BERNARDO). L'Amadigi del' S. Bernardo Tasgo., A I'mvittissimo^e Catolieo Re Filippo. Large wood- cwt portrait of the Author, woodcut initials. Folio, full old vellum. In Vinegia: Appresso Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, 1560 .:lii Singer -remarks : 1 "The following very remarkable passage ._ ,. °^.tl?e 'j^ma(iigi' of , Bernardo, Tasso, which ,b,e^rs, a striking i-esemblance to the words of "Macbeth," was first pointed o^t ' ' " ■ in Weber's edn. of Ford: ' - . '^'''''' '" ''' 'Ma 'cTiil' quote con erlie, od argornenti ''''■ '■'•'■■' '1 ■ Gwwirr Vinfermitai deliintelletto-?' - ' , , ' ' . Cant. x^OT., Bt. 37. -i ,,, '.'Th§|,,'nullis, medioabilis herbis' of . Ovid of course sug- gested ,|t.^', :The present copy has tie- leaf of Errata. 886. TASSO '(TORQUATO), Dalle Rime, et, Prose. Del Signpr Torquato Tassp. Titles within woodcut iorder$, with the, Dolphin and Anchor in oval at the bottom, woodcut- head- pieces. 2 vols, small 12mo, full crimsori' levant iaoroceb, gilt baets, gilt edges, with arms in gilt on sides, by Hardy-Mennil. , ' , ,,, ,,,,,, ,; ,, ;„ In Venetia : Presso Aldo, 1583 ,,jij- A HANiBSOMB! CopT.f Mr... Sidney Lee remarks: "Tasso, in , , i'Scelta delie Rime, ' has a sonnet (beginning 'Vinca'fortuna homai,'- se 'sotto il peso') which adumbrates Shakespeare's Sonnets xxix. ('When in Disgrace with fortune and men's .i^ij,, i(^y6?i'-)i an4 Ixvi. ■ (^ Tired wit|i: all these, ^or reptful , death; I ,_ cry')'-'''/' .,',', -.' " ' , ' ■ 8^7.''tj^T:^ .'(NAliTJM).' The History.of King Lear/ aiite-l, at *tne Queen's'^ ;']!"Hea|;re. Revi,sed, ,with A^1;erations. Small, 4tOr,£ull'm6ttle4 calf, gi'ft edges,, by felviei^e. , j^!^';. '^'V'^FijEi^rEljmpNv , This play wa? very popular ,a^i,d; raji, through ' several' editicins', supersedfflg, tli^ gep,ujne, ,play.,^ettoi1losn acted Lear, and, Mrs, Barry, Cordelia. See Knight, in his chanter on "King Lear '*"■('''' Studies of Shakspere," 1849, p. 344,)., Consult ■ ta^, Df Purtl6s3'fr edition of »'Kin^ Lear," pages" 467-477. 199 888. TATE (NAHUM). The Ingratitude of a Common- wealth, or the Fall of Caius Martins Coriolaniis, as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed by T. M., for Joseph Hindmarsh, 1682 First Edition. This play is founded on Shakespeare's " Coriolanus, " and was chosen by the author, as he acknowl- edges, on account of the resemblance between the busy faction of his own time and that of Coriolanus. 889. TAYLOR (JEREMY). A Dissuasive froin Popery. The First Part, 1668. The Second Part of the Dissuasive from Popery in Adndication of the First Part, and further Reproof and Conviction of the Roman Errors. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed by E. Tyler, 1668 Consult Dr. Furness's edition of "Hamlet," Vol. I., page 348. 890. TAYLOIi (JOHN). AIL the Workes of John Taylor -tbe Water Poet, being 63 in number, Collected into one Vol- ume, by the Aiithor, with sundry new Additions, Corrected, Reuised, and newly Imprinted, 1630. Engraved title ty Cockson containing portrait of the author. Folio, fine old red .morocco, gilt back, gilt border on sides, gilt edgeis', with Maj. Pearson's crest on back. London: Printed by J. B., for lames Boler, 1630 Contains a reference to Shakespeare in ,' ' The Praise of Hempseed," p. 72. There are other allusions to Sir John Fal- stafE, "Midsummer Night's Dream," and "The Tempest." , , See Ingleby 's and Furnivall 's ' ' Shakespeare Prayse. ' ' Fine copy in a handsome old binding. Has the William Curtis bookplatfe. 89L TERENCE. Terentii omnes Angliese faetae priraum- que hac nova forma nunc editae. (Translated by Richard Bernard.) • Small 4to, full vellum, carmine edges. Londini : Officina Johannis Legatt, 1614 Quotations from this volume illustrating " Cymbeline, " "All's "Well that Ends WeU,'? *' Antony and CTeopatra," "The Merchant of Venice," "King Eichard 111.,'^ '"^he , Taming , of the Shrew, "," Troilus and Ci-essida, "'" Corio- lanus," "Much Ado About Nothing," " Titus A'ndronicus, " "The 'Two Gentlemen of Verona," "The Merry 'TOives of Windsor," "The Tempest," "King Henry VI.," Part I., "A. Midsummer Night's Dream,',;, aiid ot];i,er, d| .^hakespeare's plays, are given in the ' ' Transactions of jthe iTew Shakspere , Society, " 1 1875-76,. |1877-79, ,,,,,; ' .,,,.','',•'/''"' , Malone , tho]igit that Sh^kespeaie was, jrejlj ^^cguainted with > this translation. • •• ■.,''' See Malone's Notes on,f'The Merry Wives of "VVlndsor." 200 892. THAUMASSIBRE (GASPARD). Assises et Bons Usages du'Royaum^de Jerusalem, Bnseinble les Coutumes de Beauvoisis,' et Eiutte AncienneS' Coutuiaes. Les tout tir4(des Manuscrits; ' Avee des Notes & Observations, & un glossaire. pour rintelligenee des Termes de nos anciens Autheurs. Folio, contemporary calf. Paris, 1690 Cited by Douee in Ms "Illustrations" of "Kinff Henry ! ' VI.," Part II., ,,. 893. THOMAS (WILLIAM). Principal Rules of the Italian Grammar, with a Dictionarie for the better under- standing of iBoccace, Pethrarcha, and Dante. Title within wopBcut horder. Small 4to, old calf (rubbed), gilt edges, by Pratt. Londini : In aedibus H. Wykes, 1567 , ; , , , Black Letter. Cited by Dyce in his edition of ' ' Romeo and Juliet." Consult, too, Drake's "Shakespeare and his Times," vol. i., page 57. 894 TH 'OVERTHROW OF STAGE.PLAYES (The). By the way of controversie betwixt D. Gager and D. Rai- noldes, wherein all the reasons that can be made for them are .notably refuted ; Wherein is manifestly proved, that it is not onply unlawfuU to bee an Actor, but a'beholder of such vanities. Whereunto are added also and annexed in th' end certeine latine Letters betwixt the sayed Maister Rainoldes and p. Gentiles, Reader of the Civill Law in Oxford, concern- ing the same matter. Small 4to, old vellum. Middleburgh, 1600 Surreptitiously printed at Middleburgh, in Holland, by Rob- ert SehOders. Shakespeare 's two theatres, the ' ' Theatre ' ' and "Curtain," are both referred to by Rainoldes (or Reynolds). ' ' " A fine copy in. the original Dutch vellum. ,.; 895. THRBSOR des Recreations, Contenahts Histoires Facetieuses et Honnettes, &e. Le tout tire de divers Auteurs trop fameux. 12mo, full brown levant morocco, gilt over marbled edges, by Trautz-Bauzonnet. ' ." A Dovay: De rifhprimerie de Baltazar Bellere, 1600 Cite'd' by Douee in his "lUnstfatiOns" of "The Merch^t of Venice. ' ' It coUtaius the Bond.Story. A handsome bindUife, witlii a royal chiffre toojed on ba^k and sides. 896. TORRIANO (GIOj). The Italian Tutor, or a New and most' Compleat Italian Grammar, containiiig above others a most compendious way to leaphe; thd Verbs, and rules of .Syntax, &o.,i Small 4to, half sprinkled calf , gilt edges. i : London : Printed by Tho. Paine, 1640 '" " ,; ''■ Torri^iio is 'frequeritly 'cited by Halone in his notes on Shake- ' ■ ' sbeare'S Itfllian ;play's.' ■ • ■ ■ ' ._ ■ , :^ Bound in at the end is "A Display 6f Monasyllable [sic J Particles of the Italian Toigiie by -way of Alphabet," by the same author. , , " ■' 201 .1 697i:TURBERVILLE (GEORGE). The Book of Faleomrie or Hawking, now newly revised, corrected and augmented. liPirmted m Mlaok Letter. Illustrated with woodoutsahd large woodcut on title. Small 4to, full old brown straight-grain morocco, gilt edges, by Liewisi /c h'Mnf'f'-T nolaioi) '<.[i(ipr,,K=oK -.a London: Printed by Thomas Purfoot, 1611 Choice copy from Joseph Haslewood's library, Extba-illus- j,i,j. ,|,,|,,;^^i5a)iby .the iij^ertion of; ^X; plates, ;c/3nsi|ti|ig ;a;6 allustiTiations J, 1. ,Bj^.i'., Barlow; colored figures of _ Falcons i^iid Eggs by Lewiji; taoai oii!la,n.^ engravings by Howi'tt. Contains' three lea-^es of Epistle '^o'M.n\! ".'.'Dedicatory from the Mrst Edition, not issued with the present '/■.■iVMi\ h\, edition. i .r'. ■ ''i'i<-)> , \.\vi\i- ir.',l iuy ■»,jroj\ft«ft"UVy illj'i lit'- Certain of the fine old .engravings were Us^d ^jfeWj.^aJJi'well- ,,.-.f ' ' Phillipps to illustrate Shakespeare's "Much Ado ,:Sbout- Noth- '.'l-'i ing." With the Haslewood bookplate. '^j^^^ "" 89'8. tT.UBKEE'Cf3""fB[IER0NTM0US).T De .Peregrina- tione Agro'Neapolitano Libri II, &c. Medallion portrait on title. 8vo, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd. ■^'s»iM\ J \ . ■ ''^ , Argentorati, 1574 ... J i,-. Yme eopy. Turler is quoted by Shakespeare. .incitir:-:! , ■■ OLi ;■/') • -^ ,-, . ^!l 899. TUSSER (T.). l^Pive Hundred i Points of good Hus- bandry. As well for the Champion or open Cotllitry, as also for the Woodland or Sevprall, mixed in! '^VerV I'hiciheth with Huswifery. Printed within wd^cp,t borlder. ,^^mal\ 4to, full polished calf, gilt edges, by Riviere (some corners repaired, j^and fore-edge notes cut into).T .ff'ic TJIAlf ' H I .OOU l;.-;i.d'Mi.i ■ ■,! Imprinted at London, by Richard Tottell, 1&73 M.ii iiij ,, An EXCESSIVELY UARE EDITION. Cited by Dr. EurnSss in his oiml /.o'fii^^^^ of,/,'T^®, ^™*?'''^ Tale" and, "As You Like It[.'; ■ 'also by 'Wrigiit mW notes qn '.'The ^Tempest.''* ,, , ■__ , '''SuiU'ku6^'i^e'hn'Mikt'farm&'^'y^cl}ywHich 'Tusker Kds de- !-'f;i)f i scribed with wonderful spirit, even to the minutest detail, and 'iilli" f;" such were the. operations, of .husbandry ■ that the hoy Shake- speare would have\heheM'WMh''mAenest amidgi,,Mg,tnative oorii- fields and pastures." — Charles Knight, William Shakespeare, a ?inni^'i P'°^''^R^^-,r iii(CM,niA .(.tllTOi PJJi'/M-V ...n't'! ^'"900. TYRBLL (ANTHONY).*"" A Pruitfdir Sei^On iPi-eacbfeld 'lU tJhrists Church the 13 of Julie, Anno 1589. BtiS^CK'ti'rt^R.'' 12mo; full sprinkl^^.cWf, gilt ed^es, to ,..',; i,:I,iK,ji[; ,u .At,Ijpndon:;i'rintp'(J'iby,3;ohBL r"V^iiidet [1589] t.. ,_|.ji)u.') This vej-y rare little volumeois cited ! by Malonc ,'and Steevens. •nan;l ; Apparently unknown to LoH!nde».,j) i: j-- .f.nm.a )Ii. ! ; ' 1 . u .■; vii'.l '..tKoJ a' ■H.ri.rduJ a'avoil" ",.V • 90L UBALDINO '(PBTRUO(M^>>?te^Wfcfe'"a'eIle Donne ||lustti. del Reefid;f,'tk:^Jiilt^^i^^^^^^^ & di "quelle, che .a^altlM paesi ne t'due detti Siegai,f^ii,(>|j^|ato mari- tate. &c. Small 4to, velLmm. .J->n'j|)'i),i ^o, Payne GolEer^B ''ainals .l.^)il .tot .16'fltorjgltafi." I""',': ;-l ■,(T'-^M':,(;,r' .,;. "glUiVnOB U'TF) ; ,802 ^02. UNFOETUNATE CONCUBINES (The). The His- tory of Eair Rosamond, Mistress to Henry II, and J^ne 'Shore, Concubine to Edward IV. Very curiaiis woodcuts. Sihall 12mo, full vellum. London: Printed by W. 0. for A. Bettesworth, 1708 Illustrates Shak^spealB 's reference to ' ' Fair Eosamond. ' ' 9Q3. UNIVERSAL HARMONY; or, t^e Gentleman and Ladies' Social Companion, consisting of, the best and most favourite- English and Scots Songs, Cantatas/ etc. Engraved throughout on 130 plates, with numerous vignette head-pieces md' engraved frontispiece, plate, and titU-page. 4to, full mottled calf, by Riviere. / 1746 Fine and perfect copy. Perfect copies are exceedingly rare. , , .Conta-^ns the well-knovyn Shakespearean , song, ' ' Come, thou , Monarch of the Vine" .("Antony and, Cleopatra''). . 904. URQUHART (SIR THOMAS): Epigrams, Divine and M6ra;ll.' Engraved frontispiece of the author, hy Glover. Small 4to, full red levant morocco, gilt edges, by P. Bedford. iH ( ' , London : Printed for William Leake, 1646 Fine copy of this very rare work, with the portrait which is usually wanting, and with the final leaf, ", The Printers to the Ileader. " The Capell copy at Cambridge, in the Shakespearean ' ' ' ' collection there lacks this portrait. ' ' 905. URQUHART (SIR THOMAS)'. The Discovery of a most exquisite Jew^l, more precious then Diamonds inchased in Gold, found in the kennel of Worcester streets, the day after the Fight, and six before the Autumnal Equinox, Anno ,|,6^4a- > .?-^fl^°'> ,niQttled calf , (Isigt jine of title evit off). ',,.!,. ,\[:,-: ,\, •.,'■:, , .,■ . ■ , : ' ■' LoU'don [1652] •;>. ' ,' Rare. ' For a long account of this w6rk, see Bonce's "Illus- 1-. "trations" of "Love's Labour's Lost." > • 906. V^NIUS (OTHO). Amorum Embleinata Figuris ,y*ten^is Incisa, .&|C. /Numerous' wo&idguts. iQblong: 4tGi<,rhalf (#f.'',"^,,,/. I ,i MiV,:,-,- Antuerpife, 1608 Tl^is, aecorc^iug i1;p . ^^een ("Shakespeare and th,e Emblem Writers, "pages 179, 490, '^91/ &c., &c.) is one of the ' emlilem ''■'■''' ' bo^S known' ■ to 'Shakespfeare.'H^' eiteS it in illustration of r .•i;- L',/(Th« iiMerchant; of' Venice,''' 'i^OoriolamuS)" ''The Comedy of Errors," "A Midsummer ■ Night ?B jfDream,'.'u/i^iKing Henry v.," "Love's Labour's Lost," "King Henry VI," Part III., ,,,,,,.' ."■'Troillis/ and; CreseidS,"! ,1''HanUet," V Macbeth," "(King , . . Henry IV,,,". p^r,tL, ".Antony, ;WAS^opatra,"|,'/ Eymeo and ' " ■"^'"j'uliet,''* '"^uljus Caspar," &e., &c. He reproduces, one , of the ,nuv. ■"iiitln^itMionk^-''' ''"' ' '' ' '"'■ ' ""■ ;''"■ " ' ■''- -'"''•^OTJ VAlJBRiUS' (ADRIAN)'.- Neder-landtsche Gedenck- -€i-aiaek. Korteliok' o-penbarehde A% vwomaemste'^^eschieden- "iks'fen"Vaii'''d^ petfolihien NfederiBiidsiihe . ProvintiSi, 't sedert "'&en aenvaiig der'tnla'ii'dsehe beroerieii " en4^ troj^lale;!!, tot den '303 Jare 1625' ,., ,','.' ,,' De, cjiedekelis ('meest alle '^mlen zijndej" gestelt op Musycknoten, ende elek op een versQ^eyden 'V'ois, beneffens de Tablatuer vande Luyt ende Cyther. i AUes dienende tot stichtelijck vermoeck ende luringhe, van alien Lief-hebbers des. Vaderlants. Fine copper-plate engravings. Oblong 4tp, full mottled calf, gilt tooled bact and borders, gilt edges, by Lloyd. Tot Haerlem, 1626 Certain of these plates were used by Halliwell-Phillipps to illustrate Shakespeare's "King Henry the Fifth.'' 908. VANBEUGH (SIE JOHN). The Relapse; or, Virtue in Danger ; Being the Sequel of the Fool in Fashion. A Comedy. Acted at the Theatre-Eoyal in Drury-Lane. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed for S. B., 1698 Cited by Blaekstone in his notes on ' ' Eomeo and Juliet. ' ' 909. VAN METEREN (E.). Historie der Nederlandseher ende haerder Na-bur.en Oorlogen ende gesehiedenif fen, &c. Emigraved title, with .portrait . of Author by W. Delff,. , a^ numerous other portraits (lower portion of map damaged). Thick folio, half old calf,, In s'GrayenrHaghe, 1614 The author was Dutch Consul for England 1^83-1612. An account of the volume will be found in "Shakspere's Eng- land" (New Shakspere Society, 1877). The portion of it ; which deals- with Engl,and in the reigns of, Elizabeth , .and I , James I. has been reprinted by Mr. Eye in his Shakespearean volujne, "England ks seen' by Foreigners ' in' the Days of Ellza;-' ' '■ ' beth ahd James I." '■ i ■ ' >^! i; ; ,i 910. VASARI (GIORGIO). Le Vite de' Piu Ecscelleriti Pittori, Scultori fit Architettori, di nuovo dal medesimo riviste et ampliate,Gon I'aggiunta deUe Vite de' viue & de' morti dall' anno 1550, infino al 1567.' Titles within woodcut borders, numerous portraits. 3 vols, folio, half calf. Fiorenza, 1568 "Edition rare' et trSs recberch.ee." — Brunei. Elze. (Essays on Shakespeare) devotes several jiages to SJiakespeare 'si'nd(S6t- e^wess to Vasari. .In ";The Wiuterfs TaJe't Shakespeare^ speaks , , of J,uliO| Eoni,ano with ^enthusiastic praise. Now his knowledge of Eomauo could only 'have been obtained from Vasari— and,' tnbrebVer,' Vasari in the original Italian — for his famous Lives of the Painters was ndt translated into English,! tiU 1850, and into French till 1803. ; , ,,,,,. 911. VECELLIO (CESARE). De gli Habiti Antichi et Modern! di diversi Parti del Mohdo. Very- numerous am,d beautiful engra/pirigspf cQstume from .dfs^gns by Titi,an. Syo, full mottled calf. In y efletia : Prpsso Damjan Zenaro, ' 1$90 ,1 . , , , First. Edition, . Fine and quite pebi^ct copies sucfl as THE 'present are OP ' fel! HIGHEST ' RARITY. It iS citfid' tjy '' Douce in 'his "'Illtistrations'" of "'King' Henry IT.," Part i. He 'rbp*Oduces one ' Of ■ the illustratiohs and 'adds,''' <'To convey -" ■ , 'to the 'reader a COiilplete idea Of a sword-ahd-buCkler man of Shakespe4i*e 's' tiriie, tAe fblfewing- print of a young English- in'aii'y exhibited.' It is tdkeh from the- collection' of 'dresses de- 204 , , signed by Titian, and said to have been engraved on wood by his brother Cesar Veoelli, the editor oif which remarks that the English youths then made great use of the sword and buckler. ' ' Knight reproduces one of the illustrations in his edition of "Othello." 912. VBNNER (DR. TOBIAS). Via Recta ad Vitam Longam; with Treatises on the Baths of Bathe, and on To- bacco. 4to, half calf. London : R. Bishop for H.Hood, 1637 Consult Donee's notes on "Measure for Measure" and ' ' King Henry IV., ' ' Part I., and Malone on ' ' King Lear. ' ' 913. VERONA ILLUSTRATA. Riddotta in compendio principalmente per uso de Forestieri. Numerous folding illus- trations. 2 vols. 8vo, contemporary red morocco, gilt tooled, gilt edges. ^ Verona, 1771 The best history of Verona. Beautiful copy. Contains valuable illustrations of "Eomeo and Juliet" and "The Two Gentlemen of Verona." 914. VBRSTEGAN (R.). A Restitution of Decayed In- telligence in Antiquities. Copperplate engravings. Small 4to, old calf. Printed at Antwerp by Robert Bruney, 1605 First Edition. There is a Shakespeare allusion on p. 294. Cited by Douce' and Isaac Eeed in their Notes on "The Win- ter's Tale." 915. VERSTEGAN (R.). Restitution of Decayed Intelli- gence in Antiquities, concerning the Most Noble and Re- nowned English Nation. Engraving on title and numerous engravings in the text. Small 8vo, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. ' ' London: Printed for Samuel Meame, and others, 1673 'Knight, in his notes on ' ' The Merchant of Venice, ' ' gives a long extract from this edition of Verstegan. 916. VESALIUS (ANDREAE). De Hilmani Corporia Fabrica Libri septem. Portrait of the author, frontispiece and numerous fine woodcut initials and illustrations. Folio, half vellum, edgeg gilt (a few margins, stained and printer's surname erased) . Basil: Joannem [Oporiutis,] 1555 Fine copy of this beautifully printed work. Douce, in his "Illustrations" of "King Eichard III," calls attention to this volume, referring to "the fine frontispiece by Coriolano," whereon, a: monkey, is depicted .performing a necessary service ,, to, tjie headi of; the jester,' 917. VIGNY (ALFRED DE, Translator of Shakespeare's '''Othello'^ and the ' celebrated author of "Cinq Mats '"').' 3 Holograph Letters in, French Signed, 10 pages, 8vo. 1839-1843 ; To Macready- (the , actor). ' Very interesting letters on the , ghakespeaiea* Drama, &o., mentioning ','I^ing Lear," "Mae- bethy" .',',' Julius C»sar." ]\$afiready , , a«1;eid , m^ny .of Shake- speare's ehai^actej-s. Among his gjr69.t partpi were those of Macbeth, King Lear, Shyloek, Coriolanus, aiid Brutus. 205 ,91§.i VINCEil^T (AUGUSTINE)r.AiBiseoverieof Efrours in, the 'first Edition .of the Catalogue of NobUityi, Published by (liaphe, Brooke, York Herald 1619'i . ; . .With a Continuance of the Successions, from,il619y untill this present yeare 1622. At the end whereof, is annexed a Review of a later Edition, by. Jiijij^ Sfipjjne into the, World 1|621. Numerous .ooats of a/rms, in color. Small folio, old calf , rebacked; i " ' "'' London: Printed by William laggard, 1622 FjRSi: . Editiqn. AlsO: (£ronj the, press ,of Jfiggard. It eon- ' ■ ' ' tains tiotli a remarkable 'Viiidication of his workmanship and a virulent attack on Brooke. ' ,,,'l ,, .;^, ,,The present copy has ^ the rare unpaged leaves, ' and' '^'11 the ppats of Arms are in eolqr. Several pages o,f typewritten no^s ' are laid' in. Jaggard-Brooke Controversy. 1919. VINCIOLO (FREDERIC DB).. Les Singuliers et Nouveaux Portraicts et OikvrageSde Lingerie; i&ervans de patrons a faire tdutes sortes de Poihcti^," Couppe, Laeis et autres. Two parts. Two titles within woodcut borders, cmd 108 fine plMtes of 'Lace -and N^6dleWork designs. Small 4to, full greein levant morocco, gilt edges, byJB,;:eti9,1alt;, (one title and several leaves in facsimile). Paris, Jean le Clerc le Jeune, 1589 I " ,.' ! A VOL^JMB. OP EXOB^siVE RAjRiTT.' / The', earliest edition known to Pouee was 1;hat , pf ■ 1588, :Cited by him -in rhis < ' IlluBtra- ' ', , , tions" of -f' Twelfth Night." , ;,,,, >, , , : 920. VIRGIL. The xiii. Btfotes of Aeneidos. ''i'rarislatk into English Verse by Thomas Phaer . . . and Thomas Twyne. Printed in Black Letter. Title within woodcut border. Small 4to, old panelled ealf. "' Imprinted at London, by William How, for Abraham „Ye|ale, 158i •■■ , •/, Si.n,, U'lM'/ '' '" Rare. Douce, .Keightley,rMaJiQne, and oit^ej;, editors, of Shake- " ' spea're' Consider that he was frequently indebted, to this volume. !"''M. * li ' Consult, too, 'his notes of ''The Tempeat"^;' Hazlitt's'ilotfes 111 •' on" King Henry IVj, " .Eait III., and Hunter 's 'on ''Hamlfet.." , , 1 1 . 1 1 ^ , , ' . Capell 's Catal(Qgu^ oi, ^hakesperian,^, iNo., |349.( , . ,. j i , .'<..,■•', ■ ' ;-: lln: ■!; , ,92;, YpjjTr4?;RE,,(M., DE),, Xa^v^ Bcrites. de Londres sur les Anglo-is" et Auirps Sujets. 8yo, origina,], calf. . Ba^le, 1734 ' FiRs!r JllDiTioNr Skaiespeare allusion. ,;,,.,i ,, Contains an early notice (written in 1726) of Shakespeare. Voltaire considers "Hamlet" to be Shakespeare's masterpiece, , .,, and.giyeSia long quotfttiqn from ^t. |T "'r'fT ''-',' -'■■n ''■'''''■ ' " Cotisult the' VerV 'ipt^resting'.keeount given' % ' Ti/t.. Jusserand H'"i;' in' fcift-'> ' Shaiii'sp'eatfe feMFrahfee^ '■'■''-.'■ I '''.Iv-iU^' nirr iilit ',•!■.:'! -■'■u;\i\m->, A I'll; '.Ui !;Uii.'m', J'l'li'' I'flli t^''l.'. ,, ,i!922.i VOS ('JAN)f..nABaiiqedl'I!'itilS!of Wraaken Weei^Wraak: Trear^pel tiaaii Ihn Vofet 1 ' iDemi rnksAett Druek,' op '!rii0ij(s ujverzien 'len! verltetirtl. yffiiballiii'tb,: ifirillii^ilottled calf, gilt edges,' -¥y Riviere..; 1 1 - 1 ; 111 ,t>Aei3(isteld8imtti,ByiAbirabam daiVVees, 1660 r ( i liWriahi abcoutkt'ofi*li!s Butch versi^l'Of '^'<^itU6''Ahdronicus" consult Cohn's "Shakespeare ia,'<®ertiiaAf^'^ i' iiJ ;206 'u: 923. VULSON, SIEUR DB LA OOLOMBIEHE. ' Le Vray - Theatre DfHqmiehiret de Chevalerie on le Mi]»oir Heroiqiie , dfi la Noblesse. Engraved iitle, portrait of th& Author, and numero^is illustrwii&ns. '2 volsl folio, boards, moroeco backs. A Paris: Chez Avgvstih GdVrbe, 1648 First EMrtON. Cited by Doiice in liis "lUustrations" of "King Henry! VI., "part II. ' •''• ' '924. WADSWORTH (JAMES). The „ English Spanish Pilgrims, or, A New Discovery of Spanish Popery, and JesuitiGall Stratagems, With the estate of the English Pen- tioners and Fugitives under the King of Spaines Dominions, and else where at this present. Also laying open the new Order ,pf, the Jesuitrices and preaching Nunnes. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. , \ Printed , at London by T. Cotes and R. C, for Mich. . ^parke, 1630 , , In Hunter 's ' ' New Illustrations ' ' of the ' ' Merry Wives 'of Windsqr, ", there is a reference to this wprk, and to , certain ' ' ■ ' ' ' cuStbiiiS mentioned therein. , 925. WAKE (ISAAC). Rex Platonicus : Sive, de Potentis- simi ' Principis Jacobi Britanniarum Regis, ad IliusJ;rissimam Academiam Oxoniensem, adventu, Aug. 27. Anno M.DC.V. 12mo, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd. , '■■'./,. , Oxonige: Exeudebat Leonardvs LichfieW; 1635 ^\'\J^fiis, worh, contains cm account of a play on the subject of Macbeth and Banguo." — Halliwell-Phillipps. . ,. , i_l 926. WALKER (WILLIAM). A Treatise of English Par- ticles, Shewing Much of the Variety pf their Signification and ]isesin English: And how to- render them into. Latine accord- ing: toi the Propriety and Blegailcy of ^ that Language. With a Praxis upon' the same. Engra'Ved title. 8Vb, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd. • ilia .-ni^^Kj tlpndon': Printed by T. N. for Robert Pawlet, 16T[9 S-y . ! •■'I'-' -Cited' by iCateWpil-Piiiliipps in Ms edition oi "As "You Like It." Fine, edfiy. '"■• ''''" i''";"''^'' ,^ , ■.>'if.'jn;,o".j., ■-- -.-I ' II- - J ■" - I ' - "'"'■ i-.i-jiH'l-;Ji,J;ill ■ ■ ' >■ '■•'' I " ' 927. WALKER. The Holy Lif^ of Mrs. Elizaheth Walker, ' lalle'Wife of A.W., D.l)., Rector of Fyfield ja Essex. G-iving a modest and short Account of her Exemplary Piety and )Cb«Fity'. '-f- with SPWeiusefull Papers And E^tersi^^^M by'her iiQft severa-l Oocasi(D-nsj< ! 8vo,. full .mottled calf, giltl ed^espliy ,Riyiei?6. . 1U15 , hi;- .'i -London : Printed by Jl > Leake, 1690 Uaai HSs'^'tmd'r (BiawiONi A CcinLulti - 'Hu^at^r 's' "-Nfew IIlustrati'6ilS"'bf .,„„;„' J,,.'/ TJh.si'^Mliespeai-es/"; -and ,Ha;iliweft?B-r"Illnatfations of the Life of ShakeapeaSBe.':' 1. >,,.-i;if-if?.'* " "Ho) iU'i-K;..-- I-S07 928. WALKINGTON (THOS.). The Optick Glasse of Huni^tirs, or the touchstone of a golden tempetatttre,'.'. . Wherfein'the fourecOmplections Sanguine," Cholericke, Phlegi- maticke, Melancholieke, are succinctly painteid forth, &c. En- graijed'iitle and frbntispiece. Small 8v6, polished calf. :-;.,! , ,, J . - Oxford [about 1607] Very RakB; ' Has 'tie' genuine Mtok leaf at the end. Refer to Dr. Farmer's "Essay on the Learning of Shak- speare. " It contains the well-known story from Scaliger of one Who could "not endure 'the' playing on tie bsigpipe alliid^d to by Shakespeare' in, ?'. The. Merchant, of Venice;" '.There was a copy in , Halliwell's Sale Catalogue, May, 1856. 929. WALLER (SIR WILLIAM)! ' The Tragical: History of Jetzer: or, A Faithful Narratiye of the Feigned Visions, Counterfeit Revelations, and False Miracles of the D.qminican Fathers of the Convent of Berne in SwitzMand : tb Propagate their Superstitions, Collected from the Records of the said City, &c. Translated from his French Copy by an Impartial Pen,, with an Epistle, wherein are some soft and gentle Reflec- tions upon the Lying Dyihg Speeches of the Jesuites' lately Executed at Tyburn. Folio, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed, for l^athajriael, Ponder, 1679 FiEST E,DiTioisr. The earliest edition mentioned by Lowndes is that of 1680. Oited by Douce in his "Illustrations" of "Twelfth Night." ,, 930. WALSINGH'AM:' (THOMAS). .Historia , : Brevis Thomae Walsingham, ab Edwardo primo, ad Henricum quin- tum. Title withm woodcut border, and woodcut portraits of the Kings of England. Londini : Excusam apud Henricum Binneman, 1574 , , Referred to by Hjinter in his "Ne-sf, lUustra-tions" of ■ '"King iJichard IL"' ' Consult, too, Lanfebaine's ("English Dramatic iPOets"). "Notes Oil "King 'Heiiry IV., "f "King , I i. 'Johii,",and, ''iKingnRichardll.V -981. iWANLEY (NATHANIEL)., i The Wonders ' of the Little, "Wprl4;, or a General History qf M^n, in ^ix Books. Folio, panelled calf, carmine edges. . ,, , ,,, ; London : Printed for T. Basset, 1678 First Edition. Contains the story of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. , Cited by Ppucajn his, "IHustrations" of ' "'Mfeksili-e' for Measure!," also 'by pangbaiiie • in his no"tefe on "The History of Thomas Lord Cromwell." , ■ i ! . ,,i'; 'r 932. WARD (EDWARD). ; The litadon- Spy,. Compleat, in Eighteen Parts.-' Svo, full sprinkled calf , gilt' edges, by Pratt. ' ' r,ii,: Printedi and sold by J>- How, 1709 The "London Spy" throws much light on the life of the ; taYernS:aiQd.pflffee-house;3. ,,PJiaJfesppare„p]).auper,^Pryden, Oow- ley,!and otb^i .old English authqrs ,^16 alluded to, , Lettered on back, "Vol. 1." ■ i : , , ,,- .' ,, 208 933. WAKD (SAMUEL). Woe to Drunkards. Quaint woodcut title. 8vo, full sprinkled calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd, Wallis and Lloyd. » London : Printed by A. Math, for lohn Marriott, 1622 The woodcut was used by Halliwell-Phillipps to illustrata Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew." 934. WARE. The Bed of Ware. An engraving, after R. Clutterbuck, iy E. Blore. Folio, full mottled calf, by Lloyd. 1824 This famous bed is alluded to in "Twelfth Night," Act .3, Scene 2. 935. WARRE. Laws and Ordinances of Warre. Estab- lished for the better conduct of the Army, by his Excellency the Earl of Essex. Small 4to, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Prinred [sic] for John Partridge and John Roth- well, 1643 This copy contains the rare leaf facing the title which bears the arms of the Earl of Essex. Consult Dr. Purness's edition of ' ' Othello, ' ' page 200. 936. WARTON (JOSEPH). Shakespearean Critic. Holo- graph Letter Signed, 1 p. 4to : May 22, 1796. To Cadell. Ask- ing for £150. Warton 's Essay upon Shakespeare's ' ' Tempest" and "Lear ' ' display no little insight. 937. WARWICK. Charles I at Edge-Hill. His Maiesties Peclaration and Manifestation to all his Souldiers de- clared to the Army at Southam, 10 miles this side of Coventry. Small 4to, full sprinkled calf, uncut, by Lloyd. London : Printed for William Gay, 1642 Fine copy. Vert baee. Charles I was marching towards Edge Hill; gives instructions to his Army before that battle. Illustrates Shakespeare 's ' ' Henry IV. ' ' 938. W(ATSON) (WILLIAM). A Decacordon of Ten Quodlibeticall Questions concerning Religion and State: Wherein the Author framing himselfe a Quilibet to every Quodlibet^ decifies an hundred erosse interrogatorie doubts, about the general contention betwixt the Semmarie Priests and Jesuits at this present. 4to, original vellum. . ^^„^ Newly imprinted, 1602 Larffe copy. An account of this rare and Secretly printed ^ '' Volurii'l Will be fouhd ill the '"-Transactions of -the New Shak- spere Society," 1874. 209 939. WBBSaiER (JOHN):. The Devils Law-Case; or; "Wli'en Women goe to Law theDevilis full 'of BusinfeSse,' a' new Trageeomoedy, the true and perfect Copie from the Originall, as it was approvedly well Acted by her Maiesties Servants. Small 4to, full sprinkled calf (headlines cut close)." Printed by A. M. for John Grismand, 1623 First Edition. An interesting copy, witli MS. notes in the i.j, .( margins showing, Webster's plagiarism from ■':' Macbeth" and ',;^ J the "Merchant of Venice."^ j|g(( ((f gijoilJuoi^ 'Id ^J^'fcf-!'!' to >i'f'j7h.. b:u. ■i')hjju.,aijo,j .■iKimyili.'r-' -ivfiaii ot y/oD hifA 940. WBBSTlfE (Jlfej^fy.';' Tlie "i\^hife l^evil, or Jhe^^ra£[;^ ed^ of Paulo Giordano tlrsini, Duke of Brachiaho," with .the, . |' Life, and Death, of Vittoria Corombona, the famous Venetiai^ii,, Curtizan, as it hath bin divers times Acted, ''by the Qtieene s Majesties servants, at the Phoenix in Drury Lane. Small 4to, full brown levant morocco, gilt tooled, gilt edges (a fewj notes shaved). ^^ ' ^'' ' '^ London: I. N. for Hugh Perry, 1631 ,Tffol.. Contains I references to " Hamlet'' and! "Richard III." The original possessor (?) has added a list of the dramatis per- sonse in manuscript; there are also corrections and additions i>,r, f to the text in manikscript; Apparently an early 17th century J. ,^. acting copy. ^),.{• >^,,',j ,iji,i -,.,„«',, k> (jiMlViiJlioiA Yd III!-.) !ti'j;iluiiT iJi't M\UM. .l:U.)i '/lirl. ^''i: i)')t.i;fa -i.'iW'jl 941. Wi^IlVBR .(JOHN),. , .Ancient Funerall Monumenis'^ within the' Unit;edlionft];chie of Great Britaine, Ireland, and the, Islands adjacent, with the dissolved Monasteries therein contained. . As also the death and'Buriall of bertaine of the Bloud RoyaU; the Nobilitie and Gentrie of these Kingdomes entombed |ip forr^ine ^jSIations. . . . Intpripixed)aniJiiiLlT|i^it'"3't^:;\vi artr 'to 942. WHBLER (R'.%:-j^'.\ili^tij^'and Antiquities ot Strat- f ord-upon-Ayoh ; .conilji'i^ffltg, i ft; 13:?scripti,9^^i lOf -th§>i-QQ!H'egiate Church, The Life of Shakespeare, and copies of severait'Doeu- ments relating to him and His Family, with a Biographical 3rd,iji,,,,^- Jtionour or our immortal '.JtJam. , M'ront.i^mece and plates m agnmmt. Byo, full mottled^eall gilt edges, by Lloyd. ^V7a9.1 snivel-' io «tionf;'iferiIir*'gBul , «j° j juH vii.-!,i,. no^f-n ifcT £,,. Ti^iJ^JSC afeS^ta'tB'MsteTjniBift 8itriatifbr(i?tra)0&A"!?^np aaid ex- ismn: (ieedMiglj limipMaia^s'hothiiiotiimncb'Xwjg^ rela- tive to Shakespeare and for its ilhistl'atibkgpBa'iCI a' fd-^/M . 210 at 943 WHITBRBAD (SAML. M. P.) J Letter Signed, i pa^s, 8vo. June 10, 1812. To Mrs., Garrick. ' "In '.the natne of ihe Committee I take the liberty of ad- . ar;esnng yov, to soli&it permission for one or two of their body, to view yowr Statue of Shakespeare, at any time that it may he convenient for you to ,appgint. " ■ ■ 944. WHITHORNE (PETER). Gertaine Wales for the ordering of Souldiours in battelray, a:nd setting of battailes * * * And How to make Saltpeter, Gounpouder and divers sortes of Fireworkes gr Wilde Fire, &c. Interesting cuts, plans of fortifications, and jr^itiotls, . Bi^AqK Letter. iSraall 4to, full' crimson leivarit mprqceo, gilt and blin;d-tqoled on back;; covert, and borders, gilt edges, by L'Qrti!3,|'i;eres. \] .... Ijondoi;: by Thomas .fiast :, flar jhon Wight, 1588 Very scajQp and interesting, wojk on. Military, Science, wMeh has been assumed to form part of Shakespeare's library and to have supplied Min With the' knowledge of military matters displayed in "Henry IV," "Henry V," and "King John." 945. WHITGIFT (JOHN; Bishop of Woreestet 1577-1584, Archbishop of Canterbury 1585-1604). His signature to a letter dated 28 July, 1602. Folio, full mottled! calf, by Riviere. , , , ' - On November 27th, 1582, Whitgift, as Bishop of .Worcester, ' ■ granted a license for Shakespeare 'S marriage. The document is sighed also by Robert Ceeyll, Thonlas'Eg'er- ,, ton, . Lord Buokhurst, , and I others.; , . I 1 : ■ : ni 946. WHITLOCK (RICHARD )V Zootomia ■ ',or, Observa- tion's on the Present Manners of the English, briefly Anatomis- ing 'the Living by the Dead, with an Usefull Detection of the" Moiinttebanks of both Seies, by Richard' WhitlOck,' M.D. late Fellow of All 'Souls Cdlledge in Oxford. Frontispiece, wiiK tM leaf of poetical explanation. 8vo, old c^lf .'(hinges weak). '• ' London: Printed by Tho,; .Roycrof t, 1654 In the index to this curious and very rare book use is made of the titles of two of Shakespeare's plays. The entry reads as . follows !,,". ]\Ian 's speculation jA Cqnjqdy; |of ,Er.ro!ui!S, aijd im- ployments 'Much Ado About !lSrothing.^" This incident is, • remarkable. ■Thei:e''di-e' also slllusioiis to" Bacon, Ben J'onson, • etc.. : ' ■ ' ' I , , . ■ I - . J ' ■- ' ■ i ' 947. 'WiEER'iljS (J.).' 'DcFraefeti^ii^ D^eijioiium, et incanta- tionibus,, &c. ' 'Svo; ^ull v6llum, gil't ; edges, bj^ "liiviere. ' " '■ ';','■' Ba^ireAe; P6r' 'Iqatoem ' Qporinum, ilSpjO , Cite'cf'"i)y Dou^e in ' hi^', "tllustrations'' of "King Henry ' ''' VI.,"'''' Vart"l:y'kiid"in'hib' notes on the "Gesta Romanorum"; ->r. ,.,^sqirbyAH»utelr dn, his motes .oft'*' ^Jwelfth Night,'''i and by M-t^i. BjakeniP'. Shakespeare and hiS-uTimesf ') on 'I'-'Mdsmmmer Night's Dream.?';- •' ■■! I-..1C mu: - •t-''! 21101' 948. WILD (ROBERT). Iter Boreale, with large additions of' several other Poems, beiiig an exa'ct Collection of all hither- to extant. Never before published together. > -Small 8vq, full mottled calf, gilt edges,! by Riviere. : / i ., ; , . ■ Printed for the Booksellers in London, 1668 Fine copy. Vekt Babe. Shakespealre allusion. "Upon some Bottles of SaCh and Claret, laid in scmd and covered with a Sheet. Enter, and see this Tomb (Sirs) do not fear, No Spirits, but of Wine, mil fright you here: Weep o're this Tomb, your Sorrows here may have Wine for their sweet Companions in the grave. A dozen Shahespea/rs here interr'd do lie; Two dozen Johnsons full of FOetry." — Page 63. Consult, too, Halliwell-Phillipps 's edition of ' ' Eomeo and Juliet." 949. WILKINS (J., Bishop of Chester). An ESsay towards a Real Character, and a Philosophical jjanguage. Arms on title, plates, and folding tables. Folio, full mottled calf, gilt edges, by Riviere. London : Printed for Sa : Gellibrand, 1668 , riBST 15DITI0N. A very , fine . copy., Cited by; N^ies. .in' Ma notes on "Macbeth." 950. WILKINS (J., Bishop of Chester). Mathematical Magick: or, the Wonders that may be performed by Mechani- cal Geometry, in two books, concerning Mechanical Powers and Motions. Being one of the most easie, pleasant, useful (and yet most neglected) part of Mathematicks. Portrait and numerous woodcuts. and engravings inth,etext.. Small 8vq, old calf. London: Printed for Edw. Gellibi-and, 1680 Consult Dr. Purness's edition of "Hamlet," Vol. 1, page 166. 951. WILLIS (R.). Mount Taboi^, or Priv&,te Exercises of a Penitent Sinner by R. W. published in the ye4r of his kge 75 anno dom. 1639. Small 8vo, full spHnkled calf, gilt edges. London : Printed by R. B. for P. Stephens, 1639 FmsT EJdition. Has the rare leaf "To my Deere Wife and Children" at the front. An exceedingly curious and interesting little volume in. Prose and Verse, and so excessively rare that the late Mr. J. O. Halliwell-thillipps was able to procure a copy for hi^ Sh'ake- sjieare collection only after years of advertising for' it. At' p. 110 is the well'known chapter "Upon' a State Play .({.The , Cradle of Security') which I saw when I was a ChUd, ". also chapters ','Upon my breeding up at ^oho61e," "Upon a fight 'between two Cocks," etc. Mr. Halliwell-Phillijrps remarks "Some of the 'exercises.' of Willis, wh6'was'boin in the same year with Shakespeare, are. strikingly illustrative of the boy and school life of exactly Shakespeare's own time. ' ' This nar- ,,: rative by Willis is given in eictenso in Halliwell-Phillipps' "Outlines of the Life of Shakespeare,''' vol. 1, pp. 41-43. 212 •952. WILI^UGHBY: (FRANCIS).!' Ornithology;, wherein all the Birds hitherto 'known; are accurately described, trans- lated into English with large additions by John Ray. Illus- trated with seventy-eiffht copperplate engravings. Folio, full old red morocco, gilt edges. London:. Printed by A. C, for John Martin, 1678 Rake. This copy lias the two plates of "Bird Netting" usually wanting. , . J'lt has hem already slwwn that the stalUng bull was equfiUy oqmvwn with the. stalUng horse. It w,ds sometimes used for decoying poirtridges into a timnelling net, or cage of net- ..worhfiin th^ form of a tun, pith doors. The process is de- scribed at Iwrge, with a print, in WiUugKby's 'Ornithology,' i678,''p. 34,- where an account is also givbn of the stalkimg- horse, ox, stag, ^c."— Douce 's "Illustrations" of "Much Ado About Nothing." . , .C/Ougult, too, Mr. Bye's interesting Shakespearean volume "England as seen by Foreigners in the Days Of Elizabeth and '',' James I."* (page' 24&)l' ' ■ , , , , , 953. WILSON (SIR THOMAS). The Arte of Rhetorique, now newlie sette forthe againe. Black Letter. Title within woodcut border. Small 4to, old polished calf, gilt edges. ' . ' ■' ; i Imprinted at London by lohn Kingston, 1562 ' ' ' ' 'Cited by Hunter in his ' 'New Illustrations ' ' of " dthelld," ' "Much.' Ado About ' Nothing,'' "Borneo: and Juliet," and , ;. , ,f,'Ha,mlet. ",,,,, ., , , . . , ^54, }Vil?f STANLB t' ( WitLIAM j . , Bpgland 's Worthies. Select Lives of the most Eminent Persons bf the English Na- tion from Constantine the Great, Down to these Times. 8vo, old panelled calf (rebacked, and lacks the portrait). 1- LondojnjiPrintediby, J. C. an-b''BookeS. -' Woodcut of a Satyr. 12mo, full mottled calf, gilt .edges, 't>yi^i^iere. Ijondon : Printed by Humf rey Lownes, for Francis Burton, 1617, . ..': ■ , .■',■-•■,:• ^ :,.;■, /' ■>■ ro/r ' ^::]i> Eaee. Hunter, in his ''New Illustratiojis'' ,<^.f,'SIucih Adp^ About Nothing" and " Midsummer .Night 's Dream,.',' cites this volume.' ■ ' ;,■,■■ ^ - ■•■ y ., ■,■!.,, , This edition contains "Prinee Seiry 's (^bsequlesj '■'''' "Vioe^S Executioner,, or the Satyr's selfe.. descraptibnttf i'H:im«6M.? '■ These ABE FOUND IN. NO OTHER BDITI()IS[., 958. WITHER (GteORGE). Faire-Virtve," the Mistresse of . Phil 'arete. 12mOj full green i levaUt - mOrocca, ; giZt .'oa?iia- ments on sides, gilt over rededges,, by Riviere (comeir'ofJasfc leaf repaired) . London.: Printed ;fof lohja- ,GaasniandAl632 First EDiiaoir. Eare. * Withei-' Was a coiitBrnpoTary foet'oif , Shakespeare. Ben Jonson roundly abused Wither, and denied his right to be called b^ ppet, VHJl, the McB^ee Ijqqkplate. ..^59. WOOD (ANTSONY). Athena; • OxoniQUsis. An Exact History of all the Writers and Bishops who have had their Education in the most Ancient aild famous University of Oxford, from the Fif tieenth Year of King Henry the 7th Dom. 1500, to the end of, the Year 1690. ,|r^ whichi ar-q .^djie^jjlthe Fasti or Annals, of the said University for, th^.pametim,e.,,, ^ vols, folio^ full contemporary, calf . ., , , Londpn,: Printed for 'Thq.-IBj^Rnet, 1691-2 First Edition. A good copy of this inval'uattle 'work, im- portant both as respects biography and 'bibliographynand should form a pairt of every English • library: ■ HalliWell-PhiUipps 's "Outlines of the Life of Shakespeare" should be consulted for a long, refer.elice to this work. ■ITMrfe.iS: nb' eo^ of: i this edition in the British Museum,, ,.,.,, - ■ ■ i ,.,,, Taming of the Shrew,?' remarks: "To the stories already mentioned in the notes to this play as resembling that of the induction, the following are to be added: — ^1. The sleeper awakened, in the Arabian Nights. This is probably the original of all the rest. 2. A similar incident ) . , , in the story of Xailoun in the Continuation of the Arabian ,!., .'i..,. , 'Nights. 3., In the apophthegms of the Marquess of Worcester. " Conault, too, the New Shakspere Society's edition of "King •■■'■' He'nryV."' (1880:) ,n'rr.i«!>-\ ;■ .:h '. . .1 •■, . : 962. WOTTON (SIR HENRY). Reliquiae Wottonianae, or 'a Collection of Lives, Letters, Poems ; with Characters of Sundry Personages: and other Incomparable Pieces of Lan- guage and,.Ai;t. , Portrcdts of the Author, Earl of Essex, Duke of 'SmioMii^Jiam^'mkd King Charles. 2 vols. 12mo, half old calf. London: Printed by Thomas Maxey, 1651 FiBST Edition. Cited by Boswell in his notes on ' ' Othello. ' ' A manuscript ," Pedigree " of Sir Henry Wotton is inserted. ^963. WOTTON '(SIR HENRY). Reliquiae Wottonianae: OJ?- -ai CoUeotion of Lives, Letters, Poems, &c. of Sundry Per- sdii^es! • -Portra/if of the author mid three others, hy Dolle. 8voi, full' eoutemporary, calf (somewhat stained). .'■'ir. ': . . ■-> ■ ; -London: Printed by T. Roycroft, 1672 ■ "■ ''The Thitd'Editidii, withMrge additions. At page 425 is an account of the burning of the Globe The- atre whilst "King Henry VIII." was being acted. Writing ''■■' 'tai ■ Jilly -2, 1613,' to 'Sir Edmund Bacon, Wotton speaks of the (ifin ■ ;oceasS:oii of tha Are.. . ■ ■ "!,, , .,,.jV, portion is reprinted jn Capell's "School of Shakespeare." Ctapell 's ," Catalogue, of Shakesperiana, " No. 363. ii '■ -'964:" WRIGHT '(THOMASV. The Passions of the Minde in fetenerall "' Small '4toV oi-i^hal calf . London; A- M; for Anne Helme, 1620 ' ''■ ■' Contains ah important account of the costume of Eiehard .; Tarlton,. the Shakespearean actor : " I have seen Tarleton play ;.?,..,! i .the- \Clawne,.<.an(l' use no .other br.eeehes than such sloppes, or ..,,.. ■■■■sUviing.S, as now many . Gentlemen wear/' ^c. •;"965.- WRIOTHBSLEY (HENRY, Earl of Southampton). Brilliant ENGRAVED PORTRAIT by Simon de Pass. 1617. Inlaid to small folio, full mottled calf, by Riviere. ^ Mpp.T BRJI/LiANT, IMPRESSION, of what is believed to be the '' ■■ only' coii'i^MpdRARY' ENGRAVED PORTRAIT of Shakespeare's great '.'' " jiat'ron. 'Not bnly iS it d, p'ottrait of extreme rarity, but it is ,r/ ;. also, a niostadmiratDle piece of engraving. ',v;;i >: In .%\e Syjieg' gale. (100 years ago) an impression sold for '£14.3.6, '■"' ■•' '•'■■ " ' "■" ' , 215.- 966. WYCHERLEY (WILLIAM). The Country- Wife. A Comedy. 4to, mottled calf, gilt, gilt edges, by Riviere. London, 1695 "In this play," says Davies, "is to he found a more genuine representation of the loose manners and dissolute practices of Charles the Second's reign than in any other drama known." Shakespearean allusion in Epilogue, spoken by Mrs. Knep : ' ' Next you Falstaffs of fifty, who beset Your buekram maidenheads, which your friends get: And whilst to them, you of achievements boast. They share the booty, and laugh at your cost. ' ' 967. YARRANTON (ANDREW). England's Improve- ment by Sea and Land. To outdo the Dutch without Fight- ing. To Pay Debts without Money, and to set at work all the poor, &e. Folding plates and maps. Small 4to, old half calf (hinges weak). London: Printed by R. Everingham, 1677 FiKST Edition. Contains a curious account of Stratford-on- Avon. Cited by Hunter in his "New Illustrations" of Shake- speare. This copy has the preliminary leaf of License. 968. YELVERTON (SIR HENRY). The Rights of the People Concerning Impositions Stated in a learned Argument, with A Remonstrance presented to the Kings most excellent Majesty, by the Honourable House of Commons, in the Parlia- ment, An. Dom. 1610. Annoq; Regis Jac. 7. By a late emi- nent Judge of this Nation. 12mo, original calf (title dam- aged, and some margins wormed and covers loose) . London : Wm. Leak, 1658 At the end is a catalogue of "Books Printed or sold by William Leak. Among the "playes" advertised are "The Merchant of Venice ' ' and ' ' Othello. ' ' . 969. YOUNG STUDENT'S LIBRARY (The), containing, Extracts and Abridgments of the Most Valuable Books printed in England, and in the Foreign Journals, from the Year Sixty Five to This Time. To which is Added, A New Essay upon all sorts of Learning, wherein The Use of the Sciences Is Distinctly Treated on. Folio, half calf, gilt edges, by Lloyd, Wallis and Lloyd. London : Printed for John Dunton, 1692 Contains a reference to Shakespeare on pp. xii. and xiii. a: 54 EXTRACT FROM THE WILL OF EDMOND DE GONCOURT [translated] CMy wish is that my Drawings, my Prints, my Curiosities, my Books — in a word, these things of art which have been the joy of my life — shall not be con' signed to the cold tomb of a museum, and subjected to the stupid glance of the careless passer'by ; but I require that they shall all be dispersed under the hammer of the Auctioneer, so that the pleasure which the acquir' ing of each one of them has given me shall be given again, in each case, to some inheritor of my own tastes. SALE OF THE ROBERT HOE LIBRARY PART I. APRIL 24-MAY 5, 191 1 PART II. JANUARY 8-I9, IQia PART III. APRIL 15-16, 1912 PART IV. NOVEMBER 11-22, I912 TOTAL, $997,366.00 471,619.25 200,150.50 262,920.85 $1,932,056.60 SALE OF THE FREDERIC R. HALSEY PRINTS [NOVEMBER 1ST, I916 APRIL 26tH, I917] I. AMERICANA $54,157.50 11. SPORTING PRINTS 39,371.00 i in. FRENCH ENGRAVINGS OF THE XVIII CENTURY 114,531.00 IV. ENGLISH STIPPLE ENGRAVINGS 56,387.50 V. ENGLISH MEZZOTINTS 59,454.00 VI. NINETEENTH CENTURY PRINTS 24,432.00 VII. OLD MASTERS 13,862.00 VIII. NAPOLEON AND FRENCH REVOLUTION 7,900.00 IX. FRENCH EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 7,149.25 TOTAL, $377,244.25 ^ >* :» ^ N ^1 l^ja^^MSBHBHH BS I gW W K ^ ^ Sr : ¥v ^! t*^, ^ ^