z. 7 y<9 ^otuell Wmtt£\% Jifcwtj; THE GIFT OF hzr\^o%1 i£ tfii i3 6561 Cornell University Library Z8124.5 .T78 Browning collections : catalogue of auto olin 3 1924 029 635 673 Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://archive.org/details/cu31924029635673 w Che Browning Collections [EARLIEST PORTRAIT OF ROBERT BROWNING. See No. 208.] CATALOGUE OF AUTOGRAPH LETTERS and MANUSCRIPTS Books and Works of Art FORMERLY THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE R. W. BARRETT BROWNING, Esq. (of Asolo, Veneto, and La Torre all' Antella, near Florence, Italy) INCLUDING MANY RELICS OF HIS PARENTS ROBERT AND ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING also RARE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS from other sources, and CHOICE PLATES FROM TURNER'S LIBER STUDIORUM, offered for sale by James Tregaskis, at his house at the sign of the Caxton Head, 232, High Holborn, London, W.C. Kv , . 8 TREGASKIS LONDON. • • • * r»j.. t. ..... . . fWESTERN ONION ro.n.n.i f«ni»>. » Code* In ni • • . JADAMS CABLE CODEX ao.„. um«* Telephone • • • t .No. 5BI2 CENTRAL. » » » » » rk.™,....!,,™..^ (LONDON COUNTY AND ln H ., M ^Cheque, may be crowed | WESTMINSTER BANK | Br .., k . " Terms : Cash on receipt of Invoice. Orders from this Catalogue amounting to £2 and upwards sent Carriage Free to any Railway Station in the United Kingdom. Cheques may be crossed " London County and Westminster Bank, Bloomsbury Branch," and Post Office Orders made payable at "West Central District Office." f^S" Every item has been collated with care, and is therefore guaranteed perfect, unless the contrary is indicated. i ACCOUNTS. Statements of Accounts in the handwriting of Robert Browning. ^3 3 1848 *...* Among his receipts are three sums of 10 guineas from Thackeray for poems (probably in the Comhill), £4.1 3 4 for two poems in the Independent and /"104 13 for five poems in the same journal. From the Browning collection. 2 ADAM (Alexander) Roman Antiquities; or An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Romans. Enlarged by the Rev. J. R. Major. 8vo, plan of Ancient Rome, inkstains on back of title and 2 leaves of preface, calf, gilt, with autograph inscrip- tion " T. Hughes, May 27th 1838, School House, Rugby, Warwickshire." 21/- 1835 *.' An interesting literary relic of the school days of the creator of ' Tom Brown.' 3 ADDRESS BOOK, in the handwriting of Robert Browning. 52 pp. of the names and addresses of his friends. From the Browning collection. £7 10 , . [1845] '-.,'■ Among the names are E.B.B. and again Miss Barrett, 50 Wimpole St., Ainsworth, Carducci, Carlyle, Dickens, E. Fitzgerald, Helen Faucit, Leigh Hunt, Home, Landor, Mazzini, Harriet Martineau, Patmore and Thackeray. 4 AESOP. Select Fables of Aesop and other Fabulists. In three books. By R. Dodsley. 8vo, old calf, Robert Browning's copy with his signature and the date Jan. 15 '89 on title-page. 6 guineas 1793 5 AGRICULTURE. [Banks (Joseph)] A Short Account of the cause of the Disease in Corn called by Farmers the Blight, the Mildew and the Rust. 4to, with plates, wrappers. 10/6 1805 6 A'KEMPIS. The folovving of Christ, translated out of Latin into Eng- lishe, newely corrected and amended. Whereunto also is added the golden Epistle of Saint Barnarde. (Translated by Richard Whitforde.) 8vo, blSCft lettett woodcut initials, orig. limp vellum, the title in facsimile, otherwise generally a fine and tall copy. 8 guineas John Cawood, 1556 *.,;* First Edition, of the first complete English translation, founded on that made by Dr. Atkinson, and printed in 1502. The Ashburnham copy, also in limp vellum, sold for £1^. 7 A'KEMPIS. Of the Imitation of Jesus Christ, translated from the Latin Original ascribed to Thomas a Kempis ; with an Introduction and Notes by Rev. T. F. Dibdin. 8vo, frontispiece (after Guercino's Salvator Mundi), and india-paper impressions of the other engravings after Old Masters, contemporary purple morocco, extra, flat back, gilt edges. 2 guineas Pickering and Major, 1828 *»* A superb copy of the first edition of this beautifully printed library edition ; ex- cessively rare in this spotless state. The leaf of ' Additional Subscribers ' is present at end. 4 JAMES TREGASKIS, " Caxton Head," 8 A'KEMPIS. Sermons du Venerable Pere Thomas de Kemps (sic) ...Tres profitables a loutes sortes de personnes tendantes a la perfection pour les pieuses doctrines. ..dont ils sont remplis. Mis en francpis par Messire lean de la Kiviere. 24mo, crushed levant morocco, gilt edges. 1 guinea Douay, chez Marc Wyon, 1628 *„* The earliest French version of the sermons. 9 ALBERTUS MAGNUS. DeSecretis Mulierum. Item De Virtutibus Herbarum, Lapidum et Animalium. 24mo, with engraved title-page, old calf. 7/6 Amstelodami, apud J . Ravesteinium, 1665 *„* Also containing Michael Scot's treatise De Secretis Naturae, which^(in its physiog- nomical part) curiously anticipates Lavater. 10 ALDINE PRESS. Aristophanes. ApiaTodvov$ Koip-ui^iai ivvka. Aristophanis Comoediae novem. Folio, Editio Princeps, a fine and large copy in vellum. £3$ Venetiis, apud Aldum, 1498 *.,.* The first printed edition of Aristophanes, edited by Marcus Musurus, with nine plays (the Lysistrata and Thesmophoriazousae appeared for the first time at Florence in 1515) and the scholia, which stand round the text. This volume (Hain *i656) is prefaced by a letter of Aldus on the production of the volumes and one of Marcus Musurus on the study of Greek in general. With regard to the scholia, the superiority of those in the Aldine edition was dwelt on by Bentley in his Dissertation on the Epistles of Phalaris. n ALDINE PRESS. Bude (Guillaume) Libri V. de Asse et partibus eius, post duas Parisienses impressiones ab eodem ipso Budaeo castigati, idque authore Jo. Groliero...cui...a nobis illi dicantur. Large 8vo, ruled in red throughout, old red morocco, with floreate pattern in gold on the sides, gilt edges. £% 10 Venetiis, in aedibus Aldi et An&rm Asulani Soceri, 1522 *...* The most esteemed edition of the work which made Bude famous, and gained him the friendship of More and Erasmus, a general comparison of Roman monetary system with that of other countries. There is a dedicatory epistle from the printers to Jean Grolier. 12 ALDINE PRESS. Plato [Opera] "A-iravra ra rov HXdrbvos. Omnia Platonis Opera. In 2 vols., folio, Editio Princeps, Aldine anchor on blank leaf at beginning, and on verso of last leaf at end, fine tall copy in calf. 32 guineas Venetiis, in atdib. Aldi et Andrtae soceri mense Septembri MDXIII (15 13) *, c * The first printed edition of the Greek text of Plato, brought out by Aldus with the help of Marcus Musurus. The latter prefixed a long poem in Greek elegiacs eulogizing Plato, and incidentally Leo X, the patron of the work ; the verses are said to have gained him a bishopric. There is also an address to that Pope by Aldus. 13 ALDINE PRESS. Serie dell' Edizioni Aldine per Ordine cronologico ed alfabetico. Terza editione con emendazioni e giunte. Svo, wrappers, uncut. 15/- Firense, presso G. Moltnt, 1S03 *.* With the current price attached to each item. 14 ALLEN (William) Killing, no Murder: with some additions briefly discourst in three questions fit for publick view ; to deter and prevent Single Persons and Councils from usurping Supream Power. Sm. 4to (corners defective), unbound, Robert Browning's copy, wrapped in brown paper, upon which is written in the poet's autograph " This copy was lent to Carlyle for his Cromwell, R. B." From the Browning collection. 12 guineas 1659 232, High Holborn, London, W.C. 5 15 ALMANAC. Goldsmith. An Almanack for the Year of our Lord God, 1734. Calculated by John Goldsmith. Narrow i8mo (4J by i\ ins.), printed in red and black, with woodcuts ; contemporary English binding of red morocco, both sides with floral design consisting of intertwined roses, thistles, and tulips richly gold-tooled within diamond-shaped compartments ; original pin mode of fastening on fore-edge, with four silver fittings and silver pin com- plete, gilt edges. 8 guineas 1734 ::; .,. :;: In exceptionally choice state, having all the blanks inserted for memoranda, and the leaves of specially prepared skin ; also expanding pocket inside both covers, and original end papers in gold and colours. 16 ALMANACS for the year 1784, including Moore's, Poor Robin's, Season's, White's, Tycho Wing's, and the Gentleman's and Lady's Diary. 8vo, old crimson morocco, gilt. 1 guinea 1784 17 ALMANAC. An Ecclesiastical Calendar from July to December, with a perpetual calendar at bottom. Manuscript on parchment, taken from the back of an old book, From the William Harcourt Hooper collection. 30/- 18 ALMANAC. A new perpetuall Almanack most readily shewing the day of the month, new moon, Key day, Leap year, Golden number, Epact, the Age of the Moon, Sun's riseing and setting, to finde Easter, and all the Feasts fixed and moveable, Law Terms, moons Southing and high water for ever. Engraved on a single sheet, 8 in. by 8f. 25/- " ' 1690 *,* An elaborately engraved sheet of a type which did not lend itself readily to preserva- tion. AMERICA AND AMERICANA. 19 BURGOYNE. A State of the Expedition from Canada as laid before the House of Commons, by Lieut. -Gen. Burgoyne, and verified by evidence ; with a Collection of Authentic Documents, and an Addition of Many Circum- stances which were prevented from appearing before the House by the Prorogation of Parliament. Written and collected by himself, and dedicated to the Officers of the Army he commanded. 4to, First Edition, 7 folding maps, old sprinkled sheep. £5 10 1780 *...* This volume is the personal vindication of the many charges against its author. He proves his army was half the size he had demanded, and badly provided. 20 BURGOYNE. A State of the Expedition from Canada. ..8vo, Second Edition, folding maps and plans, half calf. £2 15 1780 21 BURKE (Edmund) Letter. ..on the Affairs of America. 1777 — Price (Richard) Additional Observations on the Nature and Value of Civil Liberty, and the War with America. 1777 — [Paine (Thomas)] Common Sense; addressed to the Inhabitants of America. 1776 — Additions to Common Sense. 1776 — Candidus, pseud. Plain Truth addressed to the Inhabitants of America [A reply to Paine's Common Sense]. 1776 — Tucker (Josiah) A Series of Answers to certain popular objections against separating from the Rebellious Colonies. 1776 — Estwick (Samuel) A Letter to Rev. Josiah Tucker in answer to his Humble Address. 1776 — Letter (A) to us, from one of ourselves. 1777. The eight tracts in 1 vol., 8vo, calf. ^6 6 1 776-7 22 COLDEN (Cadwallader) History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada, which are The Barrier between the English and French in that Part of the World... Second Edition. 8vo (title shaved), folding map, old sprinkled sheep. £2 15 1750 * * A most interesting work describing the religion, laws, manners and customs, wars, trade, etc., of the Indians, particularly as regards British interest, There are also accounts of other Indian nations of North America, 6 JAMES TREGASKIS, " Caxton Head," AMERICANA.- Continued 23 CONGRESS. Extracts from the Votes and Proceedings of the American Continental Congress held at Philadelphia on Sep. 5, 1774. Con- taining a List of Grievances... an Address to the People of Great Britain (etc.). 1774 — Journal of the Proceedings of Congress, held at Philadelphia, Sep. 5, 1774... To which is added an authentic Copy of the Petition to the King. 1775 — Journal of the Proceedings of the Congress held at Philadelphia, May 10, 1775. 1776. With other tracts dealing with America, in 1 vol., 8vo, 3 guineas J774" 6 24 CONSIDERATIONS on the Measures carrying on with respect to the British Colonies in North America [1776] —A Further Examination of our present American Measures. By the Author of Considerations on the Measures (etc.). 1776 — A Second Appeal to the Justice and Interests of -the People on the measures respecting America. 1775. 3 vols, in 1, 8vo, calf. £3 3 1775-6 25 [DICKENSON (John)] Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies. 8vo, unbound, with half title. 17/6 /. Almon, 1768 :;: ... :;: The author of these letters was one of the ablest of pamphleteers on the colonists' side. A four-page list of Almon's publications is preserved at the end. 26 ENTICK (John) General History of the Late War; containing its Rise, Progress, and Event, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. 5 vols., 8vo, First Edition, 49 portraits, plans, maps, etc., old calf, gilt, rubbed, Lord Bayham bookplates. £2 12 6 1 763-4 *., c * Deals mainly with the war in America. Amongst the portraits will be found Admiral Byng, Wolfe, Monckton, Keppel, etc. There is a plan of the seige of Quebec, and maps of Minorca and the East Indies. 27 GERALDINUS. Itinerarivm ad Regiones svb ^Eqvinoctiali Plagi constitvtas Alexandri Geraldini Amerini, Episcopi Civitatis S. Dominici Apud Indos Occidentales...Opvs Antiquitates, Ritus, Mores & Religiones Populorem, Ethiopie Africa?, Atlantici Oceani, Indicarumque Regionum complectens. Nunc primo edidit Onvphrivs Geraldinvs de Catenacciis I.V.D. Auctoris Abnepos. Sm. 8vo, First Edition, engraved emblematic title and vignette, old limp vellum. S guineas Roma, Typis Gulielmi Facciotti, 1631 *„,* A very scarce and curious account relating to the discovery of the West Indies, etc., said to have been written about 1524. The author was intimate with Columbus, and ambassador to Henry VIII. 28 INDIAN MELODIES. By Thomas Commuck, a Narragansett Indian. Harmonized by Thomas Hastings. Obi. 8vo, First Edition, the music en- graved throughout, original printed boards. 3 guineas New York, 1845 29 JEFFERSON (Thomas) Notes on the State of Virginia. 8vo, with large folding map of the States of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania, original boards, uncut and unopened, paper label. £5 10 For John Stockdale, 1787 * # * The future President's chief work, published during his term as American minister in Paris, in answer to the queries of a " foreigner of dis- tinction." This is the first English edition. 30 [SEWALL (Jonathan)] Massachusettensis : or a series of Letters, containing a faith-full state of many important and striking facts which laid the foundation of the present troubles in the province of the Massachusetts-Bay. 1776 — The Letters of Gov. Hutchinson and Lieut-Gov. Oliver, &c...and 232, High Holborn, London, W.C. 7 AMERICANA.- Continued. remarks thereon. With the Assembly's Address. 1774 — Price (Richard) observations on the... Justice and Policy of the War with America. 1776 — Remarks on a Pamphlet... entitled observations (etc.). 1776 — [Dickinson (— )] A New Essay (by the Pennsylvanian Farmer on the Constitutional Power of Great Britain over the Colonies in America. 1774 — Tucker (Josiah) An humble address. ..to those... who... are the ablest to judge whether a connection with or a separation from the continental colonies of America be most for the national advantages. 1775. The six pamphlets in 1 vol., 8vo, calf. ^6 1774-6 31 SILK INDUSTRY. The Culture of Silk : or, an Essay on its rational Practice and Improvement. I. On the raising and planting of Mulberry Trees. II. On hatching and rearing the Silk-Worms. III. On obtaining their Silk and Breed. IV. On reeling their Silk Pods. For the Use of the American Colonies. By Rev. Samuel Pullein. 8vo, First Edition, plates by Mynde, including one of a silk-winding machine, old calf. £3 17 6 London, A. Millar, 1758 *£* A rare and little-known work, being the first attempt to establish this industry in the American colonies. The present is the first copy recorded as occuring for sale since 1861. 32 AMERICA [Stephen (James)] War in Disguise; or, the Frauds of the Neutral Flags. 1805 — An Answer to War in Disguise, or Remarks on the new Doctrine of England concerning neutral trade. 1806 — An Examination of the British doctrine which subjects to capture a neutral trade not open in time of peace. 1806 — Randolph (Hon. J.) Speech in the General Congress of America on a motion for the non-importation of British merchandise pending the present disputes between Great Britain and America. With a introduction by the author of " War in Disguise." 1806 — A True Picture of the United States of America, being a brief Statement of the conduct of the Government and People of that country towards Great Britain. 1807. The|five pamphlets in 1 vol., 8vo, half calf (wanting back). £2 12 6 - 1805-7 *,* An interesting collection of pamphlets dealing with the orders in council against the breaches of regulations by neutral traders. 33 AMERICAN VIEWS. Havannah. A complete Set of six large finely coloured Views of Havannah, the capital of Cuba. I. Entrance to the port, with Spanish, French, and American ships standing off the fortress, and many barges on opposite side. II. The place of arms. III. General view of Havannah. IV. Plaza San Francisco. V. Havannah Fountain. VI. The Military Parade. Each 10J by 15I inches. Lithographed by A. St. Aulaire and Jacottet after original drawings on the spot by G. Sawkins. With in- scription and different Dedication on each in Spanish. All in fine state, with ample margins which are not included in above measurements. 8 guineas Paris (for Santiago), circa 1840 *.,/ |: A rare series of views, admirably adapted for decorative purposes. The one of the Military Parade is greatly enlivened by a long stream of fashionable equipages. 34 AMMIANUS MARCELLINUS. The Roman Historie, containing such Acts and occurrents as passed under Constantius, Iulianus, lovianus, Valentinianus, and Valens, Emperours. Now translated into English. Done by Philemon Holland of the Citie of Coventrie, Doctor in Phisicke. Sm. folio, original limp vellum. S guineas Printed by Adam Islip, 1609 * * Fuller designates Holland the "translator generall of his age," and asserts that " these books alone of his turning into English will make a Country Gentleman a competent library." 8 JAMES TREGASKIS, " Caxton Head," 35 [AMORY (T.] The Life of John Buncle Esq. ; containing various observations and reflections made in several Parts of the World. 4 vols., i8mo, old calf. 8/6 1770 36 ANACREON. At rcrv AvaKpeovros £l8ai kcu to. tjJs "Zdwtftovs. I2mo, old sheep, with autograph signature of Robt Browning 1826 on cover, and on the title, in the handwriting of the poet, " My Father's School-book, Rob'. Browning, Nov. 5th, 1866." 5 guineas Glasguae, A. Foulis, 1783 *.,.* " My father was a scholar and knew Greek." He is recorded to have sung his son to sleep with the Odes of Anacr^on. 37 ANECDOTA GRAECA quae ex MSS codicibus nunc primum eruit... L. A. Muratorius. Patavii, 1709 — Tollius (Jacobus) Insignia Itinerarii Italici. Trajects ad Rhenum, 1696. 2 vols, in 1, 4-to, russia, H.S. Boyd's copy, with his signature on fly-leaf and on title of second piece. 35/- 1696- 1709 *.,.* The second piece consists largely of the Carmina Inedita of Gregory Nazianzen, the author whom E. B. Browning records as having been introduced to her by her blind tutor, Boyd. 38 APPIAN. The History of Appian of Alexandria, in two parts. The First consisting of the Punick, Syrian, Parthian. ..Wars. The Second containing five Books of the Civil Wars of Rome. Made English by J[ohn] D[avies]. Folio, old calf. £1 5 Printed for John Amery, 1679 *,* John Davies (1627-93) an eminent Welshman, was born at Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire. He is best known for his translations from the French of best novels of the period, including some from Scarron and Scuderi, as well as translations from the classics. 39 ARCHITECTURE. Vitruvius. Gulielmi Philandri, Castilionii Galli civis ro. in decern Libros M. Vitruvius Pollionis de Architectura annotationes. 8vo, First Edition, woodcuts, old calf rebacked. 21/- Rome, 1544 40 ARISTOPHANES. Ranae. A revised text with English notes and a preface by F. A. Paley, M.A. 8vo, cloth, Robert Browning's copy, with his signature and " Dec. 15, '77" on half-title, and a few notes in his handwriting. £3 10 ' Cambridge, 1877 *%* Browning was extremely interested in the Greek dramatists at this date, the period of Aristophanes' Apology. 41 ARMOUR AND WEAPONS. Der Rittersaal. Eine Geschichte des Rittertums, seines Entstehens und Fortgangs, seiner Gebrauche und Sitten, Artistisch erlautert von F. Martin von Reibisch : historisch belauchtet von Dr. Franz Kottenkamp. Oblong folio, 62 folding and full-page plates, in brilliant colours, of Armour, weapons, and Knights in combat, both mounted and on foot, panelled calf. £% 10 Stuttgart, 1842 *.* A most beautifully illustrated work on the armour, weapons, and other such appurtenances of the age of chivalry. Many of the plates are emblazoned in gold and silver. ARMS. The following items are from the collection of Arms bequeathed to Robert Browning, by his friend Ernest Benzon, and described in " A Forgiveness " 1876. ' ' 42 A DAGGER, with plain ivory grip, doubled edged blade, with strong mid rib, heavy gold floraldesign damascene, the steel with a wood-like grain, described in " A Forgiveness," the blade with its " mazy lines meandering." Velvet sheath, with gold damascened steel ferrule and cap. 18J in long. From the Robert Browning collection. 7 guineas 232, High Holborn, London, W.C. 9 ARMS.— Continued. 1 43 AN INDIAN CHILANUM, with double curved blade, deep flutes ornamenting the upper curve ; the handle, knobbed in middle, and shaped for the hand; in one piece with the blade; 15 in long. From the Browning collection. 21/- 44 SPANISH CLASP KNIFE, leaf shaped blade, the upper half of which has a small ornamentation ; brass handle, the centre inlaid with strips of ebony, the end pieces ornamented in panels, with slightly engraved line. 8 in long. From the Browning collection. 30/- 45 SPANISH CLASP KNIFE, curved blade, brass handle, with two cross-pieces of bone on either side. 9 in long. From the Browning collection. 25/- 46 SPANISH CLASP KNIFE, slightly curved blade, brass handle, with four cross-pieces of mother o' pearl on either side ; 8 in long. From the Browning collection. 21/- 47 ARNOLD (Edwin) The Light of Asia, or The Great Renunciation. Tenth edition. Presentation copy to " Robert Browning from a friend." From the Browning collection. 12/6 1883 48 ARNOLD (Matthew) Culture and Anarchy. An Essay in Political and Social Criticism. 8vo, First Edition, original cloth, with Anold's inscrip- tion on the title-page. To R. B. yoXKta. xpwetW, from the author. From the Browning collection. £\% 1869 *...* The Greek phrase " brass for gold " is of course Arnold's modest trans- position of the Homeric y^pvirf.0. xaA.K£iW. 49 ARNOLD (Matthew) Merope. A Tragedy. Sm. 8vo, First Edition, original cloth, Robert Browning's copy, with his signature on fly-leaf. 12 guineas 1858 50 ARNOLD (Matthew) Merope. A Tragedy. First Edition, 1858— Poems, 1853 — Poems, Second Series, First Edition, 1855 — New Poems, First Edition, 1867, 4 vols., 8vo, original cloth, uncut. 3 guineas 1853-1867 51 ARROW HEADS (Iron) found by Robert Browning in the Ezzelini country (in which Sordello is placed), on his last visit to Asolo in the autumn of 1889. They were found amongst his things on his dressing table after his death in the Palazzo Rezzonico. Mounted on cardboard, with a note. Browning collection. 2 guineas 52 ASOLO. MS. Transcript of Notizie istoriche e Geografiche appartenenti alia Citta di Asolo, 1780, with MS. map of the Asolo country and engraved view, circa 1780, of the city of Asolo. R. Barrett (" Pen") Browning's copy, with his autograph. 21/- ASTROLOGY. 53 THE BLAZING STAR: or, a Discourse of Comets, their Natures and Effects. In a Letter from J, B. to T. C. concerning the late Comet seen on Sunday December the 11, 1664, at Ibbesley in Hampshire. Sm. 4to, wrappers, 37/6 1665 54 CATTAN (G.) La Geomance du Seigneur Christofe de Cattan, Gentilhomme Geneuois. Livrenon moins plaisant and recreatif...avec la Roue de Pythagoras. Le tout mis en lumiere par Gabriel du Preau. Sm. 4to, woodcut title, woodcuts and diagram wrappers. £2 10 Paris, 1567 io JAMES TREGASKIS, " Caxton Head," ASTROLOGY.— ConHmed. 55 CROSSET DE LA HAUMERIE (M.) Les Secretes les plus Caches de la philosophie des Anciens, descouverts et expliqu^s, a la suite d'une Histoire de3 plus curieuses. Sm. 8vo, old mottled sheep. 5/- a Paris, 1762 56 EMERY (Sieur d') Recueil des Secretes et Curiositez rares et nouvelles des plus admirables effets de la Nature. Compose de quantity de beaux Secrets gallans et autres : Comme aussi de quelques-uns qui out este tirez du Cabinet de defunct Monsieur le Marquis de l'Hospital. Ouvrage tres-utile et necessaire a toutes sortes de personnes pour la conservation de Ieur vie. 2 parts in 1 vol., i2mo, engraved title, old calf, one leaf slightly defective. 15/- a Leide, 1684 57 GADBURY (John) The Just and Pious Scorpionist : or the Nativity of that thrice excellent man Sir Matthew Hales, late Lord Chief Justice of England. Sm. 4to, wrappers. 2 guineas : ^77 •„• Published in the year after Sir Matthew Hale's death. The great judge's noted hostility to witches would no doubt increase his worth in the estimation of a rival type of occultist. 58 GATAKER (Thomas) A Discours Apologetical ; wherein Lilies lewd and lowd Lies in his Merlin or Pasquil for the Yeer 1654 are cleerly laid open. ..his shameless slanders fullie refuted and his malicious and murderous mind...evidentlie evinced. Sm. 4to (corners defective), wrappers. 30/- J 654 *„* An attack on Lilly's claims to be a scientific investigator. It charges him with " in- citing to a general massacre of God's ministers." 59 HOLWELL (John) [Catastrophe Mundi, or Europe's many Mutations 1 until the Year 1701.] Sm. 4to wants title, cut close at top, last leaf damaged), unbound. 7/6 ' 1682 60 THE KNOWLEDGE OF THINGS UNKNOWN. Shewing the effects of the Planets and other Astronomical Constellations. With the strange Events that befell Men, Women and Children born under them. Compiled by Godefridus.. .Together with the Husbandman's Practice or Prognostication for ever, as teacheth Albertus, Alkind and Ptolomy. With the Shepherd's Prognostication for the Weather and Pythagoras his Wheel of Fortune. 2 vols, in one, as issued, nmo (date cut from title page, which is mounted), woodcut frontispiece and woodcuts on title-pages, modern calf. 3 guineas For W . Thackeray, 1679 *«* An extremely rare little popular guide that circulated among farmers and other classes of people whose usage of books did not tend to their preservation. It embodies most of the quaint superstitions of the countryside. The rude woodcut frontispiece represents an astrologer making his calculations from the seven planets. 61 LILLY (William) Annus Tenebrosus, or the Dark Year. Or Astrologicall Iudgements upon two Lunar Eclipses, and one admirable Eclipse of the Sun, all visible in England, 1652 Together with a short method how to judge the effects of Eclipses. Sm. 4to, astrological diagrams, wrappers. 25/- For the Company of Stationers, 1652 ' ,* " Strange Apparitions and unusuall sights in the South East parts," " A year full of Embassages," " Italy is fearfull," " Scotland beware a famine " are some oi the conclusions arrived at by Lilly after 56 pages of astrological calculation. The pamphlet concludes with an onslaught on one of his numerous opponents, addressed " To the Citizens of Bristol or as many of them as had the misfortune to hear Ralph Farmer prattle in the Colledge Church." 62 LILLY (William) England's Propheticall Merline, foretelling to all Nations of Europe until 1663 the Actions dependent upon the influence of the Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter, 164$ — Merlinus Anglicus Astrologicus, or, a Mathematical! Discourse of the Effects which may succeed that Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter which was 1643. The two pamphlets in one, sm. 4to (badly cut at top), unbound. 25/- ^44 %* " A troubled and divided court, an afflicted kingdom, a city neere a plague and Ireland falling into discontent " — but it hardly needed the assistance of the stars to foretell this in 1644. 232, High Holborn, London, W.C. n 63 ASTRONOMY. A Briefe Treatise of the use of the Globe Celestiall and Terrestriall, wherein is set down the Principles of the Matheraaticks, fit for all Travellers, Navigators, etc. By R. T. Sm. 4 to (headlines cut), unbound. 8/6 T . Forcetfor Wil : Lugger, 1647 64 AUSTRALIA. Ham's Five Views of the Gold Fields of Mount Alexander and Ballarat in the county of Victoria. Obi. folio, lithographic plates by Thomas Ham after D. Tulloch, original wrappers. £5 " Melbourne, 1852 65 AVISON (Charles) An Essay on Musical Expression. i2tno, First Edition, boards, Robert Browning's copy, with his signature on the fly-leaf. £i 10 ■ ■ - , i7 ^ 2 :;: ... :;; This book always had an interest for Browning. It will be remembered that " Charles Avison of Newcastle, organist," was the subject of one of his Parleyings with Certain People of Importance in their Day. 66 BACON (Francis) The Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall, of Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount St. Alban. Newly Enlarged, Sm. 4to, old limp vellum. $ guineas John Haviland, in the little old Bayly, 1632 67 BACON (Francis) Historia Vitae et Mortis. i6mo, olive morocco, uncut, very scarce in this state. £3 12 6 Amstelodami, apudj. Ravesteinium, 1663 * # * A beautiful copy, measuring 148 mm., of this edition which was published to go with the set of Latin works published by the Elzevirs. 68 BAILEY (Philip James) The Mystic and other poems. 8vo, cloth, presentation copy from the author to Robert Browning, with autograph inscrip- tion. 25/- ' 1855 69 BAKER (David Erskine) Biographica Dramatica, or, a Companion to the Playhouse : containing historical and critical Memoirs of British and Irish Dramatic Writers. ..also an alphabetical account of their works. 2 vols, 8vo, half russia. 12/6 1782 70 BARBOUR (John) The Acts and Life of the Most victorious Con- querour Robert Bruce King of Scotland. Wherein Also are contained the Martiall deeds of the valiant Princes, Edward Bruce, Sir James Dowglas, Earle Thomas Randel, Walter Stewart, and sundry others. Narrow i2mo (title slightly restored), blUCft ICttCC, levant morocco, extra, gilt edges, by Riviere. 6 guineas Edinb., Andrew Anderson, 1670 *»* A very rare edition of this famous epic poem, which celebrates the great deeds of King Robert and the Scottish struggle for independence. It was written about 1475 from the accounts of actual eye-witnesses. 71 BARCLAY (John) Argenis, or, the Loves of Polyarchus & Argenis. Faithfully translated out of Latin into English by Kingsmill Long. Together with a Key prefixed to unlock the whole Story. 410, engraved title page (mended) and portrait of Barclay and 22 plates by L. Gaultier, calf. ^2 5 For Henry Seile, 1636 *,* The second edition of Kingsmill Long's translation of the famous allegory. 72 BARRY (James) An account of a series of Pictures in the Great Room of the Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, at the Adelphi. 8vo, calf, Sir Robert Peel bookplate. 7/6 1783 %* An account, by the artist himself, of one of his greatest achievements. 73 BARTOLI (Daniello) De' Simboli trasportate al Morale. Nuova Edizione. Sm. 8vo, original cloth, Robert Browning's copy, with his signature on the title page. 5 guineas London [circa 1830] *.,.* Bartoli had an interest for Browning and was one of the subjects of his Parleyings. It was on the fly-leaf of a copy of this book, we are told, that Browning first wrote How they brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix, and the fact of the fly-leaf of this copy being torn out seems strong evidence that this was the same one. 12 JAMES TREGASKIS, " Caxton Head," 74 BASKERVILLE PRESS. Gardiner (Capt.) An Account of the Expedition to the West Indies against Martinico, with the reduction of Guadeloupe and other the Leeward Islands, 1759. With four copper plates. Birmingham, John Baskerville for G. Steidel, 1762 — Relation de l'Expedition aux Indes Occidentales [A French translation of the above] . Birmingham, Jean Baskerville pour G. Steidel, 1762. 2 vols in 1, 4to, half straight grained roan. 5 guineas 1762 *»* The only edition printed by Baskerville. Captain Gardiner was an eminent eccentric of the time, and known as " Dick Merryfellow." 75 BASKERVILLE PRESS. Milton (John) Paradise Lost. Paradise Regained. To which is added Samson Agonistes & Poems on Several Occasions. 2 vols., imp. 8vo, mottled calf, gilt. 30/- Birmingham, John Baskerville for J. and R. Tonson, 1760 76 BASKERVILLE PRESS. Paradise Lost. A Poem, in Twelve Books. The author John Milton. From the text of Thomas Newton, D.D. Roy. 8vo, mottled calf. 36/- /. Baskerville for J. &■ R. Tonson, 1758 *,* The first issue of the first Baskerville edition, with the misprint XI. for IX. on pp. 285 and 311. - 77 BATH. The New Bath Guide : or, useful Pocket Companion for all persons residing at or resorting to this Antient City. Sm. 8vo, folding plan, plates of views, and portraits of James King, Richard Tyson, and Richard Nash, orig. paper covers. 10/6 • Bath, 1791 78 BATH & BRISTOL. Venner (Thobias, Doctor of Physick in Bathe) Via Recta ad Vitam Longam. Or, A Treatise wherein the right way and best manner of living for attaining to a long and healthfull life is clearly demonstrated. Whereunto is annexed by the same Author, A very necessary Treatise of the famous Baths of Bathe. With a censure of the Medicinall faculties of the Water of St. Vincents — Rocks neer the City of Bristoll. As also An accurate Treatise concerning Tobacco. Sm. 410 (few passages scored with red pencil), original calf, seventeenth-century autograph of George Browne. 3 guineas 1650 79 BAXTER COLOUR PRINTS. The Pictorial Album : or, Cabinet of Paintings for the Year 1837. Containing 11 designs, executed in Oil Colours, by G. Baxter, from the Original Pictures, with illustrations in Verse and Prose. 410, the famous colour prints in mint state, original morocco, gilt extra, with vari-coloured inlays, gilt edges. 9 guineas 1837 *.v* Very rare in this choice condition. 80 BEACONSFIELD. (Benjamin Disraeli, earl of) Analecta Grajca Evangelica or Chapters selected from the Greek Gospels according to the direction of Dr. Anthony Blackwall, for the use of schools. Sm. 8vo, with the autograph of the Earl of Beaconsfield as a boy, • B. DTsraeli' in pencil on the title-page. Also with the bookplate of Sir Samuel Wilson " From the Earl of Beaconsfield's Library." 25/- For C. Dilly, 1788 *,* The signature is repeated on the back cover, and there is a rough sketch of a soldier, probably also by the future prime minister. 81 BEHN (Aphra) Plays. The Third Edition. 4 vols., i2mo, portrait by Cole, polished calf gilt from the Dogmersfield Library. 5 guineas 1724 82 BELLAMY (George Anne) An apology for the Life of George Anne Bellamy, late of Covent-Garden Theatre. Written by herself.: to which is annexed, Her original Letter to John Calcraft Esq., advertised to be published in October, 1767, but which was then suppressed. 6 vols., 8vo, original half calf. 17/6 17S5 *,* A complete set of this work with the rare extra volume. An entertaining history of the life of an actress during the second half of the eighteenth century. 83 BESANT (Sir Walter) The Ivory Gate. Cr. 8vo, orig. cloth. 15/- 1S93 *»* An autograph letter signed by the author, and dated Dec. 13, 1889, is inserted. 84 BEWICK (Thomas) History of British Birds. 2 vols., First Edition, on royal octavo paper, with numerous wood engravings by Thomas Bewick, original tree calf' £3 I" Newcastle, 1797-1804 232, High Holborn, London, W.C. 13 85 BEWICK (Thomas) A History of British Birds. 2 vols., demy 8vo, original cloth. 30/- Newcastle, 1847 86 BEWICK. Proof portrait of Thomas Bewick. 5^ by 4§, on India paper, by Burnet after Ramsay. 21/- 1817 87 BEZE (Theodore de) Poemata Varia. Omnia ab ipso auctore in unum nunc Corpus collecta et recognita. 8vo (wants E iv.), with numerous emblematic copperplates, Spanish calf, gilt, gilt edges. £2 10 Anno, MDXCVII *,* A collected edition of Beza's poems, comprising his Sylvae, Epitaphs, Elegies, Epigrams, Emblems and the Latin version of his Biblical play, Abraham sacrificans. 88 BEZE (Theodore de) Le Passavant. Epitre de Maitre Benoit Passa- vant a Messire Pierre Lizet, traduit pour la premiere fois du Latin macaronique de Beze par Isidore Liseux. Avec le texte en regard. Sm. 8vo, printed on handmade paper, half roan, uncut, Sir Thos. Brooke bookplate. 8/6 Paris, Liseux, 1875 *»* A masterpiece of literary buffoonery, giving an account of his mission to Geneva, and his conversations with the heretics there. 89 BIBLE. Biblia Sacra sive Testamentum Vetus ab Im. Tremellio et Fr. Junio ex Hebraeo Latine redditum et Testamentum Novum a Theod. Beza e Graeco in Latinum versum. i2mo, engraved title in compartments, contemporary blue morocco, with silver clasps and corner-pieces. 25/- Londini, Typis E. Tyler, 1661 90 BIBLE. Biblia Sacra, sive Testamentum vetus ab Im. Tremellio et Fr. Iunio ex Hebraeo latine redditum et Testamentum novum a Theod. Beza e Graeco in Latinum versum. i2mo, engraved title-page, calf, Robert Browning's copy, with his autograph signature in title-page. From the Browning collection. £$ 10 Londini, 1656 91 BIBLE. The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, newly translated out of the original Greek. 24mo (title page soiled), ruled in red throughout, contemporary black morocco, blind tooled with roses and sprays. 17/6 Oxford, 1604 [1684 ?] 92 BIBLE IN VERSE. The Divine Art of Memory : or, the Sum of the Holy Scriptures delivered in Acrostick Verses... Written originally in Latin by. ..John Shaw, and made English by Simon Wastel. 24010 (part of title in facsimile and some headlines shaved), modern blue calf, gilt edges. 2 guineas For N. Ponder, 1683 ",* " This laborious and useful Encheiridion," says T.B. in his prefatory address to Paul Wentworth, Esq., " was first taught to speak English in the Free School of Northampton," and most of the copies must have been long since worn away by the children for whose benefit the work was done. 93 BIBLIA PAUPERUM. A New Biblia Pauperum / containing XXXVIII. Pictures concerning the Lizf / Parables / Vertues and Seyenges of our Lord and savyour Ihesus Crist. 410, facsimiles of the 36 woodcuts, with the descriptions from the translation of the New Testament by John Wyclif, only 257 copies printed, thick boards covered with stamped pigskin, fittings for clasps. 25/- 1877 *,* Published at the time of the Caxton celebration. The original blocks from which these impressions are taken were published at Nuremburg about 53 years ago. They cannot be recognised as belonging to any printed book, and the artist's mark is unknown. A date is given on two of the engravings, but is doubtless an error of 1440 for 1470. BINDING. 94 THE GREAT IMPORTANCE of a Religious Life consider'd. To which are added some Morning and Evening prayers. Sm. 8vo, old English red morocco, tooled to a cottage roof pattern, with a centrepiece of sprigs and sprays of acorn and oak leaf. 5 guineas 1745 95 JOSHUA AGAINST CALEB ; or, a Collection of several Essays on the Writings, Conduct and Abilities of Caleb D Anvers, Esq., and his extra- ordinary patrons, By Joshua Nun. 8vo, contemporary crimson English morocco, with a double dentelle border. 1 guinea 1733 14 JAMES TREGASKIS, " Caxton Head," BINDING.— Continued. 96 HALL (Joseph) The Remedy of Discontentment : or, a Treatise of Contentation in whatsoever condition. i6mo, old purple morocco, with large lozenge-shaped centre-piece composed of sprays and flowers enclosing the monogram H. I., the whole surrounded by scrolls of leaves, with corner-pieces of the same pattern as the centre-piece, gilt edges. ^5 5 1684 *.,.* A beautiful example of the Samuel Mearne school of binding. 97 NOVUM TESTAMENTUM GR^CUM. Roy. 8vo, Large Paper, fine engraved title (cut out and inlaid), old straight-grained red morocco, by Roger Payne, with contemporary MS. note on fly-leaf, " Large Paper (very scarce) bound by R. Payne £1 13 o J. Thorold." With the Syston Park bookplate. $ guineas Cantabrigiae, apud T. Buck, 1531 98 [POPPLE (W.)] The Lady's Revenge : or, The Rover Reclaim'd. A Comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Covent Garden. 8vo, contemporary crimson English morocco, with a broad and rich dentelle border. ^27 6 1734 99 TENNYSON (Lord) The Holy Grail and other poems. Sm. 8vo, First Edition, brown levant morocco extra, both covers ornamented with an inlaid circular floral design, lettered on sides and back, gilt edges, by De Sauty. 3 guineas 1870 100 BIRDS. Greene (W.T.) Parrots in Captivity ; with notes on several species by the Hon. and Rev. F. G. Dutton. Roy. 8vo, coloured plates, original cloth, uncut. £1 13 1884-87 101 BLACKIE (John Stuart) Life of Robert Burns. Sm. 8vo, original cloth with autograph presentation inscription to Miss Browning " with pleasant memories of De Vere Gardens from Jo. St. Blackie, Edinburgh, June 21, 1889 dkrjdevei.v iv ayairy. 30/- 1888 102 BLAKE. Scott (John) Poetical Works. 8vo, portrait by Hall, and oval plates by Blake, Bartolozzi and Heath, after Stothard, Kauffmann, etc., original calf 27/6 I?32 103 BOCCACCIO (Giovanni) II Decamerone. 5 vols, in 2, Sm. 8vo, vellum, presentation copy from W. S. Landor to Robert Browning, with inscription in the latter's handwriting on fly-leaf. 9 guineas ° n.d. 104 BOCCACCIO (Giovanni) The Novels and Tales of the renouned John Boccaccio. ..containing an hundred curious novels by seven honourable ladies and three noble gentlemen. The fifth edition. Folio, portrait of Boccaccio by R. White, old calf. 30 ' _ 1684 105 BOOK OF HOURS. Heures de Nostre Dame a lusage de Rome au long sans rien requerir. 8vo (soiled, a few leaves mended), QOtbfC letter, long lines, in red and black, 12 full-page woodcuts of New Testament incidents, boards. £5 10 Imprime a Paris : par Francois Givaul't Impremeur ; mi cinq cats cinquanU (1550) ! V C Except for a quatrain in French beneath each of the 12 woodcuts and some prayers at the end, the text is entirely in Latin. The woodcuts are of the Strasburg school. Imprint on title : Imprime a Paris / pour Adam Salnier / en la rue neufue nostre Dame / a la come de cerf M.D.L, 232, High Holborn, London, W.C. 15 BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. 106 BECKFORD LIBRARY. Catalogue of the Beckford Library (the Hamilton Palace Libraries). Sold by auction at Sotheby's 1882-S3 with names of purchasers and the prices realised. 4 parts bound in 3 vols., imp. 8vo, half olive morocco, gilt tops. £17 6 1882-3 107 CRAWFORD. Guide to the Exhibition of Manuscripts, Printed Books, Pictures (etc.) in the Art Gallery and Museum, Schoolhill [Aberdeen] , 8vo, wrappers, original front wrapper preserved, signed by the Earl of Crawford " The Cataloguing of my exhibit is my own work, C." 7/6 Aberdeen, 18S5 108 GRAY'S INN. Catalogue of the Books in the Library of the Honour- able Society of Gray's Inn ; with an Index of Subjects. Compiled under the direction of John A. Russell, Esq., by W. Douthwaite. Roy. 8vo, half morocco. S/- 1872 109 GROLIER CLUB. Catalogue of Original and Early Editions of some of the Poetical and Prose Works of English Writers from Langland to Prior. With Collations, Notes, and about 300 facsimiles of Title-pages and Frontispieces. 4 vols., roy. 8vo, original half morocco, uncut. 17 guineas New York, Grolier Club, 1893-1905 %" Only 400 copies were printed. It forms a serious and valuable contribution to biblio- graphy. no MEARNE. Samuel Mearne, Binder to King Charles II. By Cyril Davenport. 4to, 24 magnificent plates in gold and colours, being chiefly reproductions of royal and other bindings by Mearne in the British Museum, and examples of his fore-edge paintings; also some illustrations in the text, each one on India paper, original boards, uncut. 6 guineas Chicago, Published by the Caxton Club, 1906 *,* A companion volume to the same writer's monograph on Thomas Berthelet, after whom comes Mearne as a royal bookbinder of the first rank. The intervening period is described in the opening of the present monograph, the two volumes thus forming practically a history of English bookbinding from the third decade of the sixteenth century to the eighth decade of the seventeenth. The plates are an invaluable aid to the identification of examples of the great binder's art, whose influence remained paramount in England for nearly two centuries. The edition is limited to 252 copies printed on hand-made paper, chiefly intended for members of the above-named club. in RUSKIN (John) A complete Bibliography of the writings in Prose and Verse of John Ruskin, LL.D. ; with a list of the more important Ruskiniana. Com- piled by Thomas J. Wise and James P. Smart. Sm. 4to, portrait, one of 250 copies printed for subscribers only, original cloth, uncut. 3 guineas 1893 112 BOSWELL. The Decision of the Court of Session upon the question of Literary Property, in the cause of John Hinton... against Alexander Donaldson and John Wood. ..Published by James Boswell, Esq. Advocate. 4to, wrappers. 25/- Edinburgh, 1774 *»• Boswell was one of the counsel for the defendants ; his father, Lord Auchinleck, was one of the judges who tried the cause. 113 BOSWELL. Illustrations to Boswell's Tour to the Hebrides. 20 plates by Thomas Rowlandson, late impressions, oblong folio, half calf. £% 7 6 1786 114 BOYD (Hugh Stuart) The Catholic Faith: a sermon by St. Basil, translated from the Greek. To which is added a Brief Refutation of Popery. From the writings of the Fathers. 8vo, boards, presentation copy to Mrs. Browning from H. S. Boyd, with inscription in Mrs. Browning's handwriting on title, " E. B. Barrett from the Author." From the Browning collection. £6 10 , 1825 *.,.* Mrs. Browning has commemorated (in Wine of Cyprus) Boyd's introduc- tion of St. Basil to her. 16 JAMES TREGASKIS, " Caxton Head," 115 BOYD (Hugh Stuart) The Agamemnon of Aeschylus. A Tragedy. Translated from the Greek by H. S. Boyd. Elizabeth Barrett Browning's copy with her inscription on fly-leaf " Given to me by Mr. Boyd in 1830. E. B. Barrett." 1823 — Thoughts of an illustrious Exile, occasioned by the persecu- tion of the protestants in 1815. With other poems. With inscription by Mrs. Browning on the title " E. B. Barrett from the Author." 1825. 2 vols, in 1, calf. From the Browning collection. 12 guineas 1823-5 *.,.* An interesting relic of the association between the poetess and the blind scholar to whom her classical knowledge was due. It will be remembered that she commemorated this book in a sonnet beginning : — ■ " Three gifts the dying left me, Aeschylus And Gregory Nazianzen." The copy of Gregory which Boyd left her will also be found in the present, catalogue. '"' 116 BRANDENBURG (Ernest, margrave of) Flavii Aviani Fabulae cum Coramentariis selectis. 8vo, vellum, with tyers, stamped on the sides with the arms of Ernest, margrave of Brandenburg. From the Beaufoy Library. 21/- A mstelodami, 1731 117 BRATHWAITE (Richard) The Schollers Medley, or, an Intermixt Discourse upon Historicall and Poeticall Relations. Sm. 4to (title-page slightly damaged and headlines cropped), unbound, £2 17 6 N.O. [lies'] , 1714 ",* One of the earliest and scarcest of the productions of this voluminous author. It afterwards appeared as a Survey of Histories, which is the running title of the present tract. 118 BRIGHT (John) Autograph transcript of John Logan's poem To the Cuckoo, 2 pp. 8vo, endorsed by Browning with a note (March 23, 1867) explaining why Bright sent the poem, namely that in an argument as to the respective merits of Logan's and Wordsworth's poems to the Cuckoo, Bright supported the claims of the former in opposition to Browning. With a covering letter from Lady Hobart, at whose house the argument had taken place. Browning Collection. 6 guineas 1867 119 BRIGHTON. Seven Water-Colour Drawings 'and Pencil Drawings and Sketches of the Sea-Front, by M. A. DELAMOTTE, each unbound on buff paper. 5 guineas 1853 *,* Charming drawings, including Water Colours of the Regatta, 1853, 11J by 15J in. ; Rotting Dean, the Front (showing Cleveland House) ; Finished Pencil Drawing of King's Road from the Battery Lookout ; and Sepia Sketch of the Chain Pier and Beach. 120 BROADBENT (T. P.) Thirteen Sermons, an Essay, and a Fragment. With a prefatory note by the Rev. Prof. J. E. Carpenter. Cr. 8vo, original cloth, with the autograph inscription, " Thos. Hughes, Chester, Oct. 1895. The author was the first Hughes Scholar at Oriel." 10/6 Printed for private circulation, 1895 BROADSIDES, 1641-1711. CHARLES I. 121 ULSTER REBELS. Petition to the House of Commons, praying that the ten thousand troops sent from Scotland may be dispatched to Ireland in aid of the protestants against the " barbarous and bloudy rebels of Ulster." 21/- 1641 122 TRAINED BANDS. Letter from Charles I. to the High Sheriff of York, instructing him to charge the trained bands not to muster without the King's authority. 30/- May 5, 1641 ' %* Sir John Hotham, who as parliamentary governor of Hull refused admittance to Charles in 1642, was calling the trained bands into that city and disarming them. 232, High Holborn, London, W.C. 17 BROADSIDES.— Continued. 123 CHARLES I. Reasons presented by the House of Commons to the House of Lords to dissuade the King from journeying to Scotland forfourteen days. 13/- Aug. 7, 1641 124 PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGE. Petition and Remonstrance of the Lords and Commons to Charles I . . praying him not to infringe the privileges of Parliament, and mentioning certain privileges which had been so infringed. 12/- [December] 1641 125 FIVE MEMBERS. Declaration of the Committee of the Commons, sitting in the Guildhall, that whoever shall arrest Hollis, Haselrigge, Pym, Hampden or Strode is " guilty of a breach of the Liberties of the Subject, and of the Privilege of Parlia- ment, and a publike enemy to the Commonwealth." 12/- 6 Jan., 1641 [1642] 126 PYM. Message from the King to the House of Commons asking whether a speech made by John Pym to the effect that many of the commanders in Ireland had passed in by his Majesty's warrant was delivered as printed, and, if so, on whatinforma- 10ns it was grounded. JBIaCft letter, surrounded by a woodcut border. 18/- 7 Feb., 1641 [1642] 127 PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGES. Message from the King to both Houses upon taking up his residence in York, declaring that " as he hath been so tender of the priviledges of parliament, that he hath been ready and forward to retract any act of his own which he hath been informed hath trencht upon their priviledges, so he expects an equall tendernesse in them of his Majesties known and unquestionable priviledges." JSlaCfc letter, with the Royal Arms. 25/- " 15 Mar. 1641 [1642] 128 YORK. Petition of the Inhabitants of the County of York to both Houses, praying for a speedy settlement of differences. 2S/- 12 Apr. 1642 129 CHARLES I. Message from the King to the House of Lords, sent with a pamphlet entitled ' A Question answered how Laws are to be understood and obedience yielded ', calling on them to proceed against the author and the publisher thereof. 12/- 22 Apr. 1642 130 HULL. Message sent by the King to Parliament complaining of his exclusion from Hull by the governor, Sir John Hotham, and calling on Parliament to give orders for the town to be delivered up, and to take proceedings against the author of this " insupportable affront and injury." ;9}lacft letter, with the Royal Arms. 23/- 30 Apr. 1642 131 HULL. Petition from the Gentry and Free-holders of York to the House of Commons, praying that the King may be given assurance of security if he return, and that reparation may be made for " this unfortunate businesse of Hull." 27/6 [May] 1642 132 CHARLES I. Letter from the King to the Privy Council of Scotland professing his innocence of certain accusations made against him. With the Royal Arms. 17/6 " 20 May 1642 133 ESSEX TRAINED BANDS. Resolution of the Trained Bands of Essex, professing their intentions of standing by the Parliament in the coming war which " his Majestie, seduced by wicked Councell, intends to make." With ornamental frame-work. 21/- 10 Jun. 1642 *.* A somewhat high-flown document. " With our hands upon our swords we stand ready to your command," etc. It was passed unanimously at Dunmow. 134 CHARLES I. Letter from the King to "the Lord Major, Aldermen and Sheriffes of the city of London." Hearing that the city is borrowing money and raising horse, he declares that he has not the least intention of making war unless compelled to do so. With the Royal Arms. 17/6 14 June, 1642 135 COMMISSIONS OF ARRAY. Order of Parliament, that Judges of (Vssizes shall in delivering charges to grand juries, declare that the Commissions of Array issued by the King in Leicester, Worcester and elsewhere are against law and the liberty of the subject. Ornamental woodcut initial. 10/- 20 July, 1642 2 18 JAMES TREGASKIS, " Caxton Head," BROADSIDES,— Continued. 136 LICHFIELD. Remarkable Passages from Nottingham, Lichfield, Leicester and Cambridge, declaring what the King's Standard is, and the time and manner of its setting up. Also how Lichfield and Tamworth are disarmed, and the Lord Gray his house disarmed and pillaged by the traiterous Cavaliers. (Corner slightly torn.) £2 15 Aug. 30, 1642 *»* One of the earliest broadsheets of the war. 137 SHIRBOURNE. Copy of a Letter sent from Shirbourne relating the skirmish between the Earl of Bedford and the Cavaliers there. £3 10 [&#•] ID 4 2 *,* One of the first encounters of the war. 138 CATHOLIC RECUSANTS. Petition of the Lay Catholic Recusants of England to Parliament, praying for a relaxation of the penal laws as no longer appropriate to the times. 25/- Jan. 24, 1642 [1643] 139 CHARLES I. Message from the King, calling on Parliament to answer his proposals for peace, and exonerating himself from responsibility for the con- tinuance of the war. Ornamental initial and borders. £2 10 May 20, 1643 *,* The London counterfeit of an Oxford broadside. 140 CITY OF LONDON. Engagementof the City of London" subscribed by 23500 hands " to defend the rights and liberties of the City, and demanding that all troops not belonging to the City Guard withdraw from the City. 3Black letter. 17/6 [Aug. 1648] *»* A Solemn League and Covenant, signed with some trepidation " upon pain of being deemed Conspiratours and of being proceeded against accordingly." It gives a pitiful picture of London, " our House of Prayer converted into a Den of Theeves," " our Fellow- Citizens knock'd on the head, like Doggs," etc., etc. 141 PRIDE'S PURGE. Solemn Protestation of the imprisoned and secluded Members of the Commons House, against the horrid Force and Violence of the Officers and Soldiers of the Army, on. ..December [6th and 7th] 1648. 17/6 Dec. 11, 1648 *,* A protest against the forcible ejectment of the members favourable to an agreement with the King, known as ' Pride's Purge.' COMMONWEALTH. 142 CROMWELL. Proclamation by Oliver Cromwell, ordering house- holders to furnish parish constables with a list of persons lodging in their houses, and forbidding persons to change their lodgings without special licence. JSlaCft letter, with the Commonwealth Arms (small hole in text). 35/- May 23, 1654 %* An expression of the prevalent fear of Royalist conspirators. 143 CITY OF LONDON. Orders by the Lord Mayor, forbidding the selling of greengrocery in the " High-street of Cheape." JBlaCft letter, with the City Arms. 25/- June 9, 1657 144 RICHARD CROMWELL. Proclamation of the Lord Richard [Cromwell] as Protector of the Commonwealth. JBlacfc letter. 30/- [Sep.] 1658 145 MONK. Resolution of General Monk to make good his declaration with the loss of his blood. In a letter from Newcastle. 30/- Nov. 29, 1659 146 ARMY COUNCIL. The Agreement of the General Council of Officers of the Armies of England, Scotland and Ireland, ffilach letter. 21/- Dec. 22, 1659 •„* An answer to Monk's Declarations. Among the points of the agreement were abolition of Kingship and the House of Lords, and like toleration to all who professed faith in Christ, " provided this Liberty be not extended to Popery or Prelacy." 147 RUMP PARLIAMENT. Six Important Quaeres propounded to the Re-sitting Rump of the Long Parliament. 15/- [Jan., 1660] *„* A lengthy broadside, summarizing the causes of popular discontent with the Rump Parliament. 232, High Holborn, London, W.C. ig BROADSIDES.— Continued. 148 APPRENTICES' PETITION. Representation of the Apprentices of London to General Monk, praying him that no tax be imposed or law made without the consent of the people by their representatives in Parliament 15/- Feb. 2, 1659 [1660] 149 EXCLUDED MEMBERS. Address of the Members excluded in 1648 to General Monk, praying him " to remove that force which obstructs the peoples rights and our freedom in Parliament." 17/6 Feb. 4, 1659 [1660] *»* Issued the day after Monk's entry into London. CHARLES II. 150 CHARLES II. Proclamation, announcing the succession of Charles II. JBIacfc letter, with the Royal Arms. 30/- May 29, 1660 151 IDLE CAVALIERS. Proclamation by Charles II. against vicious, debauched and profane persons, requiring all Majors, Sheriffs and Justices of Peace to prosecute such as "spend their time in Taverns, Tipling-houses and Debauches, giving no other evidence of their affection to us, but in drinking our health." JBlack letter, with the Royal Arms. 27/6 May 30, 1660 *„* Couched in the puritanical spirit which Charles assumed in the opening days of his reign. " It will become us all," he says, " to acknowledge this transcendent goodness of Almighty God. ..with such. ..reformation in our lives that we may not drive away that mercy which so near approaches unto us." 152 DECLARATION OF BREDA. Proclamation by Charles II., re- affirming the Declaration of Breda and promising his royal Assent to the Act of General Pardon. JBlacfc letter, with the Royal Arms. 35/- 15 June, 1660 153 CHARLES I.'s PROPERTY. Proclamation by Charles II., calling on any who possessed any Plate, Jewels, Household-Stuff, Cabinets, Statues, Pictures, Draw- ings, Rings, Stones, Coins, Medals, Books or Manuscripts lately belonging to Charles I. to make voluntary restitution of the same ; defaulters to be proceeded against according to law. JSlacft letter, with the Royal Arms. £2 15 14 Aug., 1660 154 SEDITIOUS SECTS. Proclamation by Charles II., prohibiting seditious meetings under guise of religious worship. JBlack letter, with the Royal Arms (slightly defective). 30/- 10 Jan., 1660 [1661] * * Anabaptists, Quakers and Fifth-monarchy men are especially mentioned. 155 AMNESTY. Proclamation by Charles II., extending the period of amnesty granted at his coronation (except for persons guilty of burglary). JSlacf? letter, with the Royal Arms. 30/- 23 Apr., 1661 156 IRELAND. Proclamation by Charles II., prohibiting any persons I from coming from Ireland without a passport from the Lord Justice's Council, Sheriff of the County or Mayor. An Edinburgh broadside. 3Blacl? letter, with the Royal Arms. /3 15 22 Feb. 1661 [1662] 157 FISHERIES. Proclamation by Charles II., ordering the furnishing and fitting out of fishing vessels, whereby a means of livelihood might be granted to the unemployed. Lengthy broadside, with fine cut of the Royal Arms. £3 10 5 Sep. 1662 158 WINE TRADE. Proclamation by Charles II., granting James Duke of York and his heirs male authority to issue licenses for the sale of wine by retail, with all rents and revenues arising from the same. JBlacft letter, with the Royal arms. £2 15 25 Aug. 1663 159 FIRE OF LONDON. Proclamation by Charles II., ordering all those who had become possessed of any goods from the ruins of the late fire, to restore the same within eight days, under severe penalties. JSlacK letter, with the Royal Arms. £i IS (J 19 Sep. 1666 160 FIRE OF LONDON. Orders made by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen for the rebuilding of London after the fire. JBlaCl? letter, with the Royal Arms and arms of London. 35/- 8 May, 1667 20 JAMES TREGASKIS, " Caxton Head," BROADSIDES.— Continued. 161 DUTCH WAR. Proclamation, announcing the conclusion of peace between Charles II., and the States General of Holland and ordering the restoration of captured Dutch goods to their owners. JSlaCft letter, with the Royal Arms. 10/- 24 Aug. 1667 162 FOREIGN STUFFS. Proclamation directing the seizure and confiscation of foreign wearing apparel prohibited by law. Fine cut of the Royal Arms (stained). 35/- 6 June, 1673 *,* The King had, as the result of a petition, previously forbidden the importation of silk stuffs and all wearing apparel. 163 THEATRE REGULATIONS. Proclamation, ordering that no one shall go into a theatre without paying the statutory price for bis seat, that money paid shall not be returned, that all tickets shall be given up to the doorkeeper, and that no one come on or behind the scenes during or after the performance. JBlaCft letter, with the Royal Arms. £2 15 2 Feb. 1673 [1674] *,* Complaint had been made " that divers persons do rudely press and with evil language and blows force their way into Our Theatres. ..without paying the price established." 164 FALSE NEWS. Proclamation, restraining by penalties the spreading of false news and malicious calumnies against the government, in particular of the rumour that the King was about to dissolve Parliament. JBlaCfc letter, with the Royal Arms. 35/- 2 May, 1674 165 PIRACY. Proclamation, warranting the capture of Don Philip Hellen alias Fitzgerald, who had taken a British ship and tortured and murdered the crew, with a reward of one thousand Pieces of Eight for his apprehension. JSlaCk letter, with the Royal Arms. £3 3 1 Oct. 1675 166 HIGHWAY ROBBERS. Proclamation, granting a reward of Ten pounds to any person who shall apprehend a robber or highway-man. JBlaCft letter, with the Royal Arms. 27/6 20 June, 1677 167 SAILORS. Proclamation, recalling all sailors in the service of foreign princes and states and prohibiting them from serving thus in the future. 3BlaCft letter, with the Royal Arms. 21/- 23 Mavch, 1677 [1678] 168 POPISH PLOT. Proclamation for the apprehension of certain persons charged with plotting against the King's person, with a reward of one hundred pounds ; ordering also an account to be made of all " popish recusants," and the disarming of such as refused to take the oath of allegiance. JBlaCk letter, with the Royal Arms. 21/- 30 Nov . 1678 *»* A long " Popish Plot " broadside. 169 WINES. Proclamation, fixing the prices of various wines, in virtue of a statute made 28 Hen. VIII. JSlaCk letter, with the Royal Arms. £2 7 6 24 fan. 1678 [1679] 170 HEARTH TAX. Proclamation, announcing the collection of the past five years arrears of the hearth and stove tax. JSlacfc letter, with the Royal Arms. £ 2 8 Sep. 24, 1679 171 CITY OF LONDON. Proclamation by the Lord Mayor, denounc- ing certain evils prevalent in the City, being " hainous crying sins and provocations to the divine majesty," which he justly fears have been the cause of the city's late afflictions, viz. profane swearing, drunkenness, disorderly houses and sabbath-breaking, also certain abuses] viz. the neglect of paving, lighting and setting the watch. A long broadside, blacfc letter, with the City Arms. £1 15 2Q Nov _ l6?g 172 DUELLING. Proclamation, prohibiting duelling, challenging to duels, or carrying such a challenge under penalties, and ordering any that are cognisant of such challenge to report the same to the privy council. 36laCk letter, with the Royal Arms. £17 6 g Mar , l67g . 8o 173 POPISH PLOT. Proclamation, promising a free pardon to all who should within two months furnish information concerning the " horrid and execrable Popish Plot." S3lacfe letter, with the Royal Arms. 10/- 30 Oct. im 232, High Holborn, London, W.C. 21 BROADSIDES.— Continued. 174 EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY. Proclamation concerning sedi- tious combinations among the students of Edinburgh, ordering the gates of the schools to be closed and the students to retire fifteen miles from Edinburgh. £1 17 6 Jan. 29, 1681 *,* The students joined themselves with the prentices, and introduced " a new way of tumultuating, by putting up blew Ribbans as Signs and Cognisances." They also burned the Provost's house at Priestfield. 175 STATIONERS' COMPANY. Letters patent, ratifying the Stationers- Company's Ordinance that the name of the printer should appear on all books and pamphlets published or sold by members of the Company. JBlaCft letter, with the Royal Arms. £3 10 ' [Mar.] 1681 176 WOOLLEN TRADE. Proclamation, ordaining that the transporting of woollen cloths to Germany and the seventeen provinces of Holland shall be confined to the fellowship of Merchants Adventurers of England. Long broadside, blacft letter, with the Royal Arms. £2 17 6 " June 13, 1683 177 FIREWORKS. Proclamation forbidding the making of Bonfires or throwing of Squibs on any festival occasion. 12/6 Nov. 7, 1683 *,* The Ambassador of the States-General had been assaulted by the throwing of fireworks into his coach on the 5th of November. JAMES II. 178 JAMES II. An Account of what His Majesty said at His first coming to Council. With the Royal Arms. 21/- [Feb.] 1684 [1685] *.* "I shall make it my endeavour to preserve this Government both in Church and State, as it is now by Law establish'd: I know the principles of the Church of England are for monarchy... therefore I shall always take care to defend and support it. ..and as I shall never depart from the just rights and prerogative of the Crown, so I shall never invade any man's property," etc., etc. 179 CORONATION. Proclamation announcing the forthcoming solemnity of the Coronation and appointing those who in regard of various tenures claimed to perform certain services on that occasion. JBlaCfc letter, with the Royal Arms. £2 10 Mar. 6, 1684-5 180 CORONATION. Account of the Coronation of James II. and Mary, at Westminster the 23rd of April, 1685. 30/- "" [Apl.] 1685 181 MONMOUTH REBELLION. Proclamation, announcing the land- ing of the Duke of Monmouth, Ford, late Lord Grey and " divers other Traytors and Out" laws," declaring them Rebels, and requiring all Lieutenants, Sheriffs, etc. to seize them and their adherents. JSlaCl? letter, with the Royal Arms. £3 10 13 June, 1685 182 POSTAL SERVICE. Proclamation, forbidding the establishment of any private post, whether foot, horse, coach or packet other than the Postmaster General authorizes, and settling the profits of the Post Office on the King and his heirs. Long broadside, blacft letter, with the Royal Arms. £3 10 7 Sep. 1685 183 SHIPPING ASSURANCE. Proclamation, publishing the grant of the office of making all assurances and policies on ships and merchandize made by Charles II. to Sir Allen Broderick, and ordering that no assurances are to be registered by any other person. JBlaCft letter, with the Royal Arms. £3 IS 30 Apl. 1686 184 DUTCH INVASION. Proclamation, announcing the coming of an invasion from Holland, and calling on all the King's subjects " to lay aside all manner of Animosities, Jealousies, and Prejudices, and heartily and cheerfully to unite together in the defence of Us and their native country," and recalling the Writs for a Parliament which he intended to call in November. 38lacf? letter, with the Royal Arms. £2 2 28 Sep. 1688 185 PRINCE OF ORANGE. Proclamation, warning all subjects not to publish, disperse, repeat, read or receive any of the treasonable papers which were being circulated by the Prince of Orange and his adherents. ;fl3lacft letter, with the Royal Arms. 30/- 2 Nov. 1688 22 JAMES TREGASKIS, " Caxton Head," BROADSIDES.— Continued. 1 86 JAMES II. Declaration by the King, in answer to the one published by the Prince of Orange, accusing the Prince of aiming at royal authority and promising " so soon as by the blessing of God our kingdoms shall be delivered from this invasion," to call a free parliament and maintain his subjects in their religion, liberties, rights and privileges. MaCh letter, with the Royal Arms. 35/- 6 Nov - l688 187 JAMES II. Proclamation, summoning a Parliament for January 15th, and promising subjects free liberty to elect representatives. ffilaCfc letter, with the Royal Arms. £2 2 30 Nov. 1688 *,* James IPs. last attempt to conciliate his offended subjects. WILLIAM III. 188 CONVENTION. Letter from the Prince of Orange, summoning a Convention for January 22nd, by the advice of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the members of the House of Commons under Charles II. 21/- 29 Dec. 1688 189 IRELAND. Declaration of William and Mary to their subjects in Ireland, promising full pardon for anything done by any authority in that kingdom, and granting them full enjoyment of their estates according to law. 15/- 22 Feb. 1688 [1689] 190 HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. Proclamation prohibiting any persons except the Governor and Company of Adventurers trading into Hudson's Bay from exercising any trade with any foreigner in the said Bay, or remaining within the privileges of the said Company under pain of forfeiture of goods and vessels. A long broadside, blaCf? letter, with the Royal Arms. £8 10 31 Mar. 1688 191 FRENCH WAR. Declaration of War against the French King, setting forth the reasons for the taking up of arms. 15/- 7 May, 1689 192 HAMPTON COURT. Proclamation, forbidding the killing of game within ten miles of the Palace of Hampton Court, the disturbing of game, and the use of dogs and guns. With the Royal Arms. 25/- 8 July, 1689 193 JACOBITE REBELS. Proclamation, ordering 38 persons mentioned by name, having conspired together to raise rebellion, to give themselves up to a Justice of the Peace, or otherwise to be apprehended. 3Blach letter, with the Royal Arms. 30/- May 30, 1690 194 CATHOLIC REBELS. Proclamation, ordering all " persons of the Popish religion," to surrender all firearms, swords, bagonets, skeins, half-pikes, and other arms offensive or defensive within ten days. JBlaCh letter, with the Royal Arms (spotted). 30/- July 31, 1690 195 SAILORS. Proclamation promising six weeks' pay as bounty to all seamen who had entered or should enter themselves voluntarily in a ship of war, and also conduct money. JBlaCfc letter, 21/- 15 Jan. 1690 [1691] 196 SAILORS. Proclamation providing that, owing to the great scarcity and dearth of coals, no seaman employed in coal carrying should be pressed or otherwise hindered until July 20th next, and that convoys for their safe passage should be given. 3Blacft letter, with Royal Arms. £2 5 ' 23 Apl. 1691 197 STATE SEAL. Proclamation, announcing that a forged seal of the principal Secretary of State, Daniel Earl of Nottingham, has been made, and that all passes and warrants sealed with the old seal (which is given in the margin) are now void. JBlaCf? letter (corner torn off). 15/- 9 Mar. 1692-3 198 JACOBITE CONSPIRATORS. Proclamation commanding all subjects to apprehend Lord Montgomery and Sir John Fenwick. 3BlaCh letter, with the Royal Arms. 17/6 22 Mar. 1695-6 *." Sir John Fenwick headed a Jacobite plot to kill William at Turnham Green. 199 JACOBITE CONSPIRATORS. Proclamation commanding the apprehension of several persons named and described, for complicity in Sir John Fenwick's plot. JBlacft letter, with the Royal Arms (stained). 30/- 22 Mar. 1695-6 232, High Holborn, London, W.C. 23 BROADSIDES.— Continued. 200 LEATHER TRADE. Proclamation, ordaining that no tanned leather, on which the duty of £15 per centum ad valorem duty is payable shall be sold elsewhere than in an open market, and that the price shall be registered. JBlaCft letter, with the Royal Arms. £1 17 6 7 May, 1697 201 WOOLLEN TRADE. Proclamation by the Lords Justices, prevent- ing the exportation of wool, wool-fells, woollen yarn, worthings, shorlings, wool-flocks, fuller's earth and tobacco-pipe clay out of the kingdom. JBlaCfc letter, with the Royal Arms. 35/- ' 29 Sep. 1698 ANNE. 202 CORONATION. Proclamation, announcing the forthcoming Coronation, and appointing a Commission to hear the claims of service. JBlacF? letter, with the Royal Arms. 21/- 29 Mar. 1702 203 SHIP'S COLOURS. Proclamation, regulating the various colours to be flown on board ships ; a special warrant from the Lord High Admiral being necessary to carry the Union Jack. JBlaCk letter, with the Royal Arms. £1 17 6 18 Dec. 1702 204 SAILORS. Proclamation, ordering all mariners absent from their ships without leave to return before the end of the month, upon pain of being proceeded against as deserters. 17/6 Jan. 10, 1705-6 205 PRETENDER. Proclamation, declaring "the person who. ..pre- tended to be Prince of Wales, and. ..has taken upon himself the stile and title of James III." to be an impostor, and making various enactments for the Queen's safety. JBlacF? letter, with the Royal Arms. £\ 15 Mar. 6, 1707 [1708] *.* Called forth by the news of the Pretender's invasion of Scotland. 206 PRIZES OF WAR. Proclamation appointing the distribution of prizes taken in the war, and the bounty due for the taking of war-ships and privateers. 3BlaCfc letter, with the Royal Arms. £2 2 20 May, 1708 207 LONDON MALEFACTORS. Proclamation against "loose, idle and disorderly persons " who crowd the streets of London and offer violence to the coaches of her Majesty's subjects, and " divers Papists " who break open and enter houses, offering a reward for the apprehension of the malefactors. S3laCl5 letter, with the Royal Arms (mended). 15/- Mar. 2, 1710 [1711] BROWNING (Robert). 208 EARLIEST PORTRAIT OF ROBERT BROWNING. ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE POET on copper, taken from Life by Beard in 1835, slightly touched with colour. 2 by i\ in., in the original papier-mache frame, with gilt ring and label at back. 25 guineas 1835 *$* The earliest known portrait of Browning ; it was engraved for Home's "New Spirit of the Age" in 1844, when he was about thirty-two. In 1854 a pencil drawing of the Poet was made in Rome by Frederic Leighton, but this appears to be lost. In i860 Browning was painted by Gordigiani, this is still in existence. The above is the only portrait known of Browning when a young man. See reproduction on front cover. 209 MINIATURE IN WATER-COLOURS of Browning's mother, half-length, three-quarter face in white dress with sash, oval, v\ by if in., in ivory frame. 5 guineas *...* She was formerly Miss Wiedemann, of Dundee, and married Browning's father in 181 1. 210 CARICATURE PORTRAITS of Robert Browning after Linley Sambourne (2), Carlo Pellegrini, and Alfred Bryan. 7/6 1875-1884 24 JAMES TREGASKIS, " Caxton Head," 212 BROWNING (Robert) Shaksperean Show Book. Obi. 8vo, original wrappers. From the Browning Library. £2 10 1884 *.,.* The Shaksperean Show was held in aid of the Chelsea Hospital for Women. Browning contributed to the Show Book a sonnet on Shakspere, The Names (not reprinted in his Collected Works). Among the other contribu- tions were Tennyson (A Stanza), Oscar Wilde (Under the Balcony, a poem) and Violet Fane (Sonnets). 213 BROWNING (Robert) Asolando : Fancies and Facts. Sm. 8vo, original cloth, uncut, from the library of Thos. Hughes, author of " Tom Brown's School Days," with autograph inscription, " Fanny Hughes from her Husband, Jan., 1890," in latter's handwriting. 7/6 1890 214 BROWNING (Robert) Balaustion's Adventure, including a Trans- cript from Euripides. Sm. 8vo, First Edition, original cloth, uncut, from the library of Thos. Hughes, author of " Tom Brown's School Days," with the autograph of his wife, Fanny Hughes. 10/6 ' 1871 215 BROWNING (Robert) Red Cotton Night-Cap Country, or Turf and Towers. Sm. 8vo, First Edition, original cloth, uncut. 8/6 1873 216 BROWNING (Robert) Selections from the Poetical Works of Robert Browning. 2 vols., cr. 8vo, original cloth, from the library of Thos. Hughes, author of " Tom Brown's School Days," with the autograph of Fanny Hughes, his wife, in each volume. 7/6 1894 217 BROWNING (Elizabeth Barrett) Aurora Leigh. 8vo, First Edition, original cloth, uncut, Robert Barrett Browning's copy, with his autograph signature on title-page, and a sheet of " Errata in Aurora Leigh, Pen's copy," in the handwriting of Robert Browning, inserted. From the Browning collection. 10 guineas 1857 218 BROWNING (Elizabeth Barrett) Poems before Congress. Sm. 8vo, First Edition, original cloth, uncut, from the library of Thos, Hughes, Author of " Tom Brown's School Days," with the autograph of Fanny Hughes, his wife. 15/- i860 *.' The last volume published during her lifetime; it contains the famous poem, 'A Court Lady.' 219 BROWNING (Oscar) Life of George Eliot. 8vo, cloth, uncut, with presentation inscription from the author to Miss Browning, Venice, October 3, 1891. From the Browning collection. 15/- 1890 220 BROWNING (Oscar) The Life of Bartolommeo Colleoni, of Anjou and Burgundy. Roy. 8vo, eight photogravure reproductions, wrappers, pre- sentation copy from the author to R. Barrett Browning with autograph in- scription. Venice, 1891. From the Browning collection. 25/- Printed for the Arundel Society, 1891 221 BRUNETTO. II Tesoretto. II Tratto delle Virtu' Morali di Roberto Re di Gerusalemme. Quattro Canzoni di Bindo Bonichi (etc.). 8vo, russia, presentation copy from Landor to Browning, with Landor's signature on fly- leaf, followed by " to R. Browning " in Browning's autograph. An interesting memorial of the friendship between the two poets. 7 guineas Torino, 1750 232, High Holborn, London, W.C. 25 222 BRYANT (Wm. Cullen) Poems. Edited by Washington Irving. Cr. 8vo, First English Edition, fine copy, in original boards, uncut, with paper label. £3 13 6 J, Andrews, 1832 *,* In the militant 'song of Marion's Men, 1 a line calculated to give offence to English readers is altered. Curiously enough it was restored to its original form in later editions published here. 223 BUNYAN (John) Works, being several discourses on various divine subjects. Containing several pieces which are not to be found in any former edition. Folio, old calf, Robert Browning's copy, with his signature on fly-leaf and date Nov. 6, '78. From the Browning collection. £b 17 6 Edinburgh, 1771 *...* It was in 1879 that ' ne Dramatic Idylls appeared, containing the story of Ned Bratts, which was founded on Bunyan's Life and Death of Mr. B adman. It was probably by the reading of this volume that that poem was inspired. 224 BURNS. The Scots' Musical Museum. Humbly Dedicated to the Catch Club. Instituted at Edin., June 1771. By James Johnson. 6 vols., 8vo, Original Edition, the music engraved throughout, old half calf (worn), an interesting copy. i guineas 1787-1803 *,* There are several additions by a previous owner, and the authors, composers, and first appearance of the different pieces are frequently identified. Some missing portions have been supplied by the same hand. 225 BUTLER (Saml.) Hudibras, poem, with notes, selected from Grey and other Authors: to which are prefixed, a Life of the author, and a preliminary Discourse on the Civil War. 2 vols., 8vo, 12 spirited coloured aquatints, drawn and engraved by J. Clark, half calf, gilt. £2 10 Thomas M'Lean, 1819 *»* The only set of coloured plates at all worthy of the work. They are humorous without being grotesque. 226 BUTLER (Saml.) Hudibras. Poeme ecrit dans le terns des Troubles d'Angleterre ; et traduit en vers Francois avec des remarques. 3 vols., sm. 8vo, portrait and 9 plates after Hogarth, old half calf, arms of Baron Stuart dc Rothesay (1779-1845) on sides, bookplates of Anthony Trollope. £1 13 A Londres, 1757 *»* The rare first edition of the French version by John Townley, the Jacobite, who, after assisting the Young Pretender in Scotland, retired to Paris. The edition was limited to 200 copies. Text and translation are on parallel pages. BYRON (Lord). 227 TWO PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS, different positions taken from miniatures, each 4I in. by 3 \. 2 guineas *...* The following is written by Robert Browning " Two portraits of Lord Byron taken from miniatures, said by Lady Byron, to be the best ever made. Lord Wentworth gave them to R. B." Browning collection. 228 HISTORICAL ILLUSTRATIONS of Lord Byron's Works, in a series of [20] etchings by Reveil, from original paintings by A. Colin. 8vo, original cloth, Miss Browning's copy, with her signature on fly-leaf. From the Browning collection. 18/6 ^34 229 THE WORKS of the Right Honourable Lord Byron. 8 vols., sm. 8vo, First Collected Edition, original boards (vols. I, II not uniform, as issued) paper labels, uncut. 1 guinea 1818-1820 230 HOURS OF IDLENESS: a series of Poems, original and translated. 8vo, with view of Harrow, vellum, gilt. 6/- 1820 231 LETTER TO **** ****** [John Murray] on the Rev. W. L. Bowles' strictures on the Life and Writings of Pope. 8vo, First Edition, wrappers. 3 guineas 1821 26 JAMES TREGASKIS, " Caxton Head," 232 CALLOT. Trattato delle Piante & Immagini de Sacri Edifizi di Terra Santa dal R. P. F. Bernardino Amico da Gallipoli dell' Ord. di S. Francesco de Minorie. Folio, engraved title and 34 double-page etchings of plans, views, etc., of Jerusalem and the surrounding country, morocco, gold-line and blind borders inside and out, gilt edges, Sir Thomas Brooke bookplate. 7 guineas In Firenza, 1020 *...* These plans and views of edifices, and places of interest within and outside the walls of the holy city were carefully drawn on the spot by the Franciscan above mentioned, and etched by Jacques Callot (M. 455-489), who added figures here and there in his own particular manner. For instance, from an upper window in Pilate's palace someone is seen emptying a utensil into the court below. 233 CALLOT. Peri (Gio. Domenico) Fiesole Distrvtta. Sm. 4:0 (no printed title), engraved title and portrait by Jacques Callot, old blue morocco, gilt, gilt edges, Sir Thomas Brooke bookplate. 2 guineas In Ftrenze, 1619 *** The engraved title is a much sought after etching, known as ' La belle Jardiniere.' 234 CAMBRIDGE DRAMA. A Collection of 62 Play bills of Perform- ances given by the Cambridge Garrick Club at the Theatre, Barnwell, from 1833 to 1842; the names of the characters being supplied in MSS. Mounted in an 8vo volume, half calf. 5 guineas 1833- 1842 *...* A long-lived amateur dramatic club, which began by presenting Virginius, with Mr. Sheridan Knowles specially engaged for the title-part. There .are some newspaper-cuttings, an admission card and list of rules. No member of the University under the status of M.A. was to be admitted to the performances (there had evidently been trouble with the undergraduates), and anyone re- fusing to take the part allotted to him was to be fined 2/6. 235 CARLYLE (Thomas) Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: with elucidations. 3 vols., 8vo, with portrait, original cloth. £112 6 1845 236 CARLYLE (Thomas) Latter-Day Pamphlets 6 parts, 8vo, in the original wrappers. 21/- ' " 1850 237 CARPACCIO (Vittorio). The Life and Works of Vittorio Carpaccio ; by Pompes Molmente and Gustav Ludwig. Translated by Robert H. Hobart Cust. 4to, 8 illustrations in photogravure, 240 in half-tone and 31 reproductions in the text original cloth, gilt top. 30/- " John Murray, 1907 238 CARTVVRIGHT (W.C.) Gustave Bergenroth. A memorial Sketch. 8vo, cloth, with signature of Sarianna Browning. From the Browning collection. '/" Edinburgh, 1870 239 CATALOGUES. Paris. A number of auction catalogues of pictures, and other objects of art, dating from Dec. 6th, 1764, to Sept. 9th 1776 issued by the house of Joullain at Paris. In 1 vol., i2mo, boards. 10/6 ' ' 1764-1776 ",* The first catalogue has the names of buyers and prices added. 232, High Holborn, London, W.C. 27 240 CASTLES. British Castles; or a compendious History of the Ancient Military Structures of Great Britain. By T. H. Fielding. Oblong 4to, 25 coloured views of some of the most interesting castles in Great Britain, half red roan, cloth sides. £i 12 6 l82 5 .*.* An interesting sketch of the history of castellated architecture in this country, adorned with a most charming series of coloured views, by Thomas McClean, Haymarket, after Fielding's designs. Like all the books with coloured plates of this period, it is getting very scarce. 241 CAXTON. The Royal Book or Book for a King. " Translated out of frensshe into englysshe by me wyllyam Caxton / whiche translacion was fynysshed the xiij day of septembre in the yere of our lord M/cccc. lxxxiiij." Folio (17 leaves in facsimile), blacft letter, spirited woodcuts of scriptural incidents, brown morocco, blind tooled after the manner of a fifteenth-century binding, gilt edges. 380 guineas [Printed by William Caxton at Westminster, circa 1487] *jj,* One of the rarer productions of Caxton's press. The book consists of 160 printed leaves; it was issued without title page, catchwords or foliation numbers ; the type used throughout is that described by Blades as No. 5 ; signatures from a to t in fours and u in six, the first and last leaves being blank. The present copy has wide margins, the pages measuring iof by 7^ inches. There were but seven copies of the book known to Blades, two of which were imperfect ; of these six were in public libraries and one in a private collection. Mr. de Ricci's recent ' Census of Caxtons' reveals the whereabouts of ten copies, and not more than two of these are ever likely to come into the market. 242 CENCI. Contemporaneous Narrative of the Trial and Execution of the Cenci. [Edited by J. Simeon] 8vo, half morocco, presentation copy . from the editor to Robert Browning. From the Browning collection. 12/6 [Privately Printed, n.d.] 243 CERVANTES. The History of Don Quixote, and his humorous Squire Sancho Panca continued. By Alfonso Ferdinandez de Avellaneda. Now first Trans- lated from the Original Spanish ; with a Preface, giving an Account of the Work, by Mr. Baker, 2 vols., 8vo, First Edition, frontispiece and 12 unlettered proof plates by Parr, half calf. 2 guineas 1745 244 CERVANTES. Vida y Hechos del Ingenioso Cavallero Don Quixote de la Mancha. Nueva Edicion, coregida y illustrada. 2 vols., 8vo, two engraved title-pages and 30 curious copperplate illustrations by Bouttats and others, half vellum. {2 5 En Amberes, por Henrico y Cornelio Vevdussen, 1697 *,* This forms no. 10 in Ashbee's list, where it appears that the title pages and the 16 unsigned plates are taken from the Brussels edition of 1G62. The fourteen plates by Bouttats were added for the Amberes edition of 1673, and reprinted in this one. 245 CHARLES I. EiKcof /Joo-iXik^. Le Pourtraict du Roy de la Grand Bretagne. Fait de sa propre main, durant sa solitude et ses souffrances. i2mo, with frontispieces, old calf, Robert Browning's copy, with his signature on fly-leaf. From the Browning collection. 5 guineas Paris, 1649 *... ::: Probably used by Browning in writing Strafford. 246 CHARLES I. A Bibliography of the King's Book or Eikon Basilike, by Edward Almack. Roy. 4to, one of the 150 signed and numbered large paper copies, coloured and illuminated facsimiles of binding, etc., and facsimiles of the title-pages of all the editions described, original cloth. 4 guineas 1896 *.,.* One of the very foremost of English bibliographies. Indeed no work in our language ever had a monograph devoted to it at once so exhaustive, scientific and full of interest. 28 JAMES TREGASKIS, " Caxton Head," 247 CHAUCER. Amorum Troili et Creseidae libri duo priores Anglico- Latini. Sm. 4to (slightly wormed), text and Latin version on opposite pages, text in blacf? letter, sheep. S guineas Oxoniae, Leonard Lichfield, 1635 *,* Sir Francis Kynaston's accentual and rhyming Latin version of Troilus and Cressida, in a metre corresponding to the original. It was done— so he explains in the preface— to preserve the poem from being altogether lost ! 248 CIBBER (Colley) An Apology for the Life of, written by himself, A new edition, with Notes and Supplement by Robert W. Lowe. 2 vols., 8vo. Best Edition, India proof impressions of the 26 original mezzotint portraits by R. B. Parkes, and 18 etchings, by Adolphe Lalause, half roxburghe, fine copy, i guineas 1889 *../ :: The late Joseph Grego's copy, with inscriptions on title giving particulars of his connection with the production of this edition, and other manuscript notes as to the painters, etc., of the portraits. Only 500 copies were printed, and the type distributed. 249 CICERO. In M. T. Ciceronis De Legibus Libr. III. Scholia et Castigationes. Sm. 4to, wrappers. 6/- Parisiis, apudj. L. liletanum, 1538 250 CICERO. M. Tullii Ciceronis ad Brutum Orator, J. L. Strebaei et Victoris Pisani Commentariis, P. Melanchthonis scholiis, J. Rivii etP. Victorii castigationibus illustratus. Sm. 4to, fine copy, wrappers. 10/6 Parisiis, apud J. Roigny, 1543 251 CICERO. M. T. Ciceronis de Legibus Libri III. Sm. 4to, wrappers. 9/6 Parisiis, apud J. Tiletanum, 1538 252 CLAPHAM (Henoch) Three Parts ot Solomon his Song of Songs, expounded. The first part printed before, but now reprinted and enlarged. The second and third parts never printed before. All which Parts are here expounded and applied for the Readers good. Sm. 4to, unbound, part of the original vellum remaining, scarce. 3 guineas Valentine Sims for Edmund Mutton, 1603 253 [CLELAND (John)] The Fortunate Transport ; or, the secret history of the Life and Adventures of the celebrated Polly Haycock, the Lady of the Gold Watch. By a Creole. 8vo, half sheep 10/6 For J . Taylor, n.d. *,* This work, a tale of the Moll Flanders type, is attributed to Cleland on the back. It does not, however, appear in Halkett and Laing, nor is there any copy in the British Museum. 254 [CLEVELAND (John)] The Character of a London-Diurnall : With severall select Poems; By the same Author. Sm. 4to, unbound. 3 guineas Printed in the Yeere, 1647 *„* The third issue under this date, containing 18 poems in all, including 'A Song of Marke Antony,' here published for the first time. On page 29 there is a reference to Falstaff. All these early issues of his poems are rare, as they were issued surreptitiously, his satires on the Parliamentarians being very personal and bitter ; hence his being styled 'The Cavalier Poet.' Collation: Title leaf (reverse blank) and 50 irregularly numbered pages. Sigs. A — G2. 255 CLOCK. Buhl and ormolu bracket clock, with figures of Phaeton driving the chariot of the Sun, in front, and Time on top, four allegorical figures at sides. The clock rests on four horses, reclining on a buhl stand, with four high bronze feet. Highest and widest dimensions, 4J in. high, 26J in. wide. 50 guineas *...* This clock belonged to Robert Browning and is from the Browning collection. {See illustration on second page of cover.) 256 COBBETT (William) Cobbett's Book of the Roman Catholic Church. In Four parts. Being a familiar introduction to his History of the Protestant Reformation. 8vo, wrappers. 21/- [1825] ',* A reply to Cobbett's book, which was a bitter attack on the Protestant view of the Reformation. 232, High Holborn, London, W.C. 29 257 C[OCKERAM] (H[enry]). The English Dictionarie : or, an interpreter of hard English words. The fifth edition, revised and enlarged. i2mo, old calf. /2 7 6 /, H. for E. Weaver, 1637 *,* This dictionary, which first appeared in 1623, is the first dictionary of the English language ever published. The second part is a dictionary for translating plain English into " literary " language. 258 COINAGE. Lowndes (Wm.) A Report (To the Right Honourable the Lord of His Majesty's Treasury), containing an Essay for the Amendment of the Silver Coins. 8vo, royal arms on title, orig. panelled calf, fine copy. £Z 10 Charles Bill, 1695 *„* The author was secretary to the Treasury, and is credited with originating the phrase "ways and menns." His main expedient for remedying the debasement of silver coins was by raising the nominal value of all coins 25 per cent. — a proposal Locke completely refuted. , 259 COLBERT (Jean Baptiste) Thomassin. Traitez Historiques et Dogmatiques sur divers points de la discipline de l'Eglise. Tome Premier, contenant un traits des Jeunes de l'Eglise. 8vo, oldred French morocco, with the arms of Colbert stamped on the sides. 7 guineas Paris, 1680 260 COLERIDGE (S. T.) Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. 8vo, portrait, extra illustrated by the insertion of 54 fine portraits, sprinkled polished calf, gilt, gilt top. 5 guineas 1852 261 COLMAN (George, the younger) Dramatic Works. 2 vols., 8vo, contemporary russia, gilt, Charles Mathews' copy with his bookplate, and a signed autograph letter from Colman inserted, in reference to the adaptation of a French play. 3 guineas 1816 *.* According to an inscription and bookplate on fly-leaf the book was presented to the Right Hon. the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce by Charles Deane. The letter from Colman is dated June 5, 1814. 262 COOKERY. Apicius (Cce.lius) Summi adulatricis medicinae artificis, De re Culinaria libri decern. Joannis Damascene de Condimentis, De Facultatibus Alimen- torum ex Pavlo Aegineta, Albano Torino interprete. Sm. 8vo, old calf. Cover of title mounted. 17/6 Lugduni, Seb. Gryphium, 1541 263 COOKERY. Lamb (Patrick) Royal Cookery; or, the Complete Court-Cook. Containing the Choicest Receipts in all the particular Branches of Cookery, now in Use in the Queen's Palaces of St. James's, Kensington, Hampton Court and Windsor. 8vo, 35 folding plates, old calf, rebacked. IS/- 1710 264 COPYRIGHT. Macaulay (Catharine) A Modest Plea for the Pro- perty of Copy Right. 4to, wrappers. 10/6 R. Cruttwell, Bath, 1774 265 COSTUME. Military Costume of India in an Exemplification of the Manual and Platoon exercises for the use of the Native Troops and the British Army in General. By Captn. James, 67th Regt. Imp. 8vo, coloured title made up of flags, trophies, and emblems of war ; 35 finely coloured plates of native troops, cloth, uncut. 8 guineas T.Goddard, 1813 * t " A rare series of military costume plates, and the most authentic depictions of the Anglo-Indian army at this period. 266 COTTON (Charles) Poems on Several Occasions. Sm. 8vo, calf. £2 12 6 ' 1689 *»* This book of 730 pages, in spite of its unauthorised source, is the most complete collection of Cotton's poems. It prevented the authorised collection from appearing and was never reprinted. 267 COTTON (Charles) Genuine Poetical Works. Containing, I. Scar- ronides : Or, Virgil Travestie. II. Lucian Burlesqu'd : Or, the Scoffer Scoff'd. III. , The Wonders of the Peake. Illustrated with many Curious Cuts, all New-design'd and Engraved by the best Artists. i2mo, full blue morocco, sides panelled in gold, gilt edges, fine copy. 25/- 1765 * * Amusing, but coarse. Cotton is better known to disciples of Izak Walton, and as a satirical poet is somewhat neglected. 30 JAMES TREGASKIS, " Caxton Head," 268 COTTON. Ure (Andrew) The Cotton Manufacture of Great Britain systematically investigated, and illustrated by 150 original figures engraved on wood and steel ; with an introductory view of its comparative state in foreign countries, drawn chiefly from personal survey. 2 vols., 8vo, half calf, Henry Beaufoy bookplate. 14/- 1836 269 COWLEY (A.) Works, consisting of those which were formerly printed ; and those which he design'd for the Press ; publish'd out of the Author's Original Copies. With the Cutter of Colman-Street. 3 vols., 8vo, 18 fine portraits of the poet's dis- tinguished contemporaries, by Vandergucht, also 12 other plates, old sprinkled calf, gilt, scarce. 3 guineas 1710-1708 *»* The portraits include Charles I., Charles II., Cromwell, Van Dyck, Sir Wm. Davenant, Sir H. Wotton, Lord Faulkland, Lord Keeper Williams, Hobbes of Malmesbury, Catherine Phillips, (John Evelyn, William Harvey, etc., etc. Part III. of the last Volume contains " His Six Books of Plants." 270 [COWPER (Wm.) and John Newton] Olney Hymns, in three books, Book I. On Select Texts of Scriptures. Book II. On Occasional Subjects. Book III. Of the Progress and Changes of the Spiritual Life. i2mo (wants lower blank portion of half title, some slight stains), First Edition, original calf . £2 12 6 1779 *«* Cowper's sixty-seven contributions to this volume are distinguished by the prefixed letter C. John Newton, curate of Olney, employed him as a lay-reader and help, in order to distract his mind from the malady which threatened him, and the hymns were mainly pub- lished as a monument of their friendship. The famous hymn commencing " God moves in a mysterious way," which was composed when Cowper was expecting a mental attack, is included in this collection, which is regarded as the first-fruits of his poetical genius. 271 CRUIKSHANK. More Mornings at Bow Street. Sm. 8vo, Complete Set of G. Cruikshank's illustrations, consisting of the etched frontispiece, and the 24 wood- cuts, in proof state, on India paper ; arranged in scrap-book (not laid down), brown morocco. £3 12 6 * (1827) 272 CRUIKSHANK. Points of Humour. 8vo, Complete Set of G. Cruikshank's 20 coloured etchings to both series, on large paper; arranged in scrap-book (not laid down), brown morocco. S guineas *,* Truman obtained most of these from the publisher. 273 CURIOSA. The Annals of Love, containing twenty one select Histories of the Amours of divers Princes Courts, pleasantly related. By a person of honour. Sm. 8vo, fine copy in old calf. £3 17 6 1672 274 DACRE (Barbarina, Lady) Translations from the Italian. 8vo, 150 copies only printed, cloth, with autograph presentation inscription from the translator to " Miss Barrett [Mrs. Browning] from one who, tho' a stranger is not unacquainted with her extraordinary merits and acquirements." From the Browning collection. 1 guinea 1836 275 DANTE, Portrait of. Half length, in profile, laureated, with land- scape background. 4J by 3J ins., facsimile of the front., "Lo amoroso Convivio," Venice, 1521. Proof on India paper, 10 by j\ in. 3/- 276 DANIEL (William B.) Rural Sports. 2 vols, in 3, as issued, roy. 8vo, with numerous engravings of birds, fish and sporting implements, chiefly by J. Scott, old diced calf (rebacked). 35/- [1801] %• Issued concurrently with the quarto form, so that either may be described as the First Edition. The work is of great value as a record of sport before the introduction of more modern and speedier methods of game-killing. It is said to contain the earliest authentic account of wild-fowl shooting with punt and gun. 277 DEDEKINDUS (Fridericus) Grobianus et Grobiana, de Morum Simplicitate Libri Tres, in gratiam omnium Rusticitatis amantium conscripti.-.diligenter emendati et...exemplis aucti. i2mo, woodcut initials, old russia, gilt tooled, from Lord Napier's library. 27/6 Francoforti, apud heredes C. Egenolphi, 1564 *.* A famous piece of Renaissance irony giving, after the manner of Swift, satirical advice on behaviour, and well illustrating the customs of the time. 232, High Holborn, London, W.C. 31 DEFOE (Daniel). 278 THE CONSOLIDATOR : or Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the Moon. Translated from the Lunar Language, by the Author of The True Born Englishman. 8vo, First Edition, old calf. £1 15 . ' 1705 279 A DICTIONARY OF ALL RELIGIONS, Ancient and Modern; whether Jewish, Pagan, Christian or Mahometan [By Daniel Defoe.] 8vo, First Edition, sprinkled panelled calf, gilt edges by Zaehnsdorf. £1 15 1704 280 A SYSTEM OF MAGIC ; or, a History of the Black Art [By Daniel Defoe], Being an historical account of Mankind's most early Dealing with the Devil ; and how the Acquaintance on both sides first began. 8vo, First Edition, frontispiece, old calf, rebacked. ^1 5 Printed: and sold by J. Roberts, 1727 281 THE HISTORY OF. ..MR. DUNCAN CAMPBELL, a gentleman, who tho' Deaf and Dumb, writes down any strangers name at first sight. Now living in Exeter Court over against the Savoy. [By Daniel Defoe.] 8vo, First Edition, portrait, old calf. 1 guinea 1720 282 A NEW VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD by a Course never failed before. Being a voyage undertaken by some Merchants who afterwards proposed the Setting up an East India Company at Flanders. [By Daniel Defoe.] 8vo, First Edition, frontispiece and 3 plates, sheep, gilt edges. 2 guineas 1725 283 THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE DEVIL as well Ancient as Modern : in two parts. Part I. containing a State of the Devil's circumstances and the various turns of his Affairs from his Expulsion out of Heaven. Part II. containing his more private conduct down to the present Times. [By D. Defoe.] 8vo, First Edition, frontis- piece, sheep, gilt edges. 2 guineas 1726 284 DERBYSHIRE. Hunter (Alex., M.D.) A Treatise on the Nature and Virtues of Buxton Waters. With a preliminary Account of the External and Internal use of Natural and Artificial Warm Waters among the Antients. 8vo, First Edition, unbound. 8/6 London, Printed for the Author, 1768 *»* A little known treatise by the great physician, dedicated to the Duke of Devonshire. 285 DERBYSHIRE. Ward (Rev. R.) The Matlock, Buxton and Castleton Guide, containing concise accounts of these and other remarkable places and objects, chiefly in the northern parts of the interesting county of Derby. Sm. 8vo, with folding map, unbound. 10/6 Wirhsworth , 1818 286 DESBILLONS (Franijois Joseph) Fabulae Aesopiae, curis posterior- bus, omnes fere, emendatae : accesserunt plus quam clxx novae. 2 vols., 8vo, Fine Paper, with fifteen plates designed and engraved by Verhlst in proof state before letters, contem- porary mottled calf. 30/- Mannhemii et Parisiis, J . Barbou, 1768 *.* The First Complete Edition of the work of this famous Latinist : in its original form, the first five parts only, it was first printed by the Foulis brothers in 1754. 287 DE VERE (Sir Aubrey) Mary Tudor. An historical drama. The Lamentation of Ireland and other poems. 8vo, original cloth uncut, with presentation inscription " from Aubrey de Vere " on half title. Browning collection. £2 10 Pickering, 1847 DIALLING. See Navigation. 288 [DIBDIN (Charles)] The Deserter; a New Musical Drama, as it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. 8vo, First Edition, unbound, 12/6 1773 *.• Based on a successful French piece of the same name. 289 DIBDIN (T. F.) A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany. 3 vols., 8vo, plates of portraits, antiquities, etc., and engravings in the text, orig. cloth, uncut. 32/6 1829 *,* Some plates appear in this edition which were not published in the large original edition, including a fine portrait of the author engraved by James Thomson, after a painting by T. Phillips. 32 JAMES TREGASKIS, " Caxton Head," 290 DIBDIN (T. F.) An Introduction to the Knowledge of Rare anc Valuable Editions of the Greek and Roman Classics. Sm. 8vo, new boards, entirely uncut autograph of Hyde Clarke on title. 17/6 Glocester, 180: * „* The scarce First Edition of Dibdin's first bibliographical work, which was the means of introducing him to Lord Spencer This halting prophecy occurs at the end : "The time is arrived when hundreds and thousands of pounds are readily given for a Raphael, E Correggio, or Caracci ; the time may come, when fifty or an hundred pounds will be cheerfully devoted to a Faust, a Jenson, or a Spira." DICKENS (Charles). 291 MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK. 3 vols., imp. 8vo, First Edition, illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot K. Browne. Extra illustrated by the insertion, in their proper places, of the complete set of 70 Etchings by Thomas Sibson, half morocco, gilt edges, signature of " H. A Dance, 1841 " on fly-leaves. 6 guineas Chapman and Hall, 1840-41 *»* The set of Sibson Etchings is unquestionably the best independent series of illus- trations to Dickens ever published, and brilliant original impressions, such as those in the present copy, are rightfully regarded as equal to the best efforts of Seymour, ' Phiz,' and Cruikshank in the same direction. They were issued in parts close upon the heels of the text, and at the end is bound the printed title with vignette, and a list of the illustrations, which, with engraved title to the ' Old Curiosity shop,' total up to 72, although but 70 are mentioned in list. 292 DOMBEY AND SON. 8vo, First Edition, with illustrations by Phiz, a fine copy in the original parts as issued, with wrappers and advertisement leaves. 6 guineas 1S4S 293 PORTRAIT of Charles Dickens by J. H. Baker, from a photograph. Proof copy on India paper, with a signed presentation inscription from the engraver to W. Jeffrey. 30/- " 187c 294 PORTRAIT GROUP, photogravure. 3$ by 5J. From a photograph taken in Mark Lemon's garden, and including Charles Dickens, Charles Dickens, jun., Kate and Mary Dickens, Mark Lemon, Albert Smith, Shirley Brooks, Wilkie Collins, Marcus Stone and Augustus Egg. 30/- ' [circa 1858] 295 CATALOGUE of the Beautiful Collection of Modern Pictures, Water- Colour Drawings and Objects of Art, of Charles Dickens Deceased. ..Sold by Auction by Christie, Manson & Woods. July 9, 1870. 8vo, 12 pp., unbound, the purchasers and prices added in contemporary manuscript, rare. IS/- 1870 *,* The genuine original sale catalogue. 296 DICTIONARY. Calepinus (Ambrosius) Dictionarium, in quo restituendo atque exornando cum multa praestitimus, turn in extremo...appendicem im- pressimus. Thick folio, old boards. 30/- Venetiis, apud alii filios, 1552 *.* Perhaps the most popular Latin dictionary of the sixteenth century. In its later forms it became a polyglot. 297 DIPLOMAS. Diploma on vellum, granted to Robert Browning by the Institut Historique, Jan. 31, 1855, with seal, and another, on paper, granted by the Societe de Statistique Universelle, Sep. 15. 1836. The two, £"2 2 1836-53 298 DODERIDGE (Sir John) A Compleat Parson : or, a Description oi Advowsons, or Church-living. Wherein is set forth the interests of the Parson, Patron and Ordinarie... Delivered at several readings at New Inne, Anno 1602, 1603. Sm. 4to, First Edition, original blank lettered A before title, wrappers. 18/6 " i63< 299 DODSLEY (Robert) A Select Collection of old Plays. Vols. I-X. 8vo (stained), old calf, Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning's copy, witfc Elizabeth B. Barrett on the title-page of one volume and Robert and Elizabett Barrett Browning on the title-page of another, both in the handwriting of the poetess. From the Browning collection. 8 guineas 174^ 232, High Holborn, London, W.C. 33" 300 DOMETT (Alfred) Flotsam and Jetsam. Rhymes Old and New. 8vo, cloth, Robert Browning's copy, with presentation inscription from Alfred Domett on title-page. £$ $ Q 1877 *** Dedicated "to (if ever there were one!) a mighty poet and subtle- souled psychologist, Robert Browning." 301 DOMETT (Alfred) Venice [A Poem], 8vo, wrappers, Robert Browning's copy, with autograph inscription from the author " Robert Browning Esq, with A. Domett's kind regards." From the Browning collection. 7 guineas * rt * Domett was a close personal friend of Robert Browning, who mourned his sudden departure from London (afterwards to re-appear as prime minister of New Zealand) in his well-known poem Waring. A further reference will be found in The Guardian Angel. 302 DOMETT (Alfred) Venice. 8vo, unbound. Another copy, with " R. B., Aug. 1 1839" in Browning's autograph on title. From the Browning collection. £1 10 C ' " 1839 303 DORSET. The Unhappy Marksman, or a Perfect and Impartial discovery of the late barbarous and unparall'd Murther committed by Mr. George Strang- wayes...on bis brother-in-law Mr. John Fussell... Together with a full discovery of the fatal causes of those unhappy differences whic 1 first occasioned the Suits in Law betwixt them. Also the behaviour of Mr. Strangways at his Tryal (etc.). Published by a faithful hand, Sm. 4to, half red morocco. £2 7 6 * ' ' T.N. for R. Clavell. 1659 *»* The murder arose out of a dispute concerning an estate at Mussen in Dorsetshire. 304 DOYLE '(Richard) The Foreign Tour of Messrs Brown, Jones and Robinson. Being the history of what they saw and did in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Italy. Folio, original cloth, from the Browning collection. 25/- Bvadbuvy and Evans, n.d. 305 DOYLE (Richard) In Fairy Land, a series of Pictures from the Elf World, with a Poem by W. Allingham. Folio, First Edition, 16 coloured plates by Doyle, original decorated cloth cover, gilt edges. £1 15 1870 306 DRAMA. Tomlins (F. G.) A Brief View of the English Drama... with suggestions for elevating the present condition of the art. i2mo, calf, presentation copy from the author to Robert Browning, with inscription on fly-leaf. From the Browning collection. 15/- 1840 307 DRYDEN. Annvs Mirabilis; The Year of Wonders, 1666. An His- torical 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. Sm. 8vo (few foliations shorn, and inner margins little wormed). First Edition, original sheep. £6 10 Henry Herringman, 1667 *.;.* The terrors of the Plague and Fire drove the Poet to the seclusion of his father-in-law's seat at Charlton in Wiltshire, where he composed this poem. 308 DRYDEN. The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. By Mr. Dryden, and Some other Eminent Hands. Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. Made English by Mr. Dryden. With Explanatory Notes at the end of each Satire. To which is prefix'd a Discourse concerning the Original and Progress of Satire. ..By Mr. Dryden. Folio, First Edition, half morocco, with Beaufoy bookplate, tall copy, with the half-title. £1 15 Jacob Tonson, 1693 * * The other " Eminent Hands " included Dryden's sons, Charles, who took the seventh satire, and John, who was responsible for the fourteenth. Johnson saidthat this translation preserved the wit, but wanted the dignity of the original. 34 JAMES TREGASKIS, " Caxton Head," 309 DU BARTAS (Guillaume Saluste, Seigneur) Bartas his Deuine Weekes and Workes Translated ; & Dedicated to the Kings most excellent Majestie by Iosvah Sylvester. Sm. 4to (3 leaves from a shorter copy), architectonic title with the Royal Arms, and astrological and geographical spheres, full page cut of the arms of the Earl of Essex, and another represent- ing the Triumphs of Faith, original limp vellum. 5 guineas Humphrey Lownes, 1605 *.,.* The rare first collected edition. Amongst the many commendatory verses are Epigrams by Ben Jonson and Samuel Daniel, here published for the first time. ' Fragments, and other small works ' of Bartas are included and ' Tetpsetika or the Quadrains of Guy de Faur, Lord of Pibrac' There is an interesting ' Index of the Hardest Words.' 310 DURANDUS (Gulielmus). Rationale Divinorum OfHciorum, nunc recens utilissimis Adnotationibus illuStratum. 4to, engraved title and woodcut initials, vellum. 1 guinea Venetiis, apud Gratiosum Perchacinum, 1568 \* One of the few quarto editions of the Rationale. 311 DUTCH WOODCUTS. Dat Leven ons Liefs Heren Jesu Christi. 8vo (wants 3 11., a few stained or defective), 205 (should be 208) 11., gOtblC letter, 20 long lines to a full page, magnificent series of 48 bold xylographic cuts illustrative of the life of Christ, red velvet binding. 12 guineas Late 15th Century *...* Of extreme rarity in this almost perfect state. Some of the cuts have contemporary colouring. 312 DYCK (Ant. van) Sketches by Antonio van Dyck (1599-1614) com- prising Forty Portraits engraved by E. Mitchell. 4to, printed in a brown tint, orig. cloth. 13/- " ' 1879 •„• From the library of J, H. Shorthouse, author of " John Inglesant," with his bookplate. EARLY PRINTING. 313 APULEIUS. [Opera. Fol.6a.] L. Apuleii Madaurensis Philosophi" Platonici Metamorphoseos sive de Asino Aureo Liber Primus [Followed by the Florida, Apologia, De Deo Socrati-s, De Philosophia, De Mundo., the Epitoma of Alcinous and a Latin -version of the Dialogue of Hermes Tri'smegistus. Fol. 170 b.] Lucii Apuleii. ..philosophi metamorphoseos liber ac nonnulla alia opuscula eiusdem : rrec non epitoma Alcinoi in disciplinarum (sic) Platonis desinunt. Folio (last leaves wormed), 176 leaves, no blank at. beginning, 38 long lines to the page, Roman letter, half calf. 6 guineas Vicentia, per Hcnricum de Sancto Urso, 1488 *...* Hain ::: i3i6. The second printed edition of Apuleius, Hain's supposed Jenson issue of 1472 being a fictitious one. The printer's name is given by Hain as Rigo di Car Zeno. 314 AUGUSTINE (St.) [Opuscula. Fol. 1 a] Aurelii Augustini opuscula plurima. [Fol. 2 a] . Tabula. [Fol. 7 a] . Meditationes divi Augustini Episcopi Hipponensis. Folio, QOtblC ICttCV, illuminated and rubricated initials, 273 ff., 50 lines to a page, in double columns, old stamped calf over oaken boards (rebacked), with metal corner-pieces. £Q 10 Argentina*, Martinus Flach, 1489 :;: .,. :;; Hain *ig48. An early collection of St. Augustine's works, including the Meditationes, the Liber Soliloquorum, the Mamiale, the Enchiridion, and thirty minor treatises, with the Life by Posidonius. A contemporary inscription states that the book belonged to a monastic order at Rurimunde. 232, High Holborn, London, W.C 35 iARLY PRINTING.— Continmi. 315 AUGUSTUS (Triumphus) de Ancona. Summa de ecclesiastica jotestate. Thick folio, Editio Princeps, gotbtC letter, long lines, initials ind capitals by hand in vermilion, and exceptionally large copy, the edges jeing mostly in their original rough state, and in many instances the original nanuscript signatures and catchwords preceding each sheet are still intact at ixtreme edges of the tail margins, ancient binding of thick wooden boards :overed by a stained pigskin with stamped panel design, little broken. 10 guineas Augustas [Johann Shuszler], 1473 * # * Hain (o,6o- ;: ) describing this volume mentions a strip, ' quatuor linea? in ingula schedula,' between folios 151 and 152, which is absent in the copy >efore me. The characteristics illustrative of early binding methods were not □tended to remain once the volume was properly arranged for sewing, and it s only on very rare occasions that one comes across such evidences. There is ilso an early form of " Register " at the end, very brief but quite correct ; ' iste iber continet XLVII. quinternos.' 316 BALDUS DE UBERTIS, de Perusio. [Fol. 1 a.] Baldus super ligesto novo. [Fol. 2 a.] Lectura aurea et peregrina illustris utriusque iuris nonarche dni Baldi de Ubaldis de Perusio. Folio (some last leaves stained), {OtbfC letter, 68 lines to a page, in double columns, 54 leaves, the last blank, . tall copy in half vellum. 5 guineas Venetiis, Andreas de Torresanus de Asula, 1495 *%* Hain 2305. The British Museum has no copy of this book, which was irinted by the,father-in-law of Aldus Manutius. 317 BERNARDUS (St.) Speculum de honestate vite (sive Octo puncta lediante quibus perueniter ad perfectionem vite spiritualis Eiusdem). Sm. to, QOtbiC letter, long lines, perfect, with last blank, boards. 30/- sine nota [Roma, Steph. Plannck, c. 149-] *.,.* Hain-Copinger, *2go2. 318 EPISTOL^E BASILII MAGNI, Libanii, Chionis, .Eschinis, Iso- rates, Phalaridis, Bruti, Apollonii, et Juliani Apostatae ; Item Epistolse Diver- Drum Philosophorum, Oratorum, Rhetorum. 2 vols, in 1, sm. 4to, Editio - 'riNceps, both parts complete. Old calf (back restored), gold and blind orders inside and out, gilt edges, Henry White bookplate. Fine copy, with nusually wide margins. £5 15 6 Venet., apud Aldum inense Marfio, 1499 *,,/ :; " Hain *6659. 319 EXPOSITIO IN PSALTERIUM Reuere (n) dissimi. Do. Joa(n) is hispa(n)i de Turre Cremata. 8vo, 176 11., QOtbiC letter, 33-34 long lines ) a full page, woodcut initials, calf, antique, carmine edges, large copy. guineas No place, date, or printer *,,,* Hain *i56gi ; it can hardly be earlier than 1500, however. 320 NUREMBERG CHRONICLE. [Fol. 1 a] Registrum huius operis ari cronicarum cum figuris et ymaginibus ab inicio mundi. [Fol. 22 a] In •incipio creavit deus celum et terram. [Fol. 286 a] ...Completo in famosissima urembergensi urbe Operi de hystoriis etatum mundi ac descriptione urbium, lix imponitur finis. Large folio, one foliated blank and two end blanks anting, but complete with the un foliated portion DeSarmatia and the original ank before the Sexta* Etas Mundi, QOtblC letter, 327 leaves, upwards of 36 JAMES TREGASKIS, " Caxton Head," EARLY PRINTING.— Continued. 2,250 woodcut engravings by Michael Wohlgemuth and William Pleydenwurf a magnificent copy with wide margins, the leaves measuring i8£ by 12^ being in many cases uncut, in the original binding of stamped pigskin ove boards, with fine eighteenth century armorial bookplate of Valentinus Schnotzius Canonicus et Senior Herriedensis. £$2 Nuremberg, A. Koberger, 149 *.,.* The first edition of the famous picture book of the middle ages. I contains some 2,250 woodcut engravings illustrating the chief events of tb world, beginning with a full-page cut representing God the Father calling tb universe into existence, with " portraits " of the chief men from Adam an< views of cities from Nineveh onwards. The artist is equal to depicting any thing from the expulsion from Paradise to the Council of Constance, thougl the wives of the patriarchs are German alike in features and headdress, an< " Anglia " is a typical German towered city of the kind that Durer afterward: loved. Perhaps the most striking illustration from the artistic point of view i the large Dance of Death on folio 264. 321 LACTANTIUS (Lucius Coelius Firmianus) [Opera] Lactanti Firmiani de divinis institutionibus adversus gentes. Sm. folio, Roman letter long lines, capitals to books put in by hand and ornamented in red and blue capitals to chapters in red and blue, old calf, rebacked. 6 guineas Venetiis, J oh. de Colonia, 147! *. ; ,* Hain '^9814. First two leaves remargined on fore-edge. 322 OVID. [Metamorphoses] (Fol. 1 a) Bonus Accursius Pisanus saluterr dicit plurimam magnifico...Ciccho Simonetae. [Fol. 1 b — 5b contains a Life of Ovid by Bonus Accursius. Fol. 9 b] P. Ovidii Nasonis M&tamorphoseo! Liber Primus In nova fert ainmus (sic) mutatas dicere formas. Folio, romar letter, 166 ff. (wants preliminary blank) 48 lines to a page, calf. 9 guineas Ab Hermanno Levilapide Vicentiae impressa, 148c :;: ... :;: Hain "12141. Though complete in itself, the book forms, with the volume subsequently issued from the same press, the complete works of Ovid 323 ECTON (John) Liber Valorum et Decimarum. Being an Account oi such Ecclesiastical Benefices in England and Wales as now stand charged with, or latel) were discharged from the payment of, First-Fruits and Tenths. 8vo, calf. 6/- 172; 324 EGAN (Pierce) Life in London : or, the Day and Night Scenes 0: Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their Rambles and Sprees through the metropolis. Roy. 8vo, First Edition, 36 coloured etchings, drawn and engraved by I. R, and G. Cruikshank, 3 folding plates of music, and many woodcuts by them, half blue morocco, top edge gilt, an uncut copy. 10 guineas 1821 '■''\J' " The success was instantaneous and unprecedented. ' It took both town and country by storm.' So great was the demand for copies... that the colourists could not keep pace with the printers. The alternate scenes of higt life and low life, the contrasted characters, and revelations of misery side b) side with prodigal waste and folly, attracted attention, while the vivacity o dialogue and description never flagged." Diet, of Nat. Biog. 325 EGYPTIAN FACETIAE. Seyppel (C. M.) Schlau, schlauer, an schlausten. Aegyptische Humoreske. Memphis, Mumienstrasse No. 35 [Diisseldorj]. Er-Sie Es. II** aegyptische Humoreske. Memphis, Pyiamidenstrasse No. 36 [Dusseldorf] Dii Plagen. III. 1 * aegyptische Humoreske aufgeschrieben bei dem Auszuge der Juden au Aegypten. Memphis, Krohodiknstrasss, [Dusseldorf] . 3 vols., folio, canvas, with the seals 01 232, High Holborn, London, W.C. 37 the covers intact. The three, wi th a letter (printed) from Dr. Ebers the eminent Egypt- ologist on the subject of these skits. 21/- n.d. *.* These books are exceedingly clever imitations of Egyptian papyri ; the brown tint of the papyrus, with occasional green " patination " being brought out with wonderful accuracy. The figures from the vases and monuments of Egypt are admirably satirized in the quaint drawings. 326 EGYPTOLOGY. The Papyrus of Ani in the British Museum. The Egyptian Text, with interlinear transliteration, and translation, a running translation, intro- duction, etc., by Dr. E. A. Wallis Budge. Thick imp. 4to, reproduction of the hieroglyphic text of the Papyrus, half morocco, gilt top edge. £2 12 6 1895 *.* Specially prepared to accompany the Facsimile of the Papyrus of Ani, which is the largest, best preserved, and the best illuminated of all the Papyri dating from the second half of the XVIIIth Dynasty (about B. c. 1500 to 1400). 327 ELIZABETH, QUEEN OF ENGLAND. Noble (M. le) My Lord Courtenay on Histoire Secrete des premiers Amours d'Elizabeth d'Angleterre. Sm. 8vo, Original Edition, Cambridge panelled calf. 2 guineas a Lyon, 1697 *„* A study of the early passion of Queen Elizabeth from the Earl of Courtenay. ELZEVIR PRESSES. 328 BUSBEQUIUS (Augerius Gislenius) Omnia quae extant. 24mo First Elzevir Edition, engraved title-page, modern calf inlaid, extra. 15/- Lugd. Bat., ex officina Elzevirwrum . 1633 *.* The first collected edition of the works of this famous traveller and diplomatist, and far superior to the reprint of 1660. 329 CAESAR (C.J.) C. J. Caesaris quae extant, ex emendatione Jos. Scaligeri. nmo, with engraved title-page and three folding maps, the second issue, old calf (morocco back). £17 6 Lugduni Batavorum, ex officina Elzeviriana, 1635 *,* The second issue of this crowning product of the Elzevir press, " one of the most snviable jewels " Willems called it, " that can adorn a bibliophile's cabinet " — falls but little short of the first. 330 CONTARINI (Caspar) De Republica Venetorum Libri Quinque. Item synopsis reip. Venetae et alii de eadem discursus politici. Editio secunda auctior. 24010, with engraved title-page, modern olive calf, gilt. 17/6 Lugd. Batavorum, ex officina Elzeviriana. 1628 *,* " This edition is to be preferred to that of 1626," says Willems, "because the typo- graphy is neater and the paper finer." 331 GROTIUS (Hugo) De Veritate Religionis Christianae. i8mo, First Elzevir Edition, modern brown morocco, inside borders. 13/6 Amstelodami, ex officina Elzeviriana. 1662 *,* The first and most esteemed of the five Elzevir editions, that of 1640, cited by Berard, Deing really from the house of J. Maire of Leyden. 332 ENGRAVING. Ottley (W. Y.) Inquiry into the Origin and Early history of Engraving upon Copper and in Wood, with an Account of Engravers and their Works, from the Invention of Chalcography by Maso Finiguerra to the time of Marc' Antonio ^aimondi. 2 vols., 410, facsimile specimens of rare and curious engravings by old masters. ixtra illustrated by the insertion of 67 Early Woodcuts, Etching, etc., by and after Lucas 'an Leyden, Diirer, and other Masters, half crimson morocco, gilt, gilt top edges, otherwise incut. £3 7 6 ' 1816 • * A book of great authority in its day, which did much to stimulate an intelligent interest n the subject, and furnished a good deal of valuable material to those writers whose research ed to the more correct views of our own time. 333 ETHEREGE (Sir George) Works. Containing his Plays and Poems. 2mo, with three plates, original calf, old bookplate of Elizabeth Cecil. 25/- ForJ. Tonson, 1735 334 ETON. The Microcosm. A Periodical Work, by Gregory Griffin, 'he 40 nos., complete in 1 vol. 8vo, engraved title, contemporary tree calf, signature of G. E. Howman. 1813 ' on title. 21/- Printed for C. Knight, Windsor, 1787 *,* Brought out by George Canning, John and Robert Smith, John Hookham Frere, and Varies Ellis when at Eton : the publisher paid fifty pounds for the copyright, 38 JAMES TREGASKIS, " Caxton Head," 335 EULENSPIEGEL (Tyll) Noctuae Speculum. Omnes Res memora- biles, variasque et admirabiles, Tyli Saxonici machinationes complectens...nunc primum ex idiomate Germanico latinitate donatum. Authore Aegidio Periandro. Sm. 8yo, numerous woodcut illustrations throughout text, old russia, gilt tooled, from Lord Napier's library. £2 2 Franco f urti , 1567 ',' A translation into Latin elegiacs of the story of this famous swindler and jack-of-all- trades. The woodcuts at the head of each " chapter," curiously illustrating Tyll's doings, appeared here for the first time. 336 EURIPIDES. Alcestis. Ex recensione Augusti Nauckii— Herakles. Ex recensione A. Nauckii. 2 vols, in I, 8vo, interleaved, cloth, Robert Browning's copy, with his signature and the date July 24, '73, on the fly-leaf. From the Browning collection. 8 guineas Lipsiae, 1864-1854 *.,,* The combination of date and subject give this book a special interest, for it was in 1873 that Browning wrote the remarkable Transcript from Euripides which is a translation of the Herakles, in which much use must have been made of the Alcestis. 337 EVELYN (John) The History of Religion. A Rational Account of the True Religion, edited with notes by the Rev. R. M. Evanson. 2 vols., cr. 8vo, original cloth, presentation copy from the editor to Thomas Hughes, with inscription. 10/- 1850 * t * Here first published from the original manuscript. 338 EVELYN (John) Kalendarium Hortense : or, the Gard'ners Almanac directing what he is to do monthly throughout the Year. And what Fruits and Flowers are in Prime. Sm. 8vo, russia, neat. £1 10 1673 *,* The Dedication opens thus: — "To Abraham Cowley Esq. ; Sir, This Fifth Edition of my Hortulan Kalender is yours, mindful of the honour once conferr'd on it, when you were pleas'd to suspend your nobler Raptures, and think it worthy your transcribing. . . ." 339 [EVELYN (John)] The History of the three late famous impostors, viz. Padre Ottomano, Mahomed Bei and Sabatai Sevi...With a brief account of the ground and occasion of the present war between the Turk and the Venetian. Together with the cause of the final Extirpation. ..of the Jews out of the Empire of Persia. i2mo, fine copy in calf. £2 10 In the Savoy, for H. Herringman, 1669 *,* A scarce work. It was taken from informants whose names Evelyn declined to give. 340 FACETLE. [Mennes (Sir John) and Dr. James Smith] Witt's Recreations refined & Augmented, with ingenious Conceites for the wittie, And Merrie Medicines for the Melancholie. [Printed title : — Recreation for Ingenious Head-Pieces: or a Pleasant Grove for their Wits to walk in...] Sm. 8vo (wants 2 11., some headlines shorn), curious engraved title in compartments by W. Marshall, and woodcuts in the text, half roan, rare. £i 14 6 M. Symmons andS. Symmons (for John Stafford), 1663 *,* A collection of 700 epigrams, 200 epitaphs, and numerous ' fancies and fantasticks," in riddles, and so on. ' Mennes's verses, chiefly vers de sociite, seem to have caught the fancy of the age, and have been since described as the ideal of wit and mirth, but most of the pieces are coarse.' — D.N B. 341 FACETIAE. Cancionero de Obras de Burlas Provocantes a Risa. Cum privilego, En Madrid, Por Luis Sanchez. 8vo, printed on large paper, title within woodcut border, red morocco, extra, gilt edges, by F. Bedford. 3 guineas (London, Pickering, 1843) *,* A beautifully executed reprint of a collection of facetious ballads, etc., which appeared in 1529, only one copy of which is known. A glossary is appended. 342 FARRAR (F.W.) The Life of Christ. With original illustrations. 410, original cloth, with the autograph of Miss Sarianna Browning. From the Browning collection. 1 guinea n.d. 343 FENELON. Les Avantures de Telemaque Fils d'Ulysse. Folio (a few margins little water-stained), portrait by Drevet after Vivien, 25 beautiful full-page plates, 25 vignettes, and 21 culs-de-lampe engraved by Folkema, Duflos, Tanje\ Dravets, and others, after Picart, Debrie, and Dubourg, the whole work within ornamental borders, old calf, gilt, large copy. £3 10 A Leide,' 1761 *»* Contains the pieces suppressed by the French Court in nearly every copy of the 1734 edition. 232, High Holborn, London, W.C. 39 344 FERNS. Lowe (E. J.) Ferns: British and Exotic. 7 vols., imp. 8vo, with numerous beautifully coloured plates and woodcuts, orig. cloth. 30/- Groombndge &• Co., 1856-9 345 FIELD (Michael) Attila, my Attila. A Play. 8vo, First Edition, original boards, uncut, presentation copy " to the beloved sister of Robert Browning, November, 1895." £i 15 1896 346 [FITZGERALD (Edward)] Euphranor. A Dialogue on Youth. F'scap. 8vo, First Edition, orig. green cloth, (binding discoloured), uncut. £2 17 6 Pickering, 1851 *,* His first published volume. 347 FLOWERS. The New Botanic Garden. 2 vols., 4to, 61 plates, containing 133 figures of Plants, engraved by Sansom from the original pictures, and coloured with the greatest exactness from drawings by Sydenham Edwards, fine copy in tree calf, gold borders inside and out, gilt edges. £% 7 6 Stochdale, 1812 348 FONTHILL ABBEY. Rutter (J.) A Description of Fonthill Abbey and Demesne, in the county of Wilts; including a list of its paintings, cabinets and other curiosities. 8vo, view of Fonthill, wrappers. 15/- Shaftesbury, 1822 %* It was in this year that Beckford was compelled to give up Fonthill. 349 FOOTE (Samuel) The Englishman in Paris. A Comedy. First Edition, 1763 — [Burgoyne (General John)] The Maid of the Oaks. A new dramatic entertainment. First Edition, 1774 — [Kelly (Hugh)] The School for Wives. A Comedy. 1774 — [Dibdin (Charles)] The Deserter; a new musical drama. First Edition, 1773 — [Murphy (Arthur)] The Grecian Daughter ; a Tragedy. First Edition, 1772 — The South Briton : a Comedy. ..written by a Lady. First Edition, 1774. The six in 1 vol., 8vo, old calf. 21/- ' I763-J774 350 [FORD (Emanuel)] The Famous History of Montelion, Knight of the Oracle, Son to the true Mirror of Princes, the Most Renowned Persicles, King of Assyria. Shewing his strange Birth, unfortunate love, perilous Adventures in Arms ; and how he came to the knowledge of his parents. Sm. 410, calf gilt. 7/6 Dublin, 1761 351 FORD (James) Twelve Sermons preached in the Chapel of Liverydole Alms-house, Heavitree. Sm. 8vo, calf, bound with others by the same author, with the autograph inscription, "Thomas Hughes Esq., with the affectionate regards of the Author, Heavitree, November 30, 1845." 17/6 Exeter, 1838 *,* The author was the father of Fanny Hughes, wife of Thos. Hughes, author of " Tom Brown's School Days." See also Segneri in present catalogue. 352 FORE-EDGE PAINTING. Campbell (Thomas) The Pleasures of Hope and other Poems, engraved title and vignettes by Heath after R. Westall R.A., with a contemporary water-colour painting of Richmond Bridge, Surrey, on the fore-edge. 121110, straight-grained olive morocco, blind and gold-tooled on back and sides, and gold inside borders, gilt edges. 21 guineas . . 1820 *...* A delightful specimen of fore-edge painting, in as fine condition as when painted nearly one hundred years ago ; the binding also is beautifully tooled and bright and fresh. 353 [FOXE (John)] The Pope confuted. The Holy and Apostolique Church confuting the Pope. Translated out of Latine into English by James Bell. 8vo (a few corners damaged), title within woodcut border, blaCft letter. £2 10 T. Dawson for R. Sergier, 1580 * * Sir Sidney Lee in the D.N.B. states that the original Latin version of this tract is not identified, though Lowndes mentions a Papa confutatus as being issued in the same year as the above. The translator was a converted Catholic : in his own words, he " wandered long in the selfsame mizmaze, nooseled therin by the gray headed of that schoole, whose coun- tenance carried mee from my Christ to the Syvinstie of Sorbone." He was reconciled to Rome in the year following, 40 JAMES TREGASKIS, " Caxton Head," 354 FRANCE. The Restorer of the French Estate. Discovering the true causes of these warres in France and other countries, and delivering the right course of restoring peace and quiet to all Christendome. Translated out of French. Sm. 4to (some headlines cut), unbound. 27/6 Richard Field, 1589 355 FRENCH VERSE. Recueil de Poesies Fugitives et Contes Nouveaux. Two parts in 1 vol., 241110, contemporary red morocco, extra. 30/- Londres [Paris, Caziii] 1781 356 FROISSART'S CHRONICLES. Le premier [—quart] Volume de l'Histoire et Cronique de Messire Jehan Froissart. Reueu et corrige sus divers Ex- emplaires et suyuant les bons Auteurs, par Denis Sauvage. 4 vols, in 2, folio, woodcut initials to each chapter, red russia, gilt, blind stamped. 6 guineas Lyon, Jan de Toiirnes, 1559-61 *,* The first edition of Denis Sauvage's recension, which represents the purest state of the text until modern times. 357 FRUIT. Brookshaw (Geo.) Pomona Britannica ; or, a Collection of the most esteemed Fruits at present cultivated in this Country ; together with the blossoms and leaves of such as are necessary to distinguish the various sorts from each other, with full description of their various qualities, seasons, etc. Atlas folio, 90 most beautifully coloured plates accurately drawn and coloured from nature, green straight-grained morocco, elaborately blind tooled and gold borders, gilt edges, fine copy. 3 guineas Bensley, 1812 * »* One of the original copies of the First Edition, the colouring of which is much finer than in the later issues. Though generally described as containing 93 plates, it has only 90 plates, 39, 42, and 46 never having been published. 358 FULKE (William) T. Stapleton and Martiall (two Popish Heretikes) confuted, and of their particular heresies detected. Sm. 8vo, calf antique. 17/6 H. Middleton for G. Bishop, 1580 *,* Replies to Stapleton 's translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History and to John Marshall's " reply against the answere of Maister Calf hill to the blasphemous treatise of the Crosse." 359 FULLER (Thomas) The Infants Advocate. Of Circumcision and Baptisme on Jewish and Christian children. Sm. 8vo, First Edition, morocco. 2 guineas !653 *.* A defence of infant baptism, beginning with the analogy of circumcision amongst the Jews. 360 FURNITURE. Macquoid (Percy) A History of English Furniture. The Age of Oak. With plates in colour after Shirley Slocombe, and numerous Illustrations selected and arranged by the Author. Folio, orig. buckram, uncut, gilt top edge. £2 IS 1904 361 GARDENING. Steele (Richard) An essay upon Gardening, con- taining a catalogue of Exotic Plants for the Stones and Green-houses of the British Gardens. 4to, folding plate, bound in old green polished English morocco, gilt back, sides gilt with a double line and floral roll border enclosing a fine hand-worked dentelle formed with a centre and sprig, gilt edges. £1 12 6 York, 1793 362 [GARRICK (David)] A New Dramatic Entertainment, called A Christmas Tale. In five parts. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury Lane. 8vo, First Edition, curious etched frontispiece by De Loutherbourg, unbound. 12/6 For T. Becket, 1774 ,* The success of this piece was largely due to De Loutherbourg, then scene painting at Drury Lane. The Biographia Dramatica considers it a contemptible performance, and speaks of pandering to dissipation, and so on. 363 GAY (John) Polly ; An Opera, being the Second Part of the Beggar's Opera. 4to, First Edition, title in red and black, 31 pages of engraved music, half straight- grained morocco, gilt edges, fine copy. 3 guineas * Printed by the Author. 1729 *,* Written in order to continue the success of the ' Beggar's Opera.' Luckily for the author it was censured, and the Opposition strained every effort to encourage its sale. • The Duchess of Marlborough gave £100 for a single copy and for soliciting subscriptions. ..the Duchess of Queensberry was dismissed the court.' Gay cleared somewhere about /i,2oo from its sales. 232, High Holborn, London, W.C. 41 364 [GARDINER (Stephen)] A Detection of the Devils Sophistrie, wherewith he robbeth the unlearned people of the true byleef in the most blessed Sacrament of the aulter. Sm. 8vo, black letter, title within wood-block border, 8 pages printed in Greek (one of the earliest examples of Greek printed in England), old calf. From the Amherst library, with bookplate. £5 15 Printed at London in Aldersgate streete, byjhon Herforde at the costes of Roberte Toye, 1546 *.* Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, was the most able diplomatist during the reign of Henry VIII. The whole business connected with the divorce of Catherine was carried through by him, and he became so useful that the King declared that in his secretary's absence he felt as though he had lost his right hand. In the next reign he resisted all the innovations in matters of religious doctrine, and published "A Detection, etc." He was committed to the Fleet 25 September, 1547, was released in December, and permitted to return to his diocese. In 1548 he preached a sermon at Paul's Cross expressing his views, for which he was committed to the Tower in close confinement for over a year. He was eventually brought to trial by a court presided over by Cranmer, deprived of his bishopric and sent back to the Tower until the following reign. Although a bitter Catholic and, with Bonner, responsible for the persecution of the protestants, he sought to save the life of Cranmer and even interposed to prevent the committal of Peter Martyr to prison, and furnished him with the funds to enable him to return to his own country in safety. 365 GEMS. Boyle (Hon. Robert) An Essay about the Origine and Virtues of Gems. Sm. 8vo, First Edition, old calf. 2S/- 1672 366 GEMS. Gemmae Antiquae ex Thesauro Mediceo et Privatorum Dactyliothecis Florentiae. Cum observationibus A. F. Thorii. Folio, 100 plates of gems, old calf, from the Browning collection. 3 guineas Florentiae, 1732 367 [GENEST (John)] Some Account of the English Stage, from the Restoration in 1660, to 1830. 10 vols., 8vo, cloth, uncut, scarce. 11 guineas Bath, 1832 *..,* Unsurpassed as a contribution towards the history of our stage. The present copy is enriched by the addition of some MS. notes. 368 GEORGE III. History of the Royal Malady, with variety of enter- taining anecdotes, to which are added Strictures on the Declaration of Home Tooke, Esq., respecting the Princess of Wales, commonly called (The Hon.) Mrs. Fitzherbert. With interesting Remarks on a Regency. By a Page of the Presence. 4to, wrappers. £2 2 Printed for and sold by the author, 1789 *,* A satire of considerable coarseness on George III. 369 GIBBON (Edmund) Essai sur l'Etude de la Litterature. Sm. 8vo, half sprinkled calf. £1 12 6 Suivant let Copie, a Londres : Chez T. Becket &■ P. A. de Hondt, 1762 *,* Gibbon's first published work, dedicated to his father under date of May 28th, 1761. Tli^re was a great demand for it after the appearance of his ' Decline and Fall,' but he steadfastly refused to republish it ; a pirated edition was printed at Dublin. 370 GILBERT (Gabriel) Telephonte. Tragicomedie, Paris, 1643— Cresphonte ou le Retour des Heraclides dans le Peloponese. Tragicomedie, First Edition, Paris, 1659 — Arie et Petus, ou les Amours de Neron. Tragedie. First Edition, Paris, 1660 — Les Amours de Diane et d'Endimion. Tragedie, Paris, 1661 — Les Amours d'Ovide. Pas- torale Heroique, Parts, 1663 — Les Amours d'Angelique et de Medor. First Edition, Paris, 1664 — Les Intrigues Amoureuses. First Edition, Paris, 1667. The seven in 1 vol., i2mo, old French calf. 30/- 1643-1667 » • A complete set of the duodecimo plays of this great classical dramatist. The other four, which are not represented here, were issued in quarto. 371 GILL (William F.) The Life of Edgar Allan Poe. 8vo, half calf, with presentation inscription from the author of Robert Browning. From the Browning collection. 21/- 1878 42 JAMES TREGASKIS, " Caxton Head," 372 GLAPTHORNE (Henry) The Hollander. A Comedy written 1635. And now printed as it was then Acted at the Cock-pit in Drury Lane, by their Majesties Servants, with good allowance. And at the court before both their Majesties. Sm. 4to, First Edition, recent half calf. 5 guineas I- Ohes for A. Wilson, 1640 *„* Rare. It is dedicated 'To the great hope of growing nobleness, my Honourable friend, Sir Thomas Fisher, Knight, &c.' 373 GLASS. Neri (Antonio) De Arte Vitraria Libri VII. et in eosdem C. Merretti, M.D. Observationes et Notae. 241110 (flyleaf torn), with frontispiece showing the process of glass-blowing, and four folding plates, sewn, uncut. 25/- Amsteloiami, apud H.Wetstenium, 1686 374 GLASS. Neri (Antonio) De Arte Vitraria Libri VII. etc., another edition of the above, with frontispiece and six folding plates, old calf. 30/- Amstelodami, 1668 375 GLASGOW CARICATURES. Glasgow Looking Glass. Numbers 1 to 16, each number consisting of three pages of lithographed caricatures and one of letter- press. Folio, half calf. 2 guineas 1825-6 *»* The caricaturist is very satirical, not only of contemporary politics, but also of local affairs. The presentation of the Lord Provost and Baillies with a City State Bed, the dissensions between the Rev. Rowland Hill and his organist, the visit of Miss Foote to the theatre, the refusal of the mechanics' Cup by Joseph Hume, and the condition of Bridewell are a few of the subjects that afford material for his humour. Doings in Edinburgh are also glanced at. 376 GOLDSMITH. The Good Natur'd Man: a comedy. As performed at the Theatre- Royal in Convent-Garden. 8vo (wants half title), First Edition, half calf. 13 guineas Printed for W. Griffin, 1768 * % * With the Prologue (by Dr. Johnson), and the very rare Epilogue by Mrs. Bulkley, which only appeared in a few copies of the first edition, owing to delay in its publication. 377 GOLDSMITH. The Deserted Village, a Poem. The ninth Edition. 4to, vignette on title, wrappers. 15/- 1779 378 GONCOURT&BEARDSLEY. Collection des Goncourt. Gravures du XVIII e Siecle, Pieces imprimees en noir & en couleur. Imp. Svo, fine proof portrait of Edmond de Goncourt, original wrappers, uncut. £2 12 6 Paris, 1897 %* "With Aubrey Beardsley's autograph signature on cover, repeated on the fly-leaf. 379 GOUGH (John) The Strange Discovery: A Tragi Comedy. Written by J. Gough, Gent. Sm. 4to, First Edition, woodcut on title, plain calf, antique, gilt edges. $ guineas E. G. for William Leake, 1640 *.* The prologue mentions Columbus and his brother, and the discovery of America. 'The plot, and great part of the language, is taken from the tenth book of Theagenes and Chariclea, or Heliodorus's Ethiopic History, which is looked on as one of the most ancient, and is unquestionably one of the finest romances extant.' See Reid's Biographia Dramatica, copied by Halliwell-Phillipps and Hazlitt. 380 GRADUS ad Parnassum ; sive novus synonymorum, epithetorum ac phrasium poeticarum Thesaurus. Svo, calf, Mrs. Browning's copy, with her autograph signature " E. B. Barrett " on title-page. 5 guineas Edinbmgi, 1813 :;: ... =;: An interesting relic of her studious girlhood at Hope End, which the poetess commemorated in more than one poem. 381 GRAVES (C. L.) The Hawarden Horace. 8vo, cloth, with inser- tion " R. Barrett Browning from G. Murray Smith, May 1898," in the former's handwriting. From the Browning collection. 7/6 1897 , 382 GRAVES (C. L.) More Hawarden Horace. 8vo, cloth, with inscrip- tion " R. Barrett Browning from G. Murray Smith " in the autograph of the former. 7/6 1896 232, High Holborn, London, W.C. 43 383 GRATIANUS. Decretum Gratiani cum Glossis Joannis Theutonici, et annotationibus Bartholomei Brixiensis.. .Thick sm. 4to (2 preliminary leaves missing, and one text leaf torn, narrow strip from head-margin of title, and little water-stained in places), fjOtblC ICttCC, double column, enclosed by commentary, head-lines throughout in red, and frequent passages rubricated, many woodcuts, some very curious, one representing agricultural employments wherein an angler is figured, and another exhibits three hunters, with horn, hound and falcon ; the greater number depict events of church history ; old boards, with leather back. 4 guineas Venetiis, L. A. Giunta, 1514 •,* The Junta Press mark is on the title in red. So wonderfully picturesque an eaxmple of rubricated typography could emanate from no other than the Junta Press. 384 GRAY (John Miller) Memoir and Remains. 2 vols., 8vo, boards, uncut, with autograph presentation inscription from " Michael Field " to " the sister of the poet whom he |J. M. Gray] loved so well. Durdans, June 1895." From the Browning collection. 25/- Edinburgh, 1895 385 GREATRAKS (Valentine) A Brief Account of Mr. Valentine Greatraks and divers of the Strange Cures by him lately performed. Written by himself in a letter addressed to the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq. Sm. 4-to, portrait by Faithorne (rebacked and defective at margins) of Greatraks performing a cure, half calf . 2 guineas 1666 *...* Greatrakes's cures were effected by the method of stroking. His pro- cedure always took the form of a religious ceremony, but he denied any more miraculous power than " an extraordinary gift of God." Modern research attributes his cures to animal magnetism. Several pamphlets were published about him from either side during the years 1665-6. GREENAWAY (Kate). 386 A DAY IN A CHILD'S LIFE. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway. Music by Myles B. Foster. Joy, 1825 : '. ;: ::: From a long note written by Locker, occupying the whole of fly-leaf, it appears he had fn his library a copy of this book, which was stated on the fly- leaf to have been presented to "J. Wright, Esq., from Thomas Hood," who has written at the end of each poem the initials of the author. These Locker copied into the present copy, and he also adds some observations about J. H. Reynolds, the brother of Hood's wife. Then there are two pages of notes and additions in Locker's handwriting, besides occasional observations in the margins, and his bookplate. 432 HOOKER (Richard) Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Politie. Eight Books. Certayne Divine Tractates and other Godly Sermons. Folio, engraved title-page, fine copy in old calf. 21/- W . Stansby [1635] *,* Only five books of the Ecclesiastical Politie appear, in spite of the promise of the title- page. The Divine Tractates (which some bibliographers have taken for later books of the Politie) have each a separate title-page. 433 HOOKER (Richard) A lust and Temperate Defence of the Five Books of Ecclesiastical Policie, written by M. Richard Hooker. Against an uncharitable Letter of certain English Protestants, as they tearme themselves, etc. Written by William Covel. Sm. 4to, unbound. 21/- P. Short for Clement Knight, 1603 %• The "uncharitable letter" appeared anonymously in 1599, under the title of 'A Christian letter to certain English Protestants.' It was attributed by Dr. Wordsworth to Andrew Willett. Hooker's friends thought the attack so wounded him " that it was not the least cause to procure his death," but Covel here asserts that " he contemned it in his wisdom, although he would have answered it if he had lived." 434 HORNE (Richard Hengist) Orion. An epic poem in three books, 8vo, unbound, Robert Browning's copy, with presentation inscription from R. H. Home on title. 5 guineas 1843 '■'J' Home was a friend both of Elizabeth and of Robert Browning long before the poet and poetess had met. It will be remembered that Mrs. Brown- ing's Cry of the Children was based on Home's report on the employment of young children in mines and manufactures. 435 HORNE (Richard Hengist) The Countess von Labanoff, or, the Three Lovers. A novelette. 8vo, wrappers, presentation inscription from R. H. Home to Robert Browning on the title-page, and in Home's autograph in cover " My poverty and not my will Consents to Comedy on my down hill, R.H.H." From the Browning collection. £Z 17 6 1877 436 HORNE (Richard Hengist) Judas Iscariot, a Miracle Play, in two acts. With other poems. 8vo, First Edition, unbound, with the signature of Miss Browning on title, from the Browning collection. £"117 6 1848 232, High Holborn, London, W.C. 49 437 HORSEMANSHIP. A General System of Horsemanship in all its Branches: containing a Faithful Translation Of that most noble and useful Work of his Grace, William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, entitled, The Manner of Feeding, Dressing, and Training of Horses for the Great Saddle, and Fitting them for the Services of the Field in Time of War, or for the Exercise and Improvement of Gentlemen in the Academy at home : A Science peculiarly necessary throughout all Europe, and which has hitherto been so much neglected, or discouraged in England, that young Gentlemen have been obliged to have recourse to foreign Nations for this Part of their Education. 2 vols., imp. folio, 43 double- page plates by Clouwet, de Jode, van Kessel, Vostermann, Lommelin, etc., after Abraham a Diopenbeck, including the Equestrian Portraits of the Author, Charles II., and the Cavendish family group ; also the series of large plates (some in colours), illustrative of the Anatomy and Diseases of Horses, besides many ornamental and other engravings on the text pages. Fine copy, in a most elaborate contemporary English binding of red morocco, both sides of each volume richly decorated with broad frame boarders inlaid in green morocco, and bearing at intervals the figures of horses specially cut for this binding after the engrav- ings to be found in the book, large side and corner ornaments inlaid and gold-tooled, inside borders, gilt edges. 20 guineas 1743 *.* A superb Large Paper copy of the First Edition of this ' System,' which embodies, for the first time in English, the celebrated ' Methode ' of the Duke of Newcastle, occupying the whole of the first volume. It contains all the magnificent plates from the original coppers, as they appeared in the rare French edition, published during the Duke's exile at Antwerp, where he kept a riding-schocl. They are remarkable for the many fine portraits they con- tain, and the depictions of the noble author's f«ats of horsemanship with his different country mansions as backgrounds. The present copy has double red border-lines hand-ruled through- out, and is probably one of the finest in existence. 438 HUSBANDRY. Markham (Gervase) Markham's Farewell to Hus- bandry, or, The inriching of all sorts of Barren and Sterile Grounds in our Kingdome, to be as fruitfull in all manner of Graine, Pulse and Grasse as the best grounds whatsoever. Together with the annoyances and preservation of all Graine and Seede...also a husbandly computation of mens and cattels dayly labours [etc.] Newly reviewed, corrected and amended. Sm. 4to, with many curious cuts of instruments, unbound. 35/- 1625 439 HUTCHINSON (Thomas) Jolts and Jingles. A book of poems for young people. 8vo, Large Paper wrappers, 60 copies only printed, presenta- tion copy to Robert Browning, with autograph inscription " To Robert Browning Esq," with the regards and admiration of the author. 17/6 1889 440 HUXLEY (Thomas Henry) Autograph Letter, signed, ip. 8vo, to Robert Browning, on an appointment to sit for a picture which Browning was arranging for him, " the poet is the natural link between the artist and the man of science." With envelope. Browning collection. 21/- Science and Art Dept., S. Kensington. Feb. 11, 1880 441 INDIA. Defences of George Stratton, Esq. and the majority of Council at Madras, in answer to the accusation brought against them for the supposed murder of Lord Pigot. Containing also a concise narrative of the Proceedings of Lord Pigot. 4to, wrappers. 15/- For T. Cadeli, 1778 442 INDIA. An Answer to the Charges exhibited against Sir Thomas Rumbold in the reports of the Secret Committee of the House of Commons, and in the general letter from the court of directors. By himself. 4to, wrappers. 15/- L 1 ? 8 '] 443 INDIA. The Trial of Joseph Fowke, Francis Fowke, Maha Rajah Nundcoomar and Roy Roda Churn for a conspiracy against Warren Hastings, Esq. and that of Joseph Fowke, Maha Rajah Nundcoomar and Roy Roda Churn, for a conspiracy against Richard Barwell, Esq. 4to, wrappers. 30/- 1776 444 INDIA. Phillips (Mr.) An account of the Religion, Manners and Learning of the People of Malabar in the East Indies, in several Letters written by some of the most learned Men of that country. Sm. 8vo, frontispiece and map, old sheep. 7/6 1717 4 50 JAMES TREGASKIS, " Caxton Head," 445 INNOCENT III. (Pont. Max.) De Officio et Missi / Sacramento altaris. Sm. 4to (several leaves wormed), gotbfC letter, long lines, woodcut on title symbolical of the Mass, and cut of the Passion emblems on following leaf, calf, carmine edges. 4 guineas Parisiis, Johannis dupre et Egid. Gourmont, 1518 *.* An unnumbered leaf at the end. in a much smaller letter than the preceding, contains 1 Hugo de Scto victore in expositione celestis iearchie sup illo vbo,' &c. The last leaf of table bears on reverse the fine device of Gilles de Courmont. 446 IRELAND. Beacon (Richard, Gent. Stvdent of Grayes Inne, and sometimes her Maiesties Attorney of the province of Mounster in Irelande) Solon, his Follie, or a Politiqve Discovrse, touching the Reformation of common-weales conquered, declined or corrupted. Sm. 4to, royal arms on title, fine large copy in original limp vellum, with blanks., and the leaf with ornaments on recto before the title, contemporary autograph of W. Haruey. 10 guineas At Oxford, Printed by Ioseph Barnes, Printer to the Vniversitie. Anno Domini, J 594 * } J f A rare and valuable tract, dedicated to Queen Elizabeth. The author was an Irish administrator of some years' experience, who here sets out his views in the form of a conversation between Solon, Epimenides, and Pisistratus as to the policy that Athens [England] should pursue towards Salimina [Ireland] . From the English point of view it is pitiable to find the later Victorian administrator in exactly the same position as his Elizabethan pre- decessor — advising strong coercive measures as the only effective remedy. Although Beacon received but £17 a year as attorney for Munster, he became quite a considerable owner of land in Ireland. The present is the first copy of the tract recorded as having occurred for sale for at least 25 years ; a contem- porary scholar has freely annotated it throughout, making good use of the ample margins. 447 ISLE OF WIGHT. A water-colour drawing of Carisbrooke Castle by J. W. Nichols, signed by the artist. £1 10 1803 448 ISLE OF WIGHT. The New Improved R.Y.S. Landing place available in all weathers and times of tide. Coast view off Cowes, with steamers and yachts on a rough sea. 7J by i2| inches. An original finished water-colour drawing, signed C. H. From the Montague Guest collection. £1 5 (circa 1880) JAMES I. 449 INSTRUCTIONS AND DIRECTIONS given by His Majestie...to the Master and Councell of the Court of Wards and Liveries. Sm. 410, (stained) royal arms on verso of title, wrappers. 12/6 Robert Barker, 1610 *»* For improvement in the guardianship of wards. 450 HIS MAIESTIES SPEECH in the Starre-Chamber, the xx of June, Anno 1616. Sm. 4to, unbound. 25/- Robert Barker, [1616] *.* The famous speech on the relation between the crown and the judges, arising out of the conduct of Sir Edward Coke. "The absolute prerogative of the crown," said James, " is no subject for the tongue of a lawyer. ..It is presumption and high contempt in a subject to dispute what a king can do, or say that a king cannot do this or that." 451 HIS MAIESTIES SPEACH in the Upper House of Parliament, on Munday the 26th of March, 1621. Sm. 4to, royal arms on verso of title, unbound. 21/- B. Norton and J. Bill, 1621 *,* Promising to reform the numerous abuses connected with monopolies. 452 A REMONSTRANCE of the Most Gratiovs King James I. ..for the Right of Kings, and the independencie of their Crownes. Against an Oration of the most Illustrious Card, of Perron. ..Translated out of his Maiesties French Copie, by R. B. Pastor to the Church at Ashele, Norfolke. Sm. 410, vellum. 18/- Cambridge, Cantrell Leggo, 1619 232, High Holborn, London, W.C. 51 453 JAMES II. Sacra Exequialia in Funere Jacobi II....Exhibita ab eminentiss. Carolo Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinali Barberino in templo sui Tituli Sancti Laurentii in Lucina, descripta a Carolo de Aquino. Folio, four folding and fifteen full-page plates, vellum, gilt. 3 guineas Romae, typis Barberinis, 1702 *.* A description, printed at Cardinal Barberini's press, of the elaborate ceremonial at the Church of St. Laurence in Rome on the occasion of the funeral of James II. at St. Germain. The plates are engraved after Cipriani's designs and include two large folding plates representing the whole aspect of the church, with smaller ones illustrating the details of the design, which were emblematic in nature, and included views of London, Paris, and Rome. 454 JAMESON (Anna B.) Five Autograph Letters, signed, 19 pp., 8vo and 4to, written to Lady Byron, the poet's widow, while travelling from Paris to Pisa with the Brownings after the marriage. With two letters from Lord Wentworth, Lady Byron's grandson, presenting them to Browning. 18 guineas :;: ... :;: The first letter describes the arrival in Paris of " my poet and my poetess, — a pretty pair to go through this prosaic world together." Mrs. Jameson had doubts of the success of the marriage of the " charming fugitive pair," for though she admits that they are both " so good," she has not faith in " the poetical temperament as a means of permanent happiness." " He is in all the common things of life the most unpractical of men, and the most un- calculating, rash — in short the worst manager I ever met with ; she in her present state, and from her long seclusion almost helpless, now only conceive the menage that is likely to ensue and without fault on either side." From the Browning collection. 455 JAMESON (Anna) Memoirs and Essays illustrative of Art, Literature and Social Morals. 8vo, cloth, uncut, with autograph presentation inscription on fly-leaf from Mrs. Jameson to Miss E. B. Barrett (Mrs. Browning) " with affectionate and grateful regards." From the Browning collection. £2 17 6 1846 456 JAMESON (Anna B.) Sketch of Avignon by moonlight by Mrs. Jameson, signed, with pencil sketches illustrating Catarina to Camoens and The Flight of the Duchess by Mrs. Jameson's niece. 5 guineas 1846 457 JAPAN. Alcock (Sir R.) The Capital of the Tycoon; a Narrative of a Three Years Residence in Japan. 8vo, 16 chromo-lithographs and numerous woodcuts, 2 maps, original cloth. 25/- 1863 458 JENKINS (David) The Vindication of Judge Jenkins, prisoner in The Tower, 29 April, 1647. Four leaves. 1647— Judge Jenkin's Remonstrances to the Lords and Commons. Four leaves. 1647. The two pamphlets, sm. 4to, wrappers. 21/- 1647 459 JESUITS. [Ignatius de Loyola] . Exercita Spiritvalia. i6mo, the earliest form of the Society's emblem on title, half calf. £5 17 6 s. /. et typ. [Roma] , 1548 *** First edition of the first book printed under the auspices of the Society of Jesus. It is the founder's most important work, and was written as a guide to his followers, and privately printed for members of the order only. 460 [JOHNSON (Robert)] Relations of the most famovs kingdoms and common-weales thorovgh the world. Discoursing of their Scituations, Manners, Customes, Strengthes and Pollicies. Translated into English and enlarged, with an Addition of the estates of Saxony, Geneua, Hungary, and the East Indies, in 52 JAMES TKEGASKIS, " Caxton Head," any Language neuer before imprinted. Sm. /Lto (foxed), woodcut initials and ornaments, large copy in smooth calf. 5 guineas For Iohn laggard, 1608 *.,.* ' Hauing with an vnskilful hand, taught this Booke to speake English, I thought that I should be like an euill Plaier marring the last Act of the Tragedy...' are the opening words of the dedication, to the Earl of Worcester, and the sentence affords some indication of the stimulus the stage was then receiving. The volume gives an account of the various countries of the earth as then known, and the whole of the work is very readable, indeed fascinating. 461 JOHNSON (Samuel). Miscellanies in Prose and Verse. By Anna Williams. 410, calf extra by Riviere. 3 guineas 1766 %• A compilation by Johnson's intimate friend, who lived for some considerable time in his house, or houses, for she moved with him. Johnson's contributions included a prose " Advertisement," and in verse, The Ant, An Epitaph on Claudy Phillips and The Fountains, the latter being, as Boswell pointed out, his only attempt at fable, and one which Johnson himself declared to be "better than anything in the Rambler." Among the other contri- butors were Bishop Percy, Mrs. Thrale, and Hoole, the translator of Tasso. 462 JOSEPHUS. Flavii Josephi des Hochberuhmten Jiidischen Ges- chichtschcreibers, Historien, und Bucher...2 vols, in 1, thick folio, titles within fine emblematical woodcut borders, and many powerful woodcuts in the text. In a contemporary binding of stamped pigskin over wooden boards, with brass bosses, cornerpieces, and clasps. 5 guineas Strassburg, 1609 *.,,.* A magnificent specimen of the binding of the time, in faultless condition. 463 JOSEPHUS. Histoire des Ivifs. — Histoire de la Gverre des Ivifs. contre les Romains, Reponse a Appion. Martyre des Machabees. Et sa vie take par luymesme. Avec ce qve Philon a escrit de son Ambassade vers l'Empereur Caius Caligula. Tradvit dv Grec par Arnavld D'Andilly. 2 vols., folio (no portrait), red border-lines hand- ruled throughout, many charming vignettes by Chauveau, worn old French calf, with the arms and crest of Louis Henri de Lom^nie de Brienne in gold. 2 guineas Paris, 1667-8 464 KENDALL (May) Dreams to Sell. Sm. 8vo, original cloth, uncut. "With Mr. A. Lang's Compliments." From the Browning collection. 7/6 1887 465 KENYON (John) A Day at Tivoli : with other verses. 8vo, green morocco, with presentation inscription to Elizabeth Barrett Browning " from her affectionate friend the author." $ guineas 1849 *.,.* It was John Kenyon who introduced Browning to Miss Barrett, and it was at his house that the Brownings always stayed on their visits to England. Mrs. Browning finished Aurora Leigh there, and dedicated it to Kenyon. 466 KENYON (John) Poems : for the most part occasional. 8vo, Fikst Edition, parchment, presentation copy from the author to Mrs. Browning with his autograph inscription on fly-leaf " To Miss E. B. Barrett, with the author's affectionate regards." 6 guineas x&ifi 467 KENYON (John) Rhymed Plea for Tolerance. In two dialogues. With a prefatory dialogue. 8vo, cloth, with autograph presentation inscription to Robert Browning, the elder, " From his old schoolfellow and friend, the author," on half-title. From the Browning collection. ,£"5 5 1839 *...* The discovery (made at a dinner party) that Robert Browning was the son of an old schoolfellow at Fort Bristol, led to the friendship between the poet and John Kenyon, and the subsequent introduction to Miss Barrett. 468 KEY (Ellen) Menschen. Zwei charakterstudien [C. L. J. Almquist and Elizabeth and Robert Browning.] Autoriserte Ubertragung. 8vo, cloth, with slip " auf Veranlassung der Verfasserin." From the Browning collection'. 10/6 Berlin, 1903 232, High Holborn, London, W.C. 53 469 KNOX (John) Heir followeth the coppie of the ressoning which was betuix the Abbote of Crosraguell and John Knox in Mayboill concerning the Masse, in the yeare of God, a thousand, five hundreth, thre scoir and two yeares. Sm. 4to, Edin,, 1563 (reprint, Edin. 1812). — Ane Orationne set furth be Master Kennedy, Commendatour of Corsraguell, ye zeir of Gode 1561. Printed from an original MS. in the Auchinleck Library. Sm. 4to, Edin. 1812. — A Breefe memoriall of the Lyfe and Death of Doctor James Spottis- wood. From a MS. in the Auchinleck Library. 3 in 1 vol., sm. 2 7 *.* It does not appear to be generally known that the early editions of the ' Chronicle,' and the ' Theatre of the Empire ' were sometimes printed to be sold as one book. The present copy of the ' Chronicle,' for instance, commences at page 155, which is a continuation of the folio numerals from the 'Theatre,' and is called the fifth book. The "Contents" of the preceding four books are actually inserted here, as they happen to be printed on the reverse of the dedication to King James. 720 SPENSER. Poetical Works ; with introductory observations of the Faerie Queene and notes, by the Editor, [Philip Masterman] . 5 vols. 8vo, portrait, original cloth, uncut. 18/6 1845 721 SPORT. Scrap-Book containing a small Collection of 17 Original Pen, Pencil, and Water-colour Drawings, with 7 coloured and other Prints, mostly of a Sporting nature, by Aiken, Scrope, and others. Neatly arranged in oblong folio, album, half vellum. £i 12 6 *»* The original water-colour drawing by .Scrope is of special interest ; it represents a Stag at bay in a torrent, and is inscribed ' Scrope. Escape of his Dog Deirig' ; the subject is used in an altered form in his 'Art of Deerstalking ' (1838), p. 62, the published version having quite a different background, and no mention is made of this dog ; the drawing measures 10 by 7 inches and depicts»with great spirit and freedom a thrilling incident. There are some fine pencil drawings of horses, and a few game birds and hunting scenes beautifully embossed in high relief. 722 STAFFS. Shaw (Rev. Stebbing) History and Antiquities of Stafford- shire, compiled from the Manuscripts of Huntbach, Lexdale, Bishop Lyttleton, and other Collections, including Erdeswick's Survey in the County, and the approved part of Dr. Plot's Natural History, the whole brought down to the Present Time. Vol. I. and Vol. II. Part I. (all published), roy. folio, 34 large plates, consisting of maps, plans, portraits, views of churches, tombs, mansions, towns, etc., etc., besides pedigrees and a number of copperplates with the text, fine uncut copy, in original boards, paper labels, rare, especially in this state. 20 guineas 1 798-1801 *£* Holds the pre-eminent position as the most worthy contribution to the topography of the county that has yet appeared. 723 STIEFEL (Michel) Ein Sehr Wunderbarliche Wortrech ung samct einer mercklichen erklerung etlicher Zalen Danichs vnd der Ofifenbarung Sanct Johannis. Sm-. 4to, title within elaborate Holbein woodcut border, made up of cupids and dancing bears (the top restored), woodcut diagrams, polished levant morocco, super-extra, triangular cabala of different forms on both sides in gold, uncut, by Miss Alice Pattinson. 6 guineas (s. I. et typ.), 1553 *,' The first and most remarkable contribution to cabalistic literature. Stiefel was an early reformer, and a close friend of Luther, who, however, had very little sympathy with .his weakness for prophecy. 232, High Holborn, London, W.C 85 724 STORY (W. W.) He and She, or a Poet's Portfolio. i2mo, wrappers, presentation copy, with slip inserted ' To Robert Browning, with the affectionate regards of W. W. Story.' From the Browning collection. 3 guineas 1884 *.. : * Story, the American Sculptor, was one of the greatest friends that the Brownings made in Italy. They spent three summers with him in the country at Siena. 725 STOWE (Harriet Beecher) Uncle Tom's Cabin. 8vo, First London Edition, with portrait of Mrs. Stowe and twenty-seven woodcuts by George Cruikshank. 8vo. JohnCassell, 1852. The Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin ; containing the original facts and documents upon which the story is founded. Together with corroborative state- ments verifying the truth of that work. [1853]. 2 vols, 8vo, half calf . 3 guineas [1853] *,* The first English Edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin, which came out very shortly after the appearance of the Book in Boston. It was one of the first publishing ventures of the house of Cassell. 726 STRADLING (Sir John) Ioannis Stradling Epigrammatum Libri Qvatvor. i6mo (outer margin of title restored), Geoffrey Tory's Etienne device on title, and ornamental cut at the head, italic letter, morocco, gilt, gilt edges. £% 10 Londini, Impensis Georgii Bishop &° Ioannis Norton, 1607 *.,.* An extremely rare little volume of epigrams, mostly addressed to cele- brated Elizabethans, including Queen Elizabeth, Sir Francis Drake, Sir Richard Barclay, Sir John Harrington, Henry Wriotheseley, Earl of Southamp- ton (Shakespeare's friend and patron, to whom the poet dedicated Venus and Adonis and Lucrece). Also epitaphs on Elizabeth, Sir Philip Sydney, Sir Francis Drake, Sir John Hawkins, and others, with occasional poems on such objects as the Gunpowder Plot, London, Edinburgh, Bristol College. 727 STRAWBERRY HILL. A Catalogue of the Classic Contents of Strawberry Hill, by George Robins: with Names of purchasers and prices. 1842. — Sale Catalogue of the Strawberry Hill collection of Engraved Portraits. Engravings and Drawings, with Names and Prices^ 4to, portrait and woodcuts, extra-illustrated with over 100 engraved portraits — including a rare coloured stipple by T. Fry after Caracci, and views, fine original water-colour drawings, autograph letters, including one from George Robins and another from I: G. Nichols, and a quantity of printed matter relating to Strawberry Hill ; also an original MS. entitled, " Specimen of the Catalogue of the great Sale at Gooseberry Hall, with Puffatory Remarks," being a parody on the Sale Catalogue, probably by T. Crofton Croker, half morocco. 27 guineas 1842 728 STUARTS. Leslie (Bishop John) De Origine, Moribvs, et Rebvs Gestis Scotorum libri decern. Thick sm. 4to, First Edition, double-page map of Scotland, 1 1 full-page plates of genealogies of Scottish monarchs with their portraits (including Mary Queen of Scots, and K. James VI. as an infant,, and the genealogical tree of the Stuart family), the arms of Q. Mary, and printer's device on title and at end. Tall copy in the original limp vellum. £1 17 6 Roma, In Aedibus populi Romani 1578 *%* This rare history of Scotland by the Champion of Mary Queen of Scots is seldom found complete with all the genealogical plates and portraits, which are here present in an early state. 86 JAMES TREGASKIS, "Caxton Head," 729 STRAWBERRY HILL PRESS. An Account of Russia'as it was in the year 1710. By Charles Lord Whitworth. Sm. 8vo, First Edition, 700 copies printed, vignette view of Strawberry Hill on title, old calf. £Z 10 Printed at Strawberry Hill, 1758, *#t. The lengthy ' Advertisement ' prefixed was written by Horace Walpole. The account, closes with a detailed description of the Russian naval yards under Peter the Great, to whom Lord Whitworth was English ambassador. 730 SUETONIUS [Vitae Caesarum] Aceedit e selectis multorum obser- vationibus...commentarius.- Exhibeiite Ioanne Schildio. 8vo, engraved title- page, vellum, Robert and E. B. Browning's copy, with " Roberti et Elizabethae Barrett Browning e libris " on title in Mrs. Browning's handwriting. From the Browning collection. £$ 10 Lugduni Batavorum, 1647 SURVEYING. See Navigation. 731 SUSSEX. Designs from the pavilion at Brighton. Humbly inscribed to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. By R. Repton Esq., with the assistance of his sons, J. A. and G. S. Repton, Architects. Imp. folio, allegorical frontispiece, ground plan, and 11 large highly-coloured plates, several with movable slips exhibiting the then state and suggested alterations, also some vignette engravings, all engraved by J. C.Starller, after the authors, orig. boards, uncut. £3 15 1808 *»* With all the rich splendours of its graphic presentation, the book failed, inasmuch as the designs were never adopted. The landscape gardening portion, like all Repton's work in this class, is above criticism. 732 [SWIFT (Dean)] Complete Collection Of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation, According to the Most Polite Mode and Method Now used at Court, and in the Best Companies of England. In three dialogues. By Simon Wagstaff, Esq. 8vo, First Edition, original calf, the leaf of 'Books Printed ' present before the- title. £17 6 ForB. Mott and C. Bathurst, 1738 *,' First Edition of the famous ' Polite Conversations.' 733 SWINBURNE (Algernon Charles) Infelicia. . By Adah Isaacs Menken. i8mo, original cloth, with autograph presentation inscription from A. C. Swinburne to John Camden Hotten and a line from Laus Veneris in the poet's handwriting ' Lo, this is she that was the world's delight,' referring to p. 121 (Adelina Patti). 25 guineas' "1868 *.,.* Adah Menken, the actress, was the intimate friend of several notable literary men of the time, among others Swinburne, Dickens (to whom this book is dedicated), and Charles Reade. It was formerly said that some of the poems in this volume were from Swinburne's hand, but his sole contribution was to look over the proofs. 734 SWINBURNE (Algernon Charles) Note of an English Republican on the Muscovite Crusade. 8vo, First Edition, original wrappers. 30/- 1879 735 [TALFOURD (Sir Thomas Noon)] Ion: a Tragedy in Five Acts. 8vo, First Edition, cloth, with inscription " To James Bacon, Es_q. From the Author." 7/6 For Private Circulation [1835] 736 TARTARETUS (Petrus) Expositio in summulas Petri hyspanicurh textu una cum additionitus in locis propriis summa accuratione sumraaque animaversione impressa. Sm. 8vo (title written on), iJOtbfC letter, old stamped calf. 30/- Venundantur parrhisius...apud Iohan'nem Frellon [circa 1500] 737 TASSO. La Gerusalemme Liberata. 2 vols., folio, large paper, portraits after Longhi, and fine plates after Martellini and Saratelli, old claret morocco, gold line and arabesque borders inside and out, gold and blind tooled, inside leather joints, gilt edges, from the Stanley Library. {2 S Firenze, 1820 *.* A most desirable copy of this grand Edition de Luxe. The original price unbound was 100 francs. 232, High Holborn, London, W.C. 87 738 TENNYSON (Alfred, Lord) Maud, 1855— Idylls of the King, 1859 — Enoch Arden, 1864— The Holy Grail, 1870 — Gareth and Lynette, 1874 — Queen Mary, 1875 —Harold, 1877— The Lover's Tale, 1879— Ballads and other Poems, 1880— The Cup, 1884— Becket, 1884 — Tiresias, .1885 — Locksley Hall Sixty Years After, 1886— Demeter and other Poems, 1889 — The Death of Oenone, 1892 — Robin Hood', 1892. 16 vols., Svo, all First Editions, original cloth, uncut. £3 10 1885-1892 739 TENNYSON [ — Turner] (Charles) Sonnets and Fugitive Pieces, F'cap. 8vo, First Edition, fine copy in cloth, uncut. $ guineas Cambridge : Published by C. Bridges . . . 1830 *#* After their anonymous partnership in the volume of 1827, the "Two Brothers" each; published a volume independently in the year 1830. Coleridge at first preferred Charles to Alfred as a poet. 740 TERENCE. Terence in English. Fabulae comici facetissimique et elegantissimi poetae Terenlii omnes Anglicae factae primaque hac nova forma nunc editae ; opera ac industria R [ichard] B [ernard] in Axholmiensi insula Lincolnsherii Epwortheatis. . 4to, old. calf. 3 guineas John Legatt, 1629 %* The first. complete translation of Terence in. English, by a puritan divine. The English version of eachact is preceded by the Latin text and followed by ' ' Formulae loquendi ' ' or conversational phrases from the play, for Latin was taught in a more colloquial fashion in Tudor times than now, hence the popularity of Terence. THACKERAY and THACKERAYANA. 741 VANITY FAIR. A Novel without a Hero. 8vo, First Edition illustrations on steel and wood by the author, half morocco, gilt. S guineas 1848 %* Earliest issue of the First Edition, with the suppressed woodcut of the Marquis of Steyne at page 336 and 'Vanity Fair ' in the .open; or rustic, type at the head of Chapter I. 742 THE IRISH SKETCH BOOK, by Mr. M. A. Titmarsh, with numerous engravings on wood, drawn by the Author, First Edition. 2 vols., post 8vo, fine and clean copy in the original green cloth. 6 guineas Chapman and Hall, 1843 743 NOTES OF A JOURNEY from Cornhill to Grand Cairo, by Mr. M. A. Titmavsh, First Edition, coloured frontispiece and woodcuts by the Author. Post 8vo, original red cloth. 2 guineas 1846 744 PRIVATELY PRINTED OPUSCULA. Issued to the Members of the Sette of Old Volumes: " Reading a Poem," by William Makepeace Thackeray, Com* municated by Brother Charles Plumptre Johnson, to the Sette at the Meeting holden at Limmer's Hotel on Friday, 1st May, i8gi ; frontispiece by W..D. Almond. i6mo, vellum. 10/6 1891 *,* This piece was first printed in the pages of "Britannia," May 1st, 1841, and until here reprinted it was practically unknown. Limited to 311 copies, each numbered, for private circulation. 745 ADDISON (C. G.) Damascus and Palmyra; a Journey to the East. With a Sketch of the State and Prospects of Syria, under Ibrahim Pasha. 2 vols., 8vo, First Edition, 10 coloured plates after drawings by W. M. Thackeray, original cloth, with design in gold, uncut. £2 10 Bentley, 1838 ',* The classical English humorist of the last century long wavered between his predilec- tion for art and his literary aspirations. The series of illustrations to this work were pub- lished soon after his marriage and return to England; The whole series of ten plates are seldom present. 746 THAMES. Pocock's Margate Water- Companion, describing all the Towns, Churches, Villages, Parishes and Gentlemen's Seats, as seen from the Thames, between London-Bridge and' Margate-Town, with observations on whatever is curious or worth remarking, in that Distance, calculated chiefly for the Amusement and Entertainment of those who frequent the Gravesehd-Passage-Boats, Margate Hoys (etc.). Sm. 8vo, unbound, rare. 2 guineas Gravesend, 1802 88 JAMES TREGASKIS, "Caxton Head," 747 THEATRE. 51 Character Portraits to Cumberland's British Theatre, including the Editor, George Daniel, by Wodman after Wageraan. Printed on large and fine paper, 4to, brilliant early impressions, half crushed crimson morocco, gilt, gilt edges,, choice copy, from Sir Henry Irving's library, with his bookplate. 3 guineas [1826] 748 THOMPSON (Sidney R.). Selections from the Poems of Robert Southey. Edited, with biographical and critical introduction, by Sidney R. Thompson. i2mo, red morocco, with presentation autograph inscription from the author to Robert Browning. From the Browning collection. 10/6 1888 749 THORNHILL (William Johnson). The Passion of Dido, or the Fourth Book of the ^Eneid of Virgil, freely rendered in English blank verse. 8vo, cloth, with autograph presentation inscription from the author to Robert Browning. From the Browning collection. 1 guinea 1878 750 TINY BOOK. London Almanack for the Year of Christ, 1788, i\ in. by ij, engraved throughout, with folding view of " St. Luke's Hospital for Lunaticks " as frontispiece. Original fancy leather, the book being enclosed in a drop-case of yellow morocco. £i 17 6 Printed for the Company of Stationers [1788] 751 TOMMASI (Francesco) Reggimento del Padre di Famiglia. 410, half vellum. 13/6 Fiorenza, Giorgio Marescotti, 1580 *,* An extraordinary " book of household management," beginning with the father of the family and his duties, but finally discussing agriculture, gardening, and the keeping of cattle. It seems to have been popular in the sixteenth century: 752 TOPSEL. The History of Four-footed Beasts and Serpents; Describ- ing at large Their True and Lively Figure, their several Names, Conditions, Kinds, Vertues (both Natural and Medicinal), Countries of their Breed, their Love and Hatred to Mankind, and the wonderful work of God in their Creation, Preservation and Destruction. Interwoven with curious variety of Historical Narrations out of Scriptures, Fathers, Philosophers, Physicians, and Poets. ..Collected out of the Writings of Conrad Gesner and other Authors. By Edward Topsel. Whereunto is now added, The Theatre of Insects; or Lesser living Creatures... A most elaborate Work ; by T. Muffet, Dr. of Physick. Folio, hundreds of woodquts, many full-page, and very curious, of quadrupeds, serpents, and insects, including those of legend and myth, sound and large copy in old calf (back restored), complete with the half title. 12 guineas 1658 *** None of our old books on zoology equal this in general interest. With its exceeding quaintness of style, its sifriple and homely ways of expression, its reflections of the period's credulity, and — higher even than all these in importance — its remarkable series of cuts, it stands supreme as the principal authority on the state of zoological science in England during the first half of the seventeenth century. Copies in this fine state are now very difficult to find. 753 TRADE. The Trade and Navigation of Great Britain considered : shewing that the surest way for a nation to increase in richness is to prevent the importation of such foreign commodities as may be raised at home. That this kingdom is capable of raising within itself and its colonies, materials for employing all our poor in those manufac- tures, which are now imported from such of our neighbours who refuse the admission of ours. Some account of the commodities each country we trade with takes from us, and what we take from them ; with observations on the balance. Sm. 8vo, original sheep. £1 10 Glasgow : Printed by William Duncan Junior, 1754 *,* A glance through the above title will convince the ' modern ' reformer of tariffs that his view of British Trade was very thoroughly anticipated a century and a half ago. 754 TRADE. Proposals and reasons for constituting a Council of Trade in Scotland. By the celebrated John Law Esq.. afterwards Comptroller of the Finances in France. In which many national improvements of great importance are pointed out. Sm. 8vo, contemporary calf . £15 Glasgow, Printed and sold by Rob. And. Foulis, 1751 *,* Has a leaf at the end containing Books printed and sold by R. & A. Foulis. 755 TRIALS. A collection of Remarkable and Interesting Criminal Trials, Actions at Law and other legal decisions. By W. M. Medland and Charles Weobly. 2 vols., 8vo, portrait, half polished calf. 21/- 1808 232, High Holborn, London, W.C. 89 756 TUCKERMAN (Henry T.) Thoughts on the Poets. Stn. 8vo, cloth (cover damp-stained), presentation copy to Miss Barrett " with the regards of the author, New York, Apl. 13th, 1846," on fly-leaf. From the Browning collection. 10/6 New York, 1846 *...* " Miss Barrett " is dealt with on pages 281-289. 757 TURKEY. Baltimore (Francis, Lord) A Tour to the East, in the years 1763 and 1764. With remarks on the City of Constantinople and the Turks. With select pieces of oriental wit, poetry and wisdom, 8vo, three plates by Fougeron, and a folding plan of Constantinople and plates adjacent, calf (rebacked). 15/- 1767 TURNER'S " LIBER STUDIORUM " January, 1807— January, 1819. Plates drawn and etched by J. M. W. Turner, and engraved in mezzotint either by himself, or under his supervision by Charles Turner, Wm. Say, Dunkarton, Clint, Easling, Dawe, S. W. Reynolds, Hodgets, Lupton, and F. C. Lewis. The size of the engravings is about io£ ins. by 7 ins. Arranged according to the recent edition of Mr. Rawlinson's catalogue. 758 THE FRONTISPIECE [1] the central picture of Tyre with the Rape of Europa, drawn, etched, and engraved by Turner, third state. 17/- 759 THE FRONTISPIECE [1] fourth state. ^17 6 *.* Re-mezzotinted and greatly improved. 760 THE BRIDGE AND COWS [2] second state. 2 guineas *♦" The Bridge and Cows has been generally thought to show a rivalry to Gainsborough, just as the next plate — The Woman and Tambourine — Turner has evidently pitted against Claude Lorraine. 761 THE BRIDGE AND COWS [2] between second and third states. 2 guineas 762 THE BRIDGE AND COWS [2] third state. 30/- 763 THE WOMAN AND TAMBOURINE [3] second state. 3 guineas *,* This plate is very beautiful, and has perhaps more of the best characteristics of Claude than any other of the Liber Studiorum. 764 THE WOMAN AND TAMBOURINE [3] third state. £2 10 765 THE WOMAN AND TAMBOURINE [3] fourth state. 30/- 766 FLINT CASTLE — vessels unloading [4] third state. 2 guineas *»* This is a pure breezy English seascape, entirely Turner's own in feeling and treat- ment, and owing nothing to any of his rivals or predecessors. 767 BASLE [5] third state, nice impression. 2 guineas 768 JASON ]6] second state. 3 guineas * # * Mr. Ruskin has alluded to the plate in various passages in " Modern Painters." He considers that with others of the Liber, it shows the strong influence of Titian on Turner. 769 THE STRAW YARD [7] first state. 5 guineas *,* This, the first and probably the best of the purely domestic subjects of the Liber. 770 THE STRAW YARD [7] undescribed state, between first and second having single vertical line inside the initial letter. £i 12 6 771 THE CASTLE ABOVE THE MEADOWS [8] sometimes called Okehampton Castle, first state. 12 guineas go JAMES TREGASKIS, " Caxton Head," TURNER'S LIBER STUDIORUM:— Continued. 772 MT. ST. GOTHARD [9] first state. 12 guineas %* Mr. Stopford Brooke writes of this plate : " I wish I could adequately tell how it is Turner makes the masses of rock and the faces of precipice in his mountain drawings seem so gigantic. No other artist approaches him in this matter. It is not that they succeed ill. They do not succeed at all." 773 MT. ST. GOTHARD [9] second state, very fine. 8 guineas 774 MT. ST. GOTHARD [9] undescribed state, between first and second, with single vertical lines inside initial letters and title, i guineas 775 SHIPS IN A BREEZE, sometimes called "The Egremont Sea-piece " [10] third state. 3 guineas *,* The fine drawing of the sea is very noticeable in this plate, especially the effects of the wind blowing the crests of the waves over. 776 HOLY ISLAND CATHEDRAL [11] first state. 8 guineas 777 HOLY ISLAND CATHEDRAL [11] second state. 3 guineas 778 PEMBURY MILL, KENT [12] second state. 3 guineas *„• This is another of the purely domestic subjects of the Liber, and probably intended to suggest the peace and comfort of everyday English country life. 779 PEMBURY MILL, KENT [12] third state, fine. 2 guineas 780 THE BRIDGE IN MIDDLE DISTANCE [13] third state, fine impression. 5 guineas 781 DUNSTANBOROUGH CASTLE [14] third state. 50/- 782 LAKE OF THUN, SWISS [15] second state, fine. £2 10 783 THE FIFTH PLAGUE of Egypt [16] second state. 35/- 784 THE FARM-YARD with the Cock [17] first state. 2 guineas 785 DRAWING OF THE CLYDE [18] second state, fine. £2 15 786 DRAWING OF THE CLYDE [18] third state. 2 guineas 787 LITTLE DEVIL'S BRIDGE OVER THE RUSS, ABOVE ALTDORFT, SWISS [19] second state. S guineas *.* The Littls^IIevil's Bridge, both as Etching and Engraving, ranks among the finest plates of the Liber. 788 THE GUARD-SHIP AT THE NORE. Original Sketch of a Picture for W. Leader, Esq. [20] second state. 3 guineas *,* The drawing of sky and sea is masterly. There is a fine breezy effect in the run of the waves before the wind, especially where they break against the buoy in the foreground. 789 MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND [21] second state. 32/- %* Very characteristic of Turner. The etching is forcibly drawn, and the perspective admirable. Mr. Ruskin recommends it as .desirable for study, 790 JUVENILE TRICKS [22] second state. 32/- 791 JUVENILE TRICKS [22] third state. 25/- 792 THE HINDOO WORSHIPPER, sometimes called " Hindoo Devotions " [23] third state. S guineas *,* Mr. Stopford Brooke thinks that this plate is an ideal reminiscence of Rome and the surrounding campagna. 793 COAST OF YORKSHIRE, near Whitby [24] third state. 3 guineas %* The fierce North Sea gale is finely rendered in the Engraving, especially the mist of spray hanging over the waves and driven by the wind far up the cliffs. 232, High Holborn, London, W.C. 91 TURNER'S LIBER STUDIORUM.— Continued. 794 HIND HEAD HILL [25] On the Portsmouth Road, third state. £3 10 *,* Mr. Rawlinson writes : " One of the notable plates of the Liber. The sky is among the most subtle and masterly of the many fine skies in the work. No hand but Turner's ■ could have caught the intricate play of the rays of afternoon sunshine which break from behind the clouds." 795 LONDON FROM GREENWICH [26] second state, i guineas *„* Turner has given the poetry of distant London here, just as Mefyon, in one or two of his Etchings, has given the poetry of distant Paris. 796 LONDON FROM GREENWICH [26] third state. 3 guineas 797 WINDMILL AND LOCK [27] From a picture in'the possession of J. M. W. Turner, R.A., first state, very fine. 10 guineas *«*, Mr. Ruskin has written very characteristically of this subject, co.mparing Turner's sense of the picturesque with that of other painters, and especially with Stahfield's. ' (See " Modern Painters," Vol. IV. p. 7.) 798 JUNCTION OF SEVERN AND WYE [28} second state.. 10 guineas %*. This.is one of the most beautiful subjects in the Liber, and is the first plate of the > Liber which Turner engraved as well as etched throughout with his own hand. 799 MARINE DABBLERS [29] The etching, i guineas, 800 ■. MARINE DABBLERS [29] first state. £2 10 801! MARINE DABBLERS [29] second state. 24/- 802 NEAR BLAIR: ATHOL, SCOTLAND [36] first state,. .10 guineas *»* Mr. Rawlinson remarks : " BLAIR ATHOL is very beautiful both as an Etching and an Engraving. The stream winding down the narrow, rocky glen and brawling over the shallows in front is very characteristic of Scotland. The limpid ■ clearness of the water is exquisitely rendered by the mezzotint." Mr. Ruskin (" Modern Painters," Vol. I. p. 388) cites this plate with others in the Liber as examples of Turner's truth of tree-drawing. 803 NEAR BLAIR ATHOL, SCOTLAND [30] second state. 5 guineas . . , r . 804 LAUFFENBOURG ON THE RHINE [31] secondstate. £2 10 %* This is a pleasant picture of a picturesque little old-world German town, with its tower and steep-roofed houses in afternoon sunshine. . 805 LAUFFENBOURG ON^T.HE^.JRHINE [31] third state. £&J;V 806 ST. CATHERINE'S HILL, NE^R GUILDFORD [33]. tHjftlltate, very fine. 3 guineas , . 807 YOUNG ANGLERS [32] third state. 35/- '/' . ,-: '' *.* Mr. Rawlinson writes : " The fine drawing of the trunks of the pollard Willows shduld be noted. Mr. Ruskin has reproduced this part of the Etching in facsimile (" Modern Painters," Vol. V. fig. 61). Except in the tree studies of Leonardo da Vinci, it would probably be difficult to find the same group of the essential characters of the tree-trunk, combined with the same freedom and accuracy in handling." 808 MARTELLO TOWERS, NEAR BEXHILL, SUSSEX [34] first state, rare. 8 guineas -\ *,* The sky in BEXHILL is the attractive feature. The effect over the promonfory, where the storm is breaking heavily, is very striking. 809 MARTELLO TOWERS, NEAR BEXHILL, SUSSEX [34] second state, fine. & guineas 810 FROM SPENSER'S FAIRY QUEEN [36] third state. 30/- * * This plate has been thought to show a rivalry with_Salvator Rosa. 811 WATER-MILL [37] second state. 3 guineas 92 JAMES TREGASKIS, "Caxton Head," TURNER'S LIBER STUDIORUM.— Continued. 812 SCENE IN THE CAMPAGNA [38] Usually known as " Woman at a Tank " and also called " Hindoo Ablutions " first state. 6 guineas \* It is no doubt, as Mr. Stopford Brooke points out, an ideal scene in the Campagna, and Turner has endeavoured to rival Claude on his own ground. 813 WOMAN AT A TANK, sometimes called " Hindoo Ablutions" [38] second state. % guineas 814 CRYPT OF KIRKSTALL ABBEY [39] second state, fine and scarce. 3 guineas %* Kirkstall was a favourite subject with Turner. He painted it often. Its utter ruin and neglect — the crypt occupied at their will by cattle — seem to have specially impressed him ; he always draws the cattle there. 815 CRYPT OF KIRKSTALL ABBEY [39] third state. 2 guineas 816 CRYPT OF KIRKSTALL ABBEY [39] fourth state. 35/- 817 MILDMAY SEA-PIECE [40] second state, very fine. 2 guineas * f * This is a beautiful study of a calm sea and sunset sky. Mr. Frank Short has pointed out how finely the mezzotint ground of the sky is executed ; the same is also the case in Annis's only other plate— River Wye, No. 48. 818 PROCRIS AND CEPHALUS [41] second state, fine impression. 5 guineas *»* Mr. Ruskin considers that this plate, along with four or five others, shows the influence of Titan on Turner. 819 WINCHELSEA, SUSSEX [42] first state. 9 guineas *»* Mr. Rawlinson says: " ' Winchelsea ' seems full of sharp contrasts. The steep hill is thrown directly against the perfectly level plain ; the dark woods against the light gleam of the sky ; the thick foliage on the left against the bare tree on the right. The soldier also contrasts with the shepherd, and the musket with the boy's plaything, a kite. Turner delighted in such contrasts in his pictures." 820 WINCHELSEA, SUSSEX [42] third state. £2 10 821 THE BRIDGE AND GOATS [43] third state. 2 guineas 822 THE BRIDGE AND GOATS [43] fourth state. 30/- 823 CALM [44] third state, very fine. 8 guineas 824 CALM [44] sixth state. 2 guineas 825 PEAT BOG, SCOTLAND [45] third state, brilliant impression. 12 guineas ',* This plate has always ranked among the great plates of the Liber. It is throughout eminently Turneresque. 826 RIZPAH. Second Book of Samuel [46] third state. 2 guineas ".* Mr. Rawlinson considers : " Of the few tragic subjects of the Liber, Rizpah seems to me the only one which is entirely successful." 827 HEDGING AND DITCHING [47] The etching. 10 guineas *,* This plate comes as a foil among subjects noble alike in idea and in treatment. 828 HEDGING AND DITCHING [47] third state. 35/- 829 RIVER WYE, originally called " CJiepstow Castle " [48] The etching, undescribed state, with outline of one of the bathers only, and without the word ' Castle.' 7 guineas 830 RIVER WYE [48] The etching, second state. £1 10 831 RIVER WYE [48] third state. 3 guineas 232, High Holborn, London, W.C. 93 TURNER'S LIBER STUDIORUM.— Continued. 832 RIVER WYE, originally called " Chepstow Castle " [48] fifth state. 38/- *»• From Mary Constance Clarke collection, with autograph signature. 833 CHAIN OF ALPS FROM GRENOBLE TO CHAMBERI [49] second state. 5 guineas *»* A very attractive and an eminently Turneresque subject. 834 CHAIN OF ALPS FROM GRENOBLE TO CHAMBERI [49] third state. 3 guineas ' 835 MER DE GLACE, VALLEY OF CHAMOUNI, SAVOY [50] third state, scarce. 3 guineas *»* Turner's engraving throughout. 836 RIVAUX ABBEY, YORKSHIRE [51] first state. 4 guineas *,* Rivaux Abbey, like Holy Island Cathedral (PI. 11) both purely architectural subjects of the Liber, was at a later date very differently treated by Turner in his England and Wales. 837 RIVAUX ABBEY, YORKSHIRE [51] third state. 30/- 83S SOLITUDE [53] sometimes called " The Reading Magdalen," third state. 21/- 839 MILL NEAR THE GRAND CHARTREUSE DAUPHINY [54] The etching. 6 guineas 840 MILL NEAR THE GRAND CHARTREUSE DAUPHINY [54] third state, fine. 3 guineas 841 ENTRANCE OF CALAIS HARBOUR [55] third state. 3 guineas *,* This is another of the Liber plates which Turner engraved himself. Apparently it was executed in pure mezzotint without any foundation of etching. The sky is extremely fine and the drawing of the waves magnificent. 842 ENTRANCE TO CALAIS HARBOUR [55] fourth state, £2 10 843 DUMBLAIN ABBEY, SCOTLAND [56] second state. 3 guineas 844 NORHAM CASTLE ON THE TWEED [57] third state. 3 guineas "»" Norham Castle has a supreme interest for Turner. His first drawing of it appeared at the Exhibition of the Royal Academy in 1798 and at once attracted public attention. 845 RAGLAN CASTLE [58] third state, very fine, i guineas *,* The mezzotinting is Turner's own work, Raglan — coupled with jEsacus and Hesperie — claims the highest place for woodland loveliness. 846 VILLE DE THUN, SWITZERLAND [59] third state. 30/- 847 THE SOURCE OF THE ARVERON IN THE VALLEY OF CHAMOUNI, SAVOY [60] third state, fine, i guineas *„* This is another of the supreme subjects of the Liber. 848 TENTH PLAGUE OF EGYPT [61] first state. 4 guineas •»• There is a certain impressiveness in the first state of this plate. Something more than the mere luridness of the thunder-storm is in the air. Turner has given the sense of the horror and terror of that awful night when " there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead." 849 WATER CRESS GATHERERS [62] Rail's Head, Ferry Bridge, Twickenham, third state. 3 guineas *„* The sky is magnificent. 850 THE ALCOVE, ISLEWORTH [63] (also known as " Twickenham — Pope's Villa" and " Garrick's Temple and Hampton Church"), third state, fine. 3 guineas 94 JAMES TREGASKIS, "Caxton Head," TURNER'S I.IB.ER STUDIORUM — Continued. 851 BONNEVILLE SAVOY [64] second state., 3 guineas *.* The composition is masterly, and the white peak of Mont Blanc in the distance singularly effective. 852 INVERARY CASTLE AND TOWN, SCOTLAND!^] thirdstate. 2 guineas *.* Mr. Ruskin ("Modern Painters," Vol. V. p. 67) has enlarged and re-engraved the two Scotch firs on the left. 853 ^SACUS AND HESPERIE [66] fifth state, fine. 5 guineas %• Considered to be the-finest of all the. Liber plates. 854 EAST GATE, WINCHELSEA, SUSSEX [67] first state. 7 guineas 855 EAST GATE, WINCHELSEA [67] fourth state, fine. 3 guineas 856 ISIS [68] fourth state. 2 guineas • •,? This plate is a view of the temple of Isis in Petworth Park, the seat of the Earl of Egremont, Turner's early patron and friend 857 INTERIOR OF A CHURCH [70] fourth state. £2 10 858 CHRIST AND THE WOMAN OF SAMARIA [71] "third state. 2 guineas *.* The last of the published plates. 859 SHEEP WASHING, WINDSOR [74] The Etching. 21/- *»* Unpublished plate. 860 TYNDALE (W.) The practyse of Prelates. CJ Whether the King's grace'maye be separated from hys quene / be cause she was his brother's wyfe. Marborch In the yere of otire Lord. M.CCCCC. & XXX. [few margins shaved], title within woodcut border. — An answere unto Sir Thomas Mores dialoge'made by Wuillyam Tindale (Antwerp, 1530). Wants i table leaf— Together 2 vols, in 1, i6mo, both First Editions, JBlactt letter, old tree calf, Lempriere bookplate. John Bale's copy, with signatures and annotations. 20 guineas 1530 *.* The 'practyse of Prelates ' is Tyndale's final and most unsparing indictment of the Roman hierarchy. He concluded by attacking categorically the whole of Wolsey's adminis- tration, and by denouncing Henry's divorce proceedings. The remarks on the divorce were excised from the reissue in 1548. The • answere unto Sir Thomas Mores dialoge ' is believed to be printed at Antwerp, and considered ' a clear and cogent treatise written with great satiric force, but marred by intense personal bitterness.' The verso of folio XXXI. was erroneously printed in duplicate on the verso of folio XLVIIL (which should have been left blank). The signature of ' Johan Bale,' the famous Bishop of Ossory, appears in minute characters on each title, and there are MS. ann6tations by him. VALENTINES OF THE 'THIRTIES & 'FORTIES. " The particular picture on which Sam Welter's eyes were fixed,, as he said' this, was a highly coloured representation; of a couple of human hearts skewered together with an arrow, cooking before a cheerful fire, while a male and female cannibal in modern attire, the gentleman being clad in a blue coat and white trousers, and the lady in a deep red pelisse with a parasol of the same, were approaching the meal with hungry eyes, up a serpentine gravel path leading thereunto. A decidedly indelicate young gentleman, in a pair of wings,and nothing else, was depicted as superintending the cooking ; a representation of the spire of the church in Langham Place appeared in the distance ; and the whole formed a ' valentine ' oj which,. as a written inscription in the window testified, there was a large assortment within , . . " — Pickwick Papers, 1837. Pp. 340-341- 232, High Holborn, London, W.C. 95 861 AN EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION of two hundred and fifty Valentines, published during the third and fourth decades of the nineteenth . century, comprising variants of almost every type issued, both purely orna- mental and pictorial. All in the finest possible state. ,£b 15 6 {tifca 1830-50) *,* An adequate description of the countless varieties of design in this wonderful collection would occupy a fair-sized volume. There are no two alike. The pictorial type, in one of its phases, is very happily hit off by Dickens in the above-quoted passage. There are a number here which might have served for the original of his description, minus some little detail to be found in one of the others. The floral designs are bewildering both in colour, variety, and the material of which they are formed, whilst other natural objects occasionally introduced, such as butterflies, would baffle all attempts at classification, even in the hands of the most accomplished entomologists. ., Sometimes a few sentimental verses are daintily printed on satin within a lace-like border of intricate design, this latter being seldom absent, no matter what the central motif may be. The motto is very often actually written in a neat feminine hand, and in no single specimen is colour lacking, much of it being applied by hand, and the effect further heightened by means of gold. It is questionable whether a collection exists more representative than this of the early stages of the valentine sentiment in England, which lasted for something like half a century, before finally developing into a species of caricature now almost as obsolete as its pretty and serious forerunners. 862 ANOTHER COLLECTION of Valentines of the same period, con- sisting of 105 specimens, all different, and in equally fine state. £1 2 (circa 1830-50) 863 VELDSINGERS VERSE, a compilation of the works of the Veldsinger's Club. With a foreword by Olive Schreiner. Sq. post, 8vo, cloth, with presentation inscription to R. Barrett Browning by Hugh J. Evans, founder of the Veldsirigers. From the Browning collection. 12/6 1910 864 VENICE. Yriarte (Charles) Venise. Histoire— Art— Industrie- La Ville— La Vie. Folio, with 50 full-page plates and 475 smaller engravings in text, original cloth, presentation copy to R. Barrett Browning, with inscription. From the Browning collection. 2 guineas Paris, 1878 865 VERE (Sir. Stephen E. de) Translations from Horace and a few original poems. 4to, original cloth, uncut, from the Browning library. 10/6 1886 866 VICTOR EMANUEL I. Proclamation issued upon the capture of Milan. A broadside sheet. ' From the Browning library. 21/- June 9, 1859 867 VILLETTE (Charles, marquis de) GEuvres. i2mo, printed on thick paper contemporary French red morocco extra, in the style of Derome.- £1 7 6 Lonires [Pan's] 1784 *,* The works of this revolutionary marquis and friend of Voltaire consist of speeches, letters, and various poems. 868 VIRGIL. The Thirteen Books of the Aeneidos. The- first twelve beeing the workes of the diuine poet Virgil Maro, and the thirteenth the supplement of Maphaeus Vegius. Translated into English verse to the first third part of the tenth booke by Thomas Phaer Esquier, and the residue finished, and now newly set forth. ..by Thomas Twyne. Sm. 4to, black letter, fine copy in original limp vellum. £1 15 Thomas Creeie, 1607 *,* Phaer's Virgil, translated" in the same measure as Chapman's Homer, stood in some- thing of the same relation to the Elizabethans as that great classic version. Seven editions appeared between 1583 and 1620. 869 [VOLTAIRE.] Le Sieclede Louis XIV. Publie Par M. de Fran- cheville conseiller aulique de sa Majeste...2 vols., i2mo, First Edition, old sprinkled calf, fine copy. £2 7 6 A Berlin, ChezC. F. Hcnning, Imprimeur du Roi. M.DCC.LI. (175 1 ) 9 6 JAMES TREGASKIS, " Caxton Head," 870 VOLTAIRE. La Henriade. Avec des Remarques et des Notes historiques, scientifiques et litteraires, par MM. Auguis, Clogenson, Daunou, L. Du Bois, Etienne, etc. Extra-illustrated by the insertion of a portrait by St. Aubin, and 20 fine plates after Moreau le jeune. Roy. 8vo, rebound in crushed crimson levant morocco, extra, marbled under gilt edges, by R. Petit. £1 12 6 Paris, Dalibon, 1825 *,* A. superb copy. The extra plates are from Kehl's edition of 1784 and Renouard's of 1802. 871 VOYAGES. [Smollett (Tobias)] A Compendium of Authentic and Entertaining Voyages, digested in a chronological series. The whole exhibiting a clear view of the Customs, Manners, Religion, Government, Commerce, and Natural History of most Nations in the known world. 7 vols., sm. 8vo, with numerous maps (including Virginia and Maryland), portraits, plans, views, plates of costumes, etc., old calf. $ guineas 1756 *$* A useful csmpilation including the voyages of Columbus, Vasco de Gama, Cabral, Magellan, Drake, Raleigh, Rowe, Monk, James, Nieuhoff, Dampier, Gemelli, Wager, Rogers and Lord Anson, the conquest of Mexico and Peru, and the discovery of Florida. 872 WAAGEN (Dr.) Treasures of Art in Great Britain : being an account of the Chief Collections of Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures, Illuminated MSS., &c, &c. With Supplemental Volume giving account of Forty Collections visited in 1854 and 1856. 4 vols., 8vo, original cloth . 3 guineas Murray, 1854-57 *.* The Best Edition of this invaluable record, compiled from personal visits to the various notable collections from 1835 to 1856. 873 WALES. Cumberland (George) An Attempt to describe Hafod and the neighbouring scenes about the Bridge over the Funack, commonly called the Devil's Bridge, in the County of Cardigan, an ancient seat belonging to Thomas Johnes, Esq. 8vo, with folding map of the estate, unbound. 10/6 1796 *„• Perhaps best known as the home of the Hafod Press. The house was burnt in 1807. 874 WALLACE (Robert) Saggio sopra la Differenza del Numero degli Nomini nei tempi antichi e moderni, in cui si statilisce ch' era piu considerabile nell' Antichita. 8vo, Robert Browning's copy, given to him by W. S. Landor, with inscription on fly-leaf in the former's handwriting, ' R. B. from W. S. L.' From the Browning collection. 4 guineas Livorno, 1757 875 WALTON (Isaak) The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert and Dr. Robert Sanderson. Sm. 8vo, five portraits and five copperplate illustrations, Major's first edition, calf. 23/- John Major, 1825 876 WALTON (Isaak). The Complete Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation. Edited by John Major. [With a Treatise on Flies and Fly Hooks by J. Jackson]. Imp. 8vo, Extra Illustrated Edition, with fifty additional steel plates after Stothard, Inskip, Hassell, Delamotte, Hixon, Pine, Sir Francis Sykes, etc., six etchings, two portraits and seventy-four wood engravings in the text, green morocco extra, gilt edges, by Zaehnsdorf. £6 15 Wimmo, 1885 *,* The most sumptuous modern edition of the Angler — only 120 copies of it were made. 877 WAUGH (Francis Gledstanes) Members of the Athenaeum Club, 1824 to 1887. 8vo, green levant morocco, with presentation inscription on title from the author to Robert Browning. From the Browning collection. ^2 2 Privately Printed [1887] 878 WEAVING. Gilroy (Clinton) The Art of Weaving, by hand and by power, with an introductory account of its rise and progress in ancient and modern times. For the use of manufacturers and others. 8vo, with numerous diagrams in the text, half calf. Henry Beaufoy bookplate. 12/6 1845 232, High Holborn, London, W.C. 97. 879 WEBSTER (Augusta) A Book of Rhyme. Sm. 8vo, cloth, with presentation inscription ' To Robert Browning from the author. A. W. July 1 881 ' on title. 17/6 1881, 880 WELLINGTON & PEEL. A Collection of 75 coloured Caricatures by Wm. Heath, "Paul Pry," and others, dealing with political events from June, 1826, to May, 1831, including Catholic Emancipation and other important measures of the Wellington-Peel Administration. All in fine state, arranged on large folio sheets, i guineas 1826-1831 %* A highly representative collection, in which most of the leaders of public opinion at that time are somewhat mercilessly satirised. The most prominent figures after Wellington and Peel are Lyndhurst, O'Connell, the king, the pope, Brougham, Eldon, Scarlett, and the Marchioness Conyngham. Peel's new police bill comes in for a good deal of notice, and foreign affairs are also dealt with. "881 WENTWORTH (Peter) A Pithie Exhortation to her Maiestie for establishing her successor to the crowne. Whereunto is added a Discourse containing the Authors opinion to the true and lawfull successor to her Maiestie. i6mo (title mended, few headlines cut into, some pencil marks), old calf, gilt, gilt edges. £2 12 6 (Without name of place or printer) Imprinted 1598 *»* An answer to the treatise (probably by Parsons) advocating the cla ras of the Infanta of Spain to the throne as descendant of John of Gaunt. Wentworth recommends ' the King of Scots ' as successor. 882 [WESLEY (Samuel)] The Iliad in a Nutshell, or, Homer's Battle of the Frogs and Mice. Illustrated with notes. First Editions. 1726 — The Battle of the Sexes : a Poem. The Second Edition. 1724. 2 vols, in 1, 8vo, old half calf. 17/6 1724-6 883 WEST INDIA SLAVERY. Pamphlets on Slavery in the West Indies to the number of about 40, in 7 vols. 8vo, half calf (binding broken). ^3 3 1820-1830 884 WIEDEMANN (William, maternal grandfather of Robert Brown- ing) Eight Pen-and-ink Drawings, viz. three Shields, one containing the signature of the poet's mother ; another that of his aunt Christiana Wiedemann, afterwards Silverthorne, who paid for the publication of Pauline, 1833, all authenticated by inscriptions by Browning, Oct. 1884; four architectural draw- ings (damaged), copied from line engravings ; three similarly authenticated, the other with inscription by Miss Browning ; and a text, also authenticated by Miss Browning. £3 17 6 885 WILBRAHAM (Francis M.) The Sere and Yellow Leaf. With a preface by the Rt. Rev. W. Walsham How, D.D. Cr. 8vo, original cloth, presentation :opy from the author, with inscription, to Fanny Hughes, wife of Thomas Hughes, author 3f "Tom Brown's School Days." 6/- 1884 886 WILDE (Oscar) Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and other Stories. 3m. 8vo, First Edition, original boards. £1 12 6 1891 887 WILLIS (Humphrey) Times Whirligig, or, the Blew-new-made Sentleman mounted. Written by a faithfull Servant, and true Lover of his Countrey, Hum. Willis, Esquire. Sm. 4to, curious woodcut on title, half calf. 2 guineas Printed in the Yeare 1647 *,* A rare poetical tract relating to the circumstances of the time. The woodcut repre- sents "A Committee man," booted, spurred, and wearing a long cloak and high hat, standing ipon the world, which is inverted, an orb of sovereignty being at the bottom, and opposed o the man's figure. The words ' Take him Marshall ' issue from his mouth, and beneath is ' Heu quantum mutatus ab illo ! " 7 98 JAMES TREGASKIS, " Caxton Head," 888 WILLIS (Browne) A Survey of the Cathedrals of York, Durham, Carlisle, Chester, Man, Litchfield, Hereford, Worcester, Gloucester, Bristol, Lincoln, Ely, Oxford, Peterborough, Canterbury, Rochester, London, Winchester, Chichester, Norwich, Salisbury, Wells, Exeter, St. Davids, Llandaff, Bangor and St. Asaph. [Followed by Parochiale Anglicanum or the names of all the Churches and Chapels]. 3 vols, in 2, thick 4to, 32 folding plates, calf. 36/- 1742 WITCHCRAFT. 889 AN ADVERTISEMENT TO THE JURY-MEN OF ENGLAND touching Witches. Together with a. difference between an English and Hebrew Witch. Sm. 4to, half calf . & guineas / G. for Richard Royston, 1653 *,* A reply to Perkins's Discourse of the Damned Art of Witchcraft occasioned by " the late execution of Witches at the Summer Assises in Kent." 890 ADY (Thomas) A Perfect Discovery of Witches. Shewing the Divine Cause of the Distractions of this Kingdome and also of the Christian World. Sm. 4to, half calf. 5 guineas 1661 %* This appears to be a revised edition of that rare tract A Candle in the Dark con- cerning Witchcraft. Ady was not a disbeliever in witches, "that witches are not. ..was neither [Scot's] Tenent, neither is it mine, but that witches are not such as are commonly executed for witches." Ady appeals largely to scripture, and commends his book to "Judges of Assizes, Sheriffes, Justices of the Peace and Grand-Jury-Men, before they passe sentence on those that are condemned for witchcraft." 891 BOWER (Edward) Doctor Lamb Revived, or Witchcraft comdemn'd in Anne Bodenham a Servant of his, who was arraigned and executed the Lent Assizes last. Sm. 4to (title cut into at top), half calf. £2 10 T. W. for Richard Best, 1653 *»* The supposed witch's connection with "the Duke of Buckingham's devil" had rendered her suspect. She was executed for bewitching a maid-servant by "five spirits in the likeness of ragged boys." 892 MASON (James, Master of Artes) The Anatomie of Sorcerie. Where- n the wicked Impieties of Charmers, Inchanters, and such like, is discouered and confuted. Sm. 8vo, First Edition, device on title, calf, extra, gilt leaves, large copy, many leaves with rough edges. £3 13 Printed at London, by John Legatc.1612 *,* The prevalent superstitions are handled with scant ceremony, and the magical prac- titioners with none at all. 893 MATHER (Increase) A Further Account of the Tryals of the New- England Witches. ..To which is added Cases of Conscience concerning witchcrafts and Evil Spirits personating Men. Sm. 4to, (some margins cut into, one leaf defective) half calf. 7 guineas For J. Duntons, 1693 •„• The cases of witchcraft happened at Salem Village in 1692 and are reported in detail by Deodat Lawson. Mather debates such questions as whether it is not possible for the Devil to cause bewitched persons to believe that an innocent person doth torment them when the Devil himself doth. 894 PERKINS. A Discovrse of the Damned Art of Witchcraft : so farre forth as it is reuealed in the Scriptures, and manifest by true experience. Framed and de- livered by M. William Perkins, and now published by Tho. Pickering. Sm. 8vo, First Edition, calf, gilt. £8 10 Printed by Cantrel Legge, Printer to the Vniursitieof Cambridge, 1610 *,* A violent puritanical attack, dedicated to Chief Justice Coke, advocating the punish- ment of witches by death, and the adoption of certain remedies against the dangers of witch- craft. The present copy and the Ashburnham (£10 5 o) are the only examples recorded as having occurred for sale during the past 20 years. 232, High Holborn, London, W.C. 99 WITCHCRAFT.— Continued. 895 A TRVE NARRATION of the Strange and Grevovs Vexation by the Devil, of 7 persons in Lancashire, and William Somersof Nottingham. Wherein the Doctrine of Possession and Dispossession of Demoniakes ovt of the word of God is particularly applyed vnto Somers, and the rest of the persons controverted. ..By John Darrell, Minister of the Word of God. Sm. 4to (last 3 leaves from a smaller copy), First Edition, blue morocco, gilt, gilt edges. 9 guineas s. I. et typ. (printed 1600) *** These strange happening are now classed as impostures. Darrell appears to have been convinced of his own powers as an exorcist, for which a committee of bishops sentenced him to imprisonment in 1599, where he still remained when the above narration was published. The issue was surreptitious, and it is very rarely one sees a copy for sale. 896 A TRUE AND IMPARTIAL RELATION of the informations against Three Witches. Viz. Temperance Lloyd, Mary Trembles, and Susanna Edwards who were indicted, arraigned and convicted at the Assizes holden... Aug. 14, 1682. With their several confessions. Sm. 4to, half calf. 3 guineas 1682 897 RELATION of the most Remarkable Proceedings at the late Assizes at Northampton conteyning Truely and Fully the Tryals, Confessions and Execution of a most mischievous Witch. Sm. 4to (title cut into at top), half calf, rare. 3 guineas For N. Savedge [1674] *»* The witch was convicted of having destroyed above fifty sheep and burned the farmer's house and barn by magical charms. 898 WITHER (George) Sigh for the Pitchers : breathed out in a personal contribution to the national humiliation, the last of May, 1666, in the cities of London and Westminster, upon the near approaching engagement then expected between the English and Dutch navies. i2mo (a few headlines cut into), First Edition, woodcut of pitchers on title, morocco extra, gilt borders, by Mackenzie, John Mitford's copy with his signature. £$ $ Imprinted in the sad year, 1666 *»* Wither's last venture into the political arena. It was suspected by the government and warrants were issued for the arrest of any who sold the book. On page 46 he mentions that a poem written the year before (" for, by my printer's death, what I then did in some unknown hand till this day lies hid, And possibly may come again to light ") will appear " in the three next following sheets." But no copies are known to contain the poem. 899 WITHER (George) Speculum Speculativum: or, a Considering-glasse : being an Inspection into the present and late sad Conditions of these Nations ; with some cautional expressions made thereupon, immediately after his Majesties Restoration. Sm. 8vo, First Edition, original sheep. 27/6 London, Written June XIII. MDCLX, and there Imprinted the same year (1660) *,* In this lengthy piece of politico-historical verse, Wither mentioned certain opinions in regard to the future of England, which induced the authorities to suspect him. His frank expression of fears connected with the Restoration, together with another treatise published shortly after, led to his imprisonment in Newgate and the Tower, 1660 to 1663. 900 WOLCOT (John) Lord Auckland's Triumph ; or the Death of Crim. Con. A Pair of Prophetic Odes. To which are added An address to Hymen (etc.). By Peter Pindar, Esq. 4to, wrappers. 15/- 1800 901 WOODFALL (Wilfrid) My Note-Book ; or Sketches from the Gallery of St. Stephens, A Satirical Poem. i2mo, original boards, uncut. From the Browning collection. 35/- !82i *** The author, who is called in the Dictionary of National Biography William Woodfall, was a parliamentary reporter and dramatic critic, and established in 1789 the first journal to give reports of parliamentary proceedings on the morning after they had taken place. ioo JAMES TREGASKIS, " Caxton Head," 902 WORDSWORTH (William) The Prelude, or Growth of a Poet's Mind. Roy. 8vo, First Edition, Charles Eliot Norton's copy, with his sig- nature and "July, 1850" in cover, original cloth. From the Browning collec- tion. 2 guineas 1850 903 YOUNGS (Ella Sharpe) The Apotheosis of Antinoiis and other poems. 8vo, portrait, cloth, with presentation inscription on half-title " to Robert Barrett Browning from the author, in sincere admiration of the poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning." 7/6 1887 904 ZIMMERN (Helen) Eleven Autograph Letters, signed, to Robert Browning, on literary matters, visits, etc. The eleven, with envelopes. 2 guineas Aug 1876— May 24, 1878 Printed forJAMES Tregaskis, and Published by him at his House at the Sign of the " Caxton Head," 232, High Holborr, in the Parish of St. Giles-in-the-Field London. ©Ije gromntng ©oUecttcme* DOCCIA SAUCER. No. 646. BERLIN TEMBLEUSE CUP AND SAUCER. No. 645. ROBERT BROWNING'S LAST PORTRAIT. ' -• ,A% *sa>* "!& 42 f&. -?£%&$ ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE BEAUTIFUL OLD ENGRAVINGS 1500=1800 IN MEZZOTINT, STIPPLE, OR LINE SOME PRINTED IN COLOURS Others from the Morrison Collection. also ILLUMINATIONS from FIFTEENTH CENTURY FLEMISH MISSALS AND AUTOGRAPH LETTERS OF NELSON w BROWNING RELICS AND MSS. INCLUDING THE Life=size Portrait of Robert Browning by his Son, Robert Barrett Browning, 1889. FOR SALE AT NETT PRICES BY HENRY SOTHERAN & CO. At their West End House, 43, PICCADILLY, W. Telegraphic Address : BOOKMEN, LONDON. Telephone: MAYFAIR 3601. , " { m m Jfe i Portrait of Robert Browning by his Son, R. BARRETT BROWNING. In oils, signed and dated Venice, 1889. Three-quarter Length life-size, standing against a marble pillar, wearing a long brown inverness cape, hands clasped before him, profile to right. 5 ft- x 3 ft- 6, in massive gilt frame of about 7 inches wide, with pomegranates carved in high relief. Price 250 Guineas. This magnificent portrait was begun at the Palazzo Dario, Venice, 1888, and finished at the Palazzo Rezzonico, 1889 (the last year of the poet's life) and was exhibited in the same year at the grosyenor gallery ; it is reproduced in Mrs. Orr's Life and Letters of Robert Browning, 1908. It would make a noble addition to a great Public Library or Gallery of Art. For other important Relics of the Brownings, see pages 69 etc. Special attention is called to the opportunity for acquiring un- published, and other MSS. of Mrs. Browning, and Autographed Books by her and Robert Browning, at very moderate prices, which may hardly occur again. I I No. 2. Agostino Veneziano: 2 THE FOUR EVANGELISTS, after Giulio ROMANO (B. 92-95), a fine and very decorative set of line engrav- ings from the Morrison Collection (9f x 7) £18. 18s Francesco Bartolozzi, R.A.: 3 LORD CLIVE, Governor of Bengal; three- quarter length, battle ensuing in background ; arms engraved at foot ; FINE STIPPLE, after NATHANIEL Dance {two slight tears in margins) (17 x 13J) £13. 13s The only fine portrait of Clive. 4 ESQR. THORNHILL PERSUADES OLIVIA TO ELOPE WITH HIM ; a charming circle, in brown stipple, after H. Ramberg ; fine impression, but mounted, and slightly defective {\2\ x 12^) £5. 5s 5 THE COTTER'S FAMILY {from Thomsons Seasons — Spring), BROWN STIPPLE, after W. HAMILTON, FINE PROOF IMPRESSION of this charming subject, BEFORE THE TITLE, 1795 (13 x loh) £5. 5 S ' - . . . Even so a gentle pair, By fortune sunk, but form'd of generous mould, And charm'd with cares beyond the vulgar breast, In some lone cot amid the distant woods, Sustain'd alone by providential Heaven, Oft, as they weeping eye their infant train, Check their own appetite and give them all.' No. 3. No. 4. No. 5. Mi ....'■ ■?.■ • No. 32. No. 33. No. 40. Francesco Bartolozzi, R.A. : PORTRAITS AFTER HOLBEIN: A Series of the Portraits of Illustrious Persons of the Court of Henry VIII. Imitations of Original Drawings in His Majesty's Collection, published by John Chamberlain, about 1796, brilliant impressions, in unpublished proof state, as under, 4to. or folio size. 6 BOROUGH (Lady) (114 x 74), icw 6d 7 The Same, proof before all letters, \%s (>d 8 CAREW (Sir George) (134x9), iqj 9 The Same., proof before the name, £1. is 10 THESAME,proof before all letters, £l.los n CLEEVE (Queen Anne of) (ioJ x 64) 12s 6d 12 • The Same, proof before the title, £1. is 13 The Same, proof before all letters, £1. 10s 14 COBHAM (Lord) (nix 7!), io.t 6d 15 The Same., proof before all letters, iKsbd 16 GEORGE OF CORNWALL (Simon) (11 x 74), icw dd 17 • • The Same, proof 'before all letters, 18s 6d 18 GODSALVE (Sir John), proof before the title (14$ x n), \%s 19 The Same, proof before all letters, £1. is 20 HENEGHAM (The Lady) (i2jx8|), 10s 6d 21 The Same, proof before all letters, £1. is 22 HOBBY (Sir Philip) (12 x 8§), icw 6d 23 The Same, proof before the title, i%s 6d 24- — - The Same, proof before the title, £1. is 25 PAR (William, Marquis of Northampton) p-oof before all letters (13 x 8), £1. 10s 26 SUFFOLK (Charles Brandon, Duke of), proof before all letters (10J x 8), £1. is 27 SUFFOLK (Charles & Henry Brandon, Dukes of), the 2 Miniature Prints, circles within borders, proofs before all letters, with a duplicate of one before the borders (fine) {i\ x 2| and 2\ X 2j), ^3. 10s 28 THE FAMILY of HENRY VIII., 4 proof impressions, iii various states (each 7j x 1 14), £4- V 29 The Same, proof before all letters, £1 . is 30 ■ Proof of the Portion of the Plate showing the locket she was wearing, on Jndiapaper (if X if), l$s 31 ZOUCH(Mrs.) (? Sister of Sir Edward Rogers, wife of Richard Zouch), proof before the title (nf x 8), ittr 6d THE FRENCH SERIES. All proofs before letters. 32 ANNE, DUC de MONTMORENCI (I24x8|), £1. 5* 33 CLAUDE XVII. COUNT of LAVAL (124x84), £1. 5* 34 FRANCIS II. (Dauphin of France), X 84), £2 IOS. SEE ILLUSTRATION. 35 LE CONNETABLE d'ARMAGNAC (124x84), £1. 5* 36 MARY, QUEEN of SCOTS, (12 x 84)^3. jj SEE ILLUSTRATION. 37 MONSIEUR DE PIENNE l'AINE, (n| x 84), £1. IOS 38 MONSIEUR DE SAINTE CORNEILLE (124x84), £1. is 39 MONSIEUR LA FAILLE (124x84), £1. is 40. THE BEAUTIFUL RHODOPE in love with JESOP. THE KING PSAMMETICHUS OF EGYPT IN LOVE WITH RHODOPE j pair of charming oblong ovals, within engraved borders, IN RICH RED STIPPLE ; aflef ANGELICA K.AUFMANN ; OPEN LETTER PROOFS, 1781 (iof x i 2 f) £11 10s W. J. Bennett: 41. CITY OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CARO- LINA, U.S.A., looking across Cooper's River ; shewing the river with its shipping in foreground, AQUATINT, after G. COOKE, published Clover, N. Y„ 1 83 3 ( 1 5 f X 24I) £3 3s H. W. Bunbury (after) : 42. MACKLIN'S ILLUSTRATIONS TO SHAKE- SPEARE'S PLAYS (containing portraits of Airs. Robinson), A FINE SERIES OF 20 STIPPLE ENGRAVINGS, oblong folio, by BARTOLOZZI, Cheesman, Tomkins, Chapman, and others, after H. Bunbury ; Open Letter Proofs; 1792 (18 x 14), framed in black and gold ; a cheap and extensive series of decorative prints, £21 Contents : Dick the Butcher, and Smith the Weaver. Dogberry and Verges with the Watch. Falstaff at Heme's Oak. at Justice Shallow's. playing the Prince. reproved by King Henry. with Hotspur on his back. FalstafFs Escape. Florizel and Autolycus. Fluellen making Pistol eat a leek. Helen in Dress of a Pilgrim. Jaques discovered by the Duke. Launce teaching his Dog. Macbeth and the Murderers. Prospero disarming Ferdinand. Romeo and Juliet in Friar Law- rence's Cell. Rosalind, Celia, and Touchstone. Sir Andrew Ague-cheek, etc. The supposed Death of Imogen. The Taming of the Shrew. 10 No. 41. No. 42. *f 'mm No. 43- N T o. 44- I r. N uf C'AK II X No. 45. 13 Samuel Cousins : 43 BEATRICE CENCI ; mezzotint, after Guido RENI, BEAUTIFUL IMPRESSION, with large margins, 1835 (9f x 7f ) £8. 10s Francesco Bartolozzi, R.A. : 44 LOVE AND HONOUR, circle, in brown STIPPLE, after H. BUNBURV, with verse at foot, 1785, A CHARMING SUBJECT (12x12) £9. 15s ' Hark ! may Heaven defend thee, Hark ! the drum commands, Honour I attend thee, Love I kiss thy hands. May guardian angels watch thee And conquest on thee wait One kiss and then I give thee up — alas poor Kate.' vide The Tobacco Box. Adam Buck (after): 45 YOUNG BURNS AT THE GRAVE OF HIS FATHER, in Scotch dress, with open book— OWEN OF CARRON, in Scotch dress, with shepherds crook ; PAIR OF CHARM- ING STIPPLES, BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED IN COLOURS, by J. BATE, 1808 {each 12x9) £10. 10s V.i Philip Dawe : 4 6 EVENING AT REST: mezzotint, after Gilpin and Barret, finely printed in colours: a peaceful scene shewing cattle at rest; with verse at foot; (one of the corners of margin damaged), 1791 (17x21 J) £9. 9s ' O'er the heath the cattle stray Free the busy work is done Now the Miller hastes away To quaff his ale at setting sun.' Charles Clement Bervic: 47 LTNNOCENCE ; line engraving, after Merimee, 1789 (i7i.xi4i) £3. 3s Pierre Brevet : 48 LOUIS ADELAIDE D'ORLEANS, ABBESSE DE CHELLES ; in nun's dress ; LINE, half-length in oval, within borders, finely engraved floral design at foot; after PIERRE GOBERT, fine impression from the Morrison Collection, (i6fxi4f) £4. 15s U No. 46. No. 47. No. 48. 15 No. 49. No. 50. Jacques Louis David (after): 49 NAPOLEON : full-length portrait^ in corona- tion robes, finely engraved in STIPPLE AND LINE, by B. C. ; PROOF BEFORE ALL LETTERS, large margins (27 \ x 2 if) £9. 9s Verri : 50 CORONATION OF NAPOLEON I.; very fine STIPPLE ENGRAVING, after MlRYS., PROOF BEFORE ALL LETTERS, good viargins (20 x 26) £4. 15s IT Dudley Hardy: 5 1 ORIGINAL DRAWING : BON JOUR PIER- ROT; portrait of a lady in pierrot costume; A VERY CLEVER ORIGINAL DRAWING, in heavy body colours, signed; within fancy- shaped white and gold sunk mount (17-I- x 12 J) £3. 10s On the back of this attractive drawing is rough sketching in ink by the artist. 52 LADY IN EVENING DRESS, seated on sofa, with screen at back ; CHARMING ORIGINAL DRAWING in body colours, signed; within plain sunk mount {\i\ x 6£) £2. 10s John PiersOH (by and after) : 53 GAY'S SHEPHERD'S WEEK: TUESDAY OR THE DITTY (Marion and the Gypsies)— WEDNESDAY OR THE DUMPS (Sparabella) ; PRETTY PAIR of stipples, within borders, most beautifully printed in colours, each with tivo verses at foot, A CHARMING PAIR {but margins a little stained) {each 84 x 6£) £21. ' Last Friday's eve when as the sun was set, I near yon style, three sallow gyp- sies met, Upon my hand they cast a poring look, Bid me beware, and thrice their heads they shook. ' When Sparabella pensive and forlorn, Alike with yearning love and labour wom, Lean'd on her rake, and straight with doleful guise Did this said plaint in moanful notes devise ! Marion and THE Gypsies Sparabella - 'And since alas ! I grew my Colin's scorn, I've known no pleasure, night, or noon,, or morn, Help me ye gypsies, bring him home again, And to a constant lass give back her swain.' ' Come night as dark as pitch sur- round my head, From Sparabella Bumkinet is fled; The ribbon that his val'rous cudgel won, I Last Sunday happier Clumsilis put I on ! ' 18 ■JM No. 51. No. 5: ■~rr- ■ No. 53. No. 54. Pomel : 54 ADOLESCENCE DE PAUL ET VIRGINIE— NAUFRAGE DE VIRGINIE ; pair of pretty stipples, FINELY PRINTED IN COLOURS, with text at foot ; margins somewhat defective, one of the prints having a small hole near title ; in sunk mounts {circa 1810) {each 6h x 8§) £&. 9s Nattier (after): 55 THE FOUR ELEMENTS: LE FEU— Mme. Marie Henriette de France, engraved by H. Tardieu : LAIR — Mme. Adelaide de France, by J. Beauvarlet; LA TERRE — Mme. Louise-Elizabeth de France, Duchesse de Parme, by Balechou ; L'EAU — Mme. Marie-Louise-Therese- VlCTOIRE DE FRANCE, by R. GAILLARD ; line engravings {each 9l x i3f), the Set of Four £15. '.'1 S. Malgo: 56 MARIE ANTOINETTE ; mezzotint after A. HlCKEL, PROOF BEFORE ALL LETTERS ; A VERY BRILLIANT IMPRESSION (the three top margins cut close). SCARCE (22f x ij\) £31. 10s No. 56. 93 No. 57. 24 George Morland (after): 57 CHILDREN GATHERING BLACK-BERRIES; A CHARMING MEZZOTINT, by P. DAWE, BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED IN COLOURS ; from the collection of Sir Lionel Phillips, framed in gold (i8J x 14) £85. 35 M. Place: 58 THE LOYAL ASSOCIATED WARD AND VOLUNTEER CORPS OF THE CITY OF LONDON— THE LOYAL ASSOCIATED AND VOLUNTEER CORPS OF THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER; a pair pf fine COLOURED AQUATINTS, after R. K. PORTER {slight/} 1 damaged ok one side by a few worm holes), 1799 (19 x 24) £15. 15s •Ms No. 58. '27 6 Marc Antonio Raimondi : 59 BACCHANALIAN FRIEZE, with Offering to Priapus, from the antique (B. 248), brilliant impression from the Puccini, Marshall and Morrison Collections (s| x 20) £31. 10s In the Marshall sale this impression was described as "probably the finest in existence and of extraordinary rarity. ' Marco da Ravenna : 60 THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS (B. 24.6), from the Morrison Collection (iiA x 12) £4. 10s ■9W Thomas Rowlandson (by and after) : 6 1 ST. GILES'S COURTSHIP — ST. JAMES'S COURTSHIP; A PAIR OF AQUATINTS, within borders engraved in brown, each with verse at foot ; Ackermann, 1799 (each 13 x 10-i; : £4. 10s An illustrated catalogue of Original Drawings and Engravings by THOMAS ROWLANDSON, will be sent on application. Master of the Monogram H. E. : 62 ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS, after D. BECCAFUMI (B. 1), fine impression, first state, fivm the BECKFORD, Harford and Morrison Collections (iiA x Sf) £9. 9s Marc Antonio Raimondi: 63 APOLLO AND HYACINTHE, with Cupid, after Francia (B. 348), from the Goddard and Morrison Collections ( 1 if x 9) £5. 15s This print, in Marc Antonio's early manner, bears the date 150b, his earliest dated print being the Pyramus and Thisbe (B. 322) marked 1505. •jo No. 61. No. 62. No. 63. 31 No. 65. No. 64. James Watson: 64 LADY BINGHAM; mezzotint, after Angelica Kauffmann (172x15), 1776 £12. 12s James Daniell : 65 ADMIRAL DE WINTER RESIGNING HIS SWORD TO ADMIRAL DUNCAN ; mezzotint, [by James Daniell after Henry Singleton], brilliant impression, but cut close all round, and stirrounded with fancy borders (19^x14!) £6. 6s S. W. Reynolds: 66 THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM, PITT, FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY; full-length, standing, MEZZOTINT, after R. K. PORTER, FINELY PRINTED in colours, 1799 (24x15) £21. 33-' Henry Meyer: 67 FATHER'S DELIGHT, after William Derby, pretty child sitting on form, nursing cat ; IN BROWN STIPPLE, witkm borders, 181 1, broad margins, A CHARMING SUBJECT (ni*8i) £7. 7s William Nutter : 68 RUSSIA, a charming oval, in brown stipple, after CHARLES ANSELL, with verse at foot, 1791 (9i x 8£) *2. 5s ' . . . Yet there life glows Yet cherish'd there beneath the shining waste, The furry nations harbour : tipt with jet, Fair ermines, spotless as the snow they press. Sables, of glossy black, and dark embrown'd, Or beauteous freakt, with many a mingled hue, Thousands besides the costly pride of courts.' Vide Thomson's ' Winter.' Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. (after): 69 FRANCES ISABELLA KER GORDON, DAUGHTER OF LORD AND LADY WILLIAM GORDON ; A BEAUTIFUL STIPPLE PRINT, by PIERRE SlMON (Younger), 1789, FINE IMPRESSION (12x9!) £12. 12s 70 THE MARCHIONESS CAMDEN ; stipple, en- graved by LUIGI SCHIAVONETTI ; ENGRAVER'S PROOF SIGNED, BEFORE ALL LETTERS, broad margins (11JV9) £B. 10s :',4 * No. 67. No. 68. ^&M& « '• K - jr ' " : ml • JB^ff * 1 Ti%t rf Utr^ ^ -% wu No. 69. 35 No. 70. WJOKf l.V i« Llu-('l.:.r:uh i ■''.'/ W &./y; .■ No. 71. 36 George Romney (after): 7 i MRS. JORDAN, in the Character of a Country Girl, engraved by JOHN OSBORNE, STIPPLE, BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED IN COLOURS (excessively rare thus) (12 x 91) £110.. 37 Salathe : 72 NIAGARA FALLS: GENERAL VIEW— THE HORSESHOE; Pair of large and very finely COLOURED AQUATINTS, after H. Sebron, each measuring 23! by 37A inches ; being two very attractive and expansive views of the famous Falls ; Goupil, 1852 £9. 9s 38 No. 7: 39 No. 73. No. 75. to J. C. Stadler: 73 VIEW OF THE HORSE GUARDS FROM WHITEHALL ; shelving a company of mounted soldiers passing through the Gateway ; A VERY FINELY COLOURED AQUATINT [? by Stadler after Shepherd], fine impression, with broad margins (i4i x 19J-) £10. 10s Q. Humphrey (published by) : 74 HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY KING GEORGE THE FOURTH GOING IN STATE TO THE HOUSE OF PEERS, January 23, 1821 ; an exact repre- sentation OF THE PROCESSION FROM CARLTON PALACE TO THE HOUSE OF PEERS, WITH VIEWS OF THE PRINCIPAL BUILD- INGS FROM THE ADMIRALTY TO PARLIAMENT STREET ; A VERY FINE COLOURED AQUATINT, within broad tinted borders, on 2 plates, forming, when joined, an attractive panoramic view of the procession, the Royal carriage just passing the Horse Guards (measuring, when joined, 1 \\ by 45^ inches) £13. 13s J. R. Smith: 75 AST ARTE AND ZADIG, vide Voltaire's 'Book of Fate'; oblong, MEZZOTINT, after R. HOME, 1782 {\y\ x 2lf) £10. 10s +i H. Papprill: 76 REVIEW OF THE QUEEN'S OWN REGI- MENT OF YEOMANRY CAVALRY ON KEMPSEY-HAM ; A VERY FINELY COLOURED AQUATINT, after W. I. PRINGLE, shewing the review in progress, with the numerous spectators, in and about their carriages, in foreground, the various costumes, civil and military, being most carefully coloured by hand ; in the background, a fine view of the hills and wooded country ; A VERY FINE AND ATTRACTIVE PRINT, with broad margins, published by Ackermann, 1839(15^ x 24) £19. 10s W. Summers: 77 GRAND REVIEW IN HYDE PARK, Julv 9th, 1838, in the presence of her most gracious majesty queen Victoria, the Foreign Princes and Ambassadors, etc. ; very FINE AQUATINT, COLOURED by hand, after W. HEATH ; shewing Military Review in progress, the troops being engaged in manceuvtes before the royal carriage ; fine view of HOUSES BORDERING THE PARK filled with spectators, in background (15^ x 2of) £10. 10s The many colours resulting from the numerous uniforms, English and foreign, go to form a bright and attractive picture. 78 Another impression of same, coloured, but without margins £5 # 5 S 42 No. 76. No. 77. +3 A '-/'-'■ v m ik if:-"'.',: -Je^ No. 79. No. 80. // ///////// ' No. 81. No. 82. 11 P. W. Tomkins: 79 THE POOR SOLDIER ; pretty circle, in red STIPPLE, after CHARLES ANSELL; BRILLIANT OPEN LETTER PROOF ("I xi if) £5. 10s Charles White: 80 BLIND MAN'S BUFF ; a circle, stipple, beau- tifully PRINTED IN COLOURS, ON SATIN, cut dose (^\ X 5|) £10. 10s J. Saunders : 8i MR. GARRTCK AS STEWARD OF THE STRATFORD JUBILEE, SEPTEMBER 1769; half-length, in profile, holding medallion of SHAKESPEARE ; MEZZOTINT, after B. V. Gucht, 1773 (13£X"£) £7. 7s Pieter van Schuppen : 82 ANNE MARIE, LOUISE D'ORLEANS ; half- lengtli in oval, within engraved borders, heraldic design at foot ; LINE, after GILBERT DE SEVE, dated 1666, from the MORRISON COL- LECTION (i3^xioi) £4. 10s +.-> Niello : ] 3 THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST: a composition of a pyra- midal form, in the centre of which is represented our Saviour rising from the open tomb, with a banner in the right hand, and giving the benediction with the left ; two sleeping soldiers crouch in the angles on either side, with margin, undescribed, from the Endris, Marshall and Morrison Col- lections (i x 4) £10. 10s Jacob de Gheyn (or De Ghein) : >4 COSMO DE' MEDICI ; line, a small circle, half-length, profile, within engraved border containing title, fine impression, with autograph and date — ' Claude Augustin Mariette, 1694 ' on back {d,\ x 4 J) d £2. lOs Etienne Ficquet : *5 JEAN BAPTISTE POQUELIN MOLIERE ; half-length, line, with right elbow resting on books, within engraved framework ; after Coypel, fine impression (6 x 4) £2. 2s 36 MICHAEL EYQUEM DE MONTAIGNE, half-length in oval, with ruffle, line, within finely engraved oval border, surmounting a design consisting of open books, scales, fencers, &>c. ,■ after Du Moustier, fine impression, dated 1772 (5J x yf) £1. 10s William Dolle : I7 GEORGE VILLIERS, FIRST DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM; favourite of James I. and Charles I., line, half-length, with high lace collar and ropes of pearls, in rectangular frame inscribed ' Fidei Ccticula Crux ; ' [after M. Miereveldt], fine impression (5] x 3) £1. 10s L. Vorsterman : 38 ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON, after Raffaelle, from the Marshall collection, also a remarkably powerful Counterproof or same, from the Gervaise collection, both from the famous Morrison Col- lection (11 x Si) £5. 5s The picture, which varies slightly from this engraving, is now in the Louvre : it formerly belonged to the Earl of Pembroke, who exchanged it with Charles I. for en- gravings, which disappeared, and were afterwards found by Queen Caroline. Pierre Firens : So LOUIS XIII., KING OF FRANCE, &c, i6to ; line, three- quarter length, within oval border, surrounded by engraved design ; verse at foot, FINE IMPRESSION OF A VERY UNCOMMON LITTLE CONTEMPORARY POR- TRAIT, narrow margins, inlaid (4I x 2%) £5. 10s ♦6 rb> No. 83. No. 85. No. 86. No. 84. No. 87. No. 89. No. 90. No. 92. No. 91. *j Jfc-, . "I 111 1 ■C? ' l '" t '" '"' "'--" ■ '.' ■■ J No. 93. No. 95. Anna Maria Schurmann : 90 PORTRAIT OF HERSELF ; within oval border containing title, line, with inscription at foot ; brilliant little print, bearing on back autograph 'P. Mariette, 1670 ;' (5J x 3 £) 452. 10s T. Woolnoth : 91 THE ROSE IN JUNE ; ackjatint in light brown, the flesh portions being finely printed in colours, with verse at foot, 1825 ( 9 f x i 2 |) £7. 7s ' A countenance more fair than thine The Rose cannot display, Gay as the choicest flowers of spring And innocent as gay.' Thomas de Leeuw : 92 HENRI DE BOURBON, PRINCE DE CONDE (set. 12) half-length, in oval, within border containing title (r.d. 344), very fine line engraving, with anagram at top and verse at foot ; brilliant impression from the Gulston Collection (5J x 3$) SA. 4s 93 BARNABE BRISSON, president au Parlement de Paris, line, half-length in richly embroidered dress, standing at a table holding book : with inscription at foot ; brilliant impression (7 x 4f) (r.d. 327) SA. 4s Charles Turner: 94 A FAMOUS NEWFOUNDLAND DOG, a large LIFE-SIZED MEZZOTINT, VERY FINELY PRINTED IN COLOURS, AFTER H. B. Chalon, 1805 (29! x 17I) £8. 10s A fine example of colour printing as applied to Animal Portraiture. Hieronymus Wierix: 95 IGNATIUS LOYOLA ; line, half length, holding book, on the open pages of which is engraved inscription, brilliant impression ( 4 f x 2 f ) *2. 10s 49 Rembrandt Van Rhyn : 96 THE BAPTISM OF THE EUNUCH (Wilson 103), from the AYLESFORD and MORRISON COLLECTIONS (7 x 8|) £6. 10s J. Honeruogt: 97 LOUIS XIII., ROY DE FRANCE, ET DE NAVARRE— HENRY DE BOURBON, PRINCE DE CONDE, ETC. ; PAIR, LINE ; half-lengths in ovals, surrounded by engraved oval floral borders (each 5 x 3D £2. 5s Messager : 98 LOUIS XIIL, ROY DE FRANCE ET DE NAVARRE ; equestrian portrait ; with inscription at foot, LINE, FINE IMPRESSION (j\ x 5) £3. 10s Van der Vliet : 99 PORTRAIT OF A MAN IN FUR CAP, a/fer REMBRANDT ; half-length, in profile, 163 1, bearing the autograph ' P. Mariette, 1680/ at back (6x5) £4. 4s Rembrandt Van Rhyn: 100 THE CRUCIFIXION, a small square plate (Wilson 86), from the Morant and Morrison COLLECTIONS (4 x 2f ) £7. 7s .50 No. 96. ; %ii#- No. 97. *Lv *y» Jv.iAl No. 98. No. 100. In. 3ehi Twfiratn imm sort* \vcatajr3tm; < ■ jUfi , sub optata (puff CPafe tuehHur, ha n j ^ : £t Muersus aMruc jrrcttTii&,BeU(iA No. 101. No. ro2. mo" \\ i:sr he i t\. No. 103, .52 V /"» T (™\ . Hieronymus Wierix: ioi ISABELLA CLARA EUGENIA, INFANTA OF SPAIN ; line, half length, within engraved -border containing title, with verse at foot ; BRILLIANT IMPRESSION, bearing on the back autograph and date — 'P. Mariette, 1698.' A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE PRINT IN FINE STATE (3! x 2f) £5. 10s Johann Qeorg Wille : 102 ELIZABETH DE GOUY, FEMME DE HYACINTHE RIGAUD, half length, within engraved borders; LINE, after H. RlGAUD (18 x 13^) £2. 5s Thomas Williamson: 103 CROSSING THE BROOK, a lady and chUd stepping over stream, foliage in background ; AQUATINT, BEAUTI- FULLY PRINTED IN COLOURS, by T. WILLIAMSON and T. FlELDMAN, after H. THOMSON, R.A., 1826 (iox j\), after the same picture as the well-known large print SA, 10s ' Step cautiously — the danger's past, Now we'll trudge homeward cheerily.' James Ward: 104 WM. HENRY WEST BETTY, the 'Young Roscius,' aetat 13, half length, in lace collar and cloak; MEZZOTINT, after J. NORTHCOTE, R.A., 1805. .(13J x 11) £3. 3 S o3 A Fine Series of illuminations after Albert Diirer, Lucas Cranach, etc., from a Flemish Missal of the XVlth Century. 105 A SERIES OF 28 VELLUM PAGES CUT OUT OF A VERY RICHLY DECORA- TED FLEMISH MISSAL OF THE EARLY XVlTH CENTURY, each containing a large full - page Miniature, averaging 5x3 ifiches ; within borders, also 1 PAGE OF THE MS. TEXT, and i ENGRAVINGS BY LUCAS VAN LEYDEN, painted like Miniatures, by the same artist, and mounted on vellum, on which are painted borders to match — in all 33 pages, small 4to. -j\ x 5^. Price £150. A remarkable and highly interesting series of Miniatures, in all of which the influence of ALBERT Durer is prominent, 12 of the subjects indeed being more or less directly COPIED FROM HIS ENGRAVINGS (7 from the Copper Passion, and 5 from the Little Passion). The BORDERS are of two distinct kinds.; 24 being of the typical Flemish character ; natural birds, insects, flowers and fruits, beautifully painted on backgrounds of dull gold, and 8 of shaded carmine colour, with formal patterns of gold lines. The Subjects of the Miniatures are : 1 Adam and Eve, with Armorial bearings of the original owner (SEE ILLUSTRATION) IN THE LOWER CORNERS : Vert a Weasel passant argent, AND Argent a Bugle sable, with CRESTS, Ostrich feather erect, between two eagle's wings argent. 2 Abraham and Isaac. 3 The Prodigal Son. (see illustration.) 4 Christ taking leave of his Mother, after Diirer's Small Passion. (B. 21.) 5 The Daughters of Jerusalem. 6 The Entry into Jerusalem. 7 Christ washing his Disciples' Feet, after Durer's Small Passion. (B 25.) (SEE ILLUSTRATION.) 5+ (28) (' (3) No. 105. 3.5 17) (.61 (22) (23) No. 105. 56 (26) Subjects of the Miniatures (continued) : 8 The Mount of Olives. 9 THE BETRAYAL OF CHRIST, after Oarer's Copper Passion. (B. 5.) 10 Christ before Annas. 1 1 CHRIST BEFORE CAIAPHAS, after Diirer's Copper Passion. (B 29.) 12 CHRIST BEFORE CAIAPHAS, after Lucas Cranach. (B 9.) 13 Christ before Pilate. 14 Christ before Herod, after Diirer's Small Passion. (B. 32.) 15 THE FLAGELLATION, after Diirer's Small Passion. (B. 33.) 16 PILATE WASHING HIS HANDS, after Diirer's Copper Passion. (B. 11.) (SEE ILLUSTRATION.) 17 The Crown of Thorns, after Lucas van Leyden. (B. 49.) 18 CHRIST SHOWN TO THE PEOPLE, after Diirer's Copper Passion. (B 10.) 19 CHRIST NAILED TO THE CROSS, after Diirer's Small Passion. (B. 39.) 20 The Soldiers raising the Cross. 21 ' It is Finished.' 22 The Entombment, after Diirer's Small Passion. (B. 44.) (see ILLUS.) 23 THE DESCENT INTO Hell, after Diirer's Copper Passion. (B. 16.) (SEE illustration.) 24 Christ appearing to Mary Magdalen. 25 Christ appearing to his Mother, after Diirer's Small Passion. (B. 26.) 26 The Ascension, (see illustration.) 27 The Death of the Virgin. 28 PAGE OF THE Text containing a large initial E, on a background of burnished and diapered gold, surrounded with a very beautiful border of natural flowers, fruit, birds, etc., of considerably greater artistic merit than the usual Flemish borders of this period (a portion of the text between the miniature and the lower border cut away) (SEE ILLUS- TRATION), with MS. text in red and black on reverse. 29 \ Four of the Engravings from Lucas van Leyden's Passion. to [ (B. 43, 51, 52, and 53), carefully coloured, apparently by the Miniaturist, 3 2 ' and mounted on vellum, on tvhich are painted borders to match the other pages, one having the typical Flemish border of flowers and insects, the other 3 having carmine borders with formal patterns in gold. 57 106 SAINT MARGARET OF ANTIOCH WITH HER DRAGON ; a large and very beautifully painted Miniature, the Saint in a nun's dress, with a large green dragon on a lead, view of a town on a river in the back- ground, with narrow border of black and gold, by a Flemish artist, on vellum, 6f x 4^. Saec. XVI. £25 5rt ^^^ra^to No. 1 06. .3!) No. 107. No. 108. ARUNDEL SOCIETY'S PUBLICATIONS: Giovanni Bellini : 107 MADONNA AND CHILD ENTHRONED; from the Altarpiece in the Frari Church at Venice, drawn by DESIDERI, chromolithographed by Lemercier, Paris ; 1890 (32^ x 14), framed in reeded black with broad goldmount ; SCARCE £B. 9s . j Stephen Lothener: 108 SET OF 5 CHROMO-LITHOGRAPHS, IN BLACK AND GOLD FOLDING-FRAME: THE ADORATION OF the Magi (15^ x 16^) : St. Ursula and her Virgins, and St. Gereon and his Warriors, 2 in 1 frame {each isf x8£): The Angel Gabriel and the Virgin Annunciate, 2 in 1 frame (each i5§x8£)— The Set in 3 frames hinged together, as IN THE ORIGINAL ALTARPIECE IN THE CATHEDRAL AT Cologne; 1874-5 £10 10s. 3 of the Subjects dre shown in the Illustration opposite, the other 2 show when the wings of the frame are closed. 61 ARUNDEL SOCIETY. Hubert and Jan Van Eyck (after) : 109 VAN EYCK ALTARPIECE: set of 20 CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS, in black and gold folding frame, forming a FACSIMILE of the FAMOUS ALTARPIECE in the CATHEDRAL at Ghent: Adoration of the Lamb (15^x26): Procession of Judges, Warriors, Hermits, and Pilgrims, 4 plates {each I 5J x Si) : St. John Baptist and St. John Evangelist, with portraits of Donor and Wife, 4 plates {each 15^x51): The Triune God, the Virgin Mary, and St. John Baptist, 3 plates (2o|x7| and \6\y.y\): Annunciation, with Two Prophets and Two Sibyls, 4 plates (2ofx i\ and i6|x6|): St. Cecilia and an Angelic Choir, 2 plates (i6fx6|): Two Architectural Pieces (20-| x 31) : AN INTERESTING AND DECORATIVE SET; 1868-71 £21. When open as shown in the illustration 12 of the subjects are seen, the other 8 are seen when the frame is closed up. The above lacks the two nude figures of Adam and Eve {which are hardly suitable for decorative purposes), and in their place are substituted the two architectural pieces. 68 No. 109. 63 ■-"■T vAvS ik \<*><_ vto. !P-v~aa^a Sij)~Y«j>- (Jm^A-W ^aa-^^-a Vw-^ NxAs\r~ - t*4t, w-, 'Vi/t-Oi^ p<^J\u^ WA _ L. Ca^-*-"— V^ ^^^ tyv— -, CrvO-v- Ou^^vow e^^ V-^La-a7JC\ T/ L<~X>i L-a-lrJ-. 'Vv_iA tu ^j^^Ov a^ v^ -tW) V^^^^t^ "ft-* \*~k cP^JP^- t^J^ o^VU. *Jl-~A^, v3-) U^ -P«-v~^ UW*JL VV^-jUl-, JV/A (TWUatv- cHaaA^VA-^ No. no. 64 Nelson's Letters on the Baltic Expedition and the Battle of Copenhagen: 110 NELSON (Admiral Horatio, Viscount) Collection of 23 Autograph Letters, signed, from March 4th to Mat 27th, 1801, addressed to Sib Thomas Troubridge, compris- ing 33 pp. 4to. Also Holograph List of the Names of the Ships forming the Fleet destined for the Baltic Expedition ; and the number of guns of those which sailed from Yarmouth [on March 11th, 1801]. And A.L.S., 1 p. 4to. to Sir Evan Nepean, Secretary of the Admiralty, asking for permission to retura home on the score of ill-health. The whole carefully hinged on large 4io. pages, and bound {about 30 years ago) in purple morooco extra, gilt edges. Price £210. A Remarkable Series of most interesting and important Letters, written just before, and immediately after the Battle of Copenhagen; showing, inter alia, the difficulties Nelson experienced through want of recognition by his Commander-in-Chief, Sir Hyde Parker, and the generous spirit he afterwards showed in forgetting the slights put upon him at the beg nning of the Expedition. The most interesting of the letters is that of April 4iwm*t4 . fa ^ ^ /^^ ^* * No 162 ^ y* ^ ^ //rt^ fa/fa: p?SU no. 165. No _ 244 /S/0. No>166 . ' nrHrf /l^m^iA . No. 135. ' No - 251 - No. 135. No. 158. No. 157. No. 179. No. 121. Typical Examples of Autograph Signatures of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning. 68 HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., Booksellers, No. III. No. 112. THE BROWNING RELICS. PAGE Books from Browning's Library . . 69 Unpublished MSS. by Mrs. E. B. Browning ... 85 Published MSS. by Mrs. E. B. Browning 104 PAGH Autograph. Letters 107 Portraits and Paintings . . . 113 Objects of Art 123 For Mr. Robert Barrett Brownings Life-size Portrait of the Poet, see page 2 of the Cover. BOOKS FROM BROWNING'S LIBRARY: 111 BROWNING (Robert) WORKS (as under) ■. Poetical Works, 6 vols., 1882 ; Prince Hohenstiel Schwangau, first edition, 1871; Fifine at the Fair, first edition, 1872; The Ring and the Book, with numerous MS. cofrections by the author, 4 vols. 1872 ; Red Cotton Night-Cap Country, first edition, 1873; The Inn Album, first edition, 1875; Aristophanes' Apology, first edition, 1875; Pacchiarotto, first edition, with numerous MS. corrections by the author, 1876 ; Agamemnon of JBschylus, first edition, 1877 ; La Saisiaz, first edition, 1878 ; Dramatic Idyls, 2 vols, with numerous MS. corrections by the author, first edition, 1879 ; Balaustion's Adventure, 1881 ; Jocoseria, first edition, with numerous MS. corrections by the author, 1883 ; Ferishtah's Fancies, 1885 ; Parleyings with certain People, first edition, 1887 ; in all 25 vols, post 8vo. green morocco, g. e., with arms on back, £120. Presentation Set ' To Robert Browning on his Seventieth Birthday, May 7, 1882, from some mem- bers of the Browning Societies of London, Oxford, Cambridge, Bradford, Cheltenham, and Phtladbl- phia, with heartfelt wishes for his long life and happiness.' In specially made oak cabinet, with symbolically carved headpiece, under which the words ' To Robert Browning, 70 May 7, 1882 ' stand out in bold relief. Included is a small volume containing Autograph Signatures and Letters of the Subscribers. (see illustration.) 112 BROWNING (Elizabeth Barrett) Poetical Works, 5 vols. 1880; The Seraphim, first edition, 1838 ; Poems, 2 vols, first edition, 1844 ; Poems, 2 vols. 1850 ; Casa G-uidi Windows, first edition, 1851 ; Poems before Congress, 1860, and Last Poems, 1862, first editions, in 1 vol. ; The Greek Christian Poets and the Englise Poets, first edition, 1863 ; Aurora Leigh, Leipzig, 1872 ; Selection, ib. 1872 ; Letters addressed to R. H. Horne, 2 vols. 1877; Earlier Poems, 1878; Selections, 2 vols. 1882; Aurora Leigh, 1883 ; Poetical Works, New York, n. d. in, all 22 vols, post 8vo. brown morocco gilt, g. e. with arms on back, £31. 10* Presentation Set ' To Robert Barrett Browning on his 35th Birthday, 9th March, 1884, from a few of those Members of the Browning Society who venerate the memory of his Mother, the Greatest Poetess that ever lived.' In specially made oak cabinet, with symbolically carved head- piece, under which the words ' To R. Barrett Browning, 35, March 9th, 1884, in Memory of E. B. B.' stand out in bold relief. Though not from Robert Browning's own Library, this set is included here, at it forms a pendant to the previous item. (see ILLUSTRATION.) 113 Last Poems, first edition, autograph signature of ' Sarianna Browning ' on half-title, post8vo. original cloth, uncut, £5 10s. 1862 For portrait of Sarianna Browning see No. 405. 70 HENRY SOTHERAN h CO., Booksellibs, BOOKS FROM BROWNING'S LIBRARY: 114 BROWNING (Elizabeth Barrett) Poems, 1845, a large portion op the Text, con- sisting of 256 pages, including title-page to Vol. I., containing copious MS. alterations and additions in Mrs. Browning's handwriting, from which the edition of 1850 was set up ; some of the directions to the printer being in the handwriting of Robert Browning, enclosed in black leather wallet, £45. Nothing could better illustrate the community of mind that existed between the Poet and the Poetess than the loving care with which they both worked together in preparing this edition for the press. The previous 1845 edition, of course, was published before their marriage, under Mrs. Browning's maiden name ; the altered title-page, and one of the pages of the text are shown in the illusteation opposite. eossetti's COPY: 115 BROWNING (Robert) Men and Women, first edition, 2 vols, post 8vo. original cloth, uncut (covers shabby), with presentation inscription in Browning's handwriting, ' Gabriel Dante Rossetti— with R. B.'s true regard— Paris, 13 Nov. 1855,' £35 1855 (see illusteation.) 116 Das Feemdenbuch, ans dem Englischen von E. Leo, with autograph signa- ture of 'Robert Browning, In, Saisiaz, Sept. 5, '77,' on wrapper; post 8vo. sewn, £2. 15s Hamburg, 1877 117 ADAMSON (John) Memoies of the Life and Writings of Luis be Camoens, 2 'por- traits, with inscription on title, ' Robert Browning from his- father, Oct. 9, 1837 ; ' 2 vols, post 8vo. original boards, uncut, £2. 10s 1820 118 AESCHYLUS. Dkamata quae snpersunt et deperditorum Fragmenta, Gr. et Lat. rec. et brevi annot. illnstr. F. H. Bothe, with inscription on title, ' Roberti fy Elizabethae B. Barrett Browning,' in the autograph of the latter, on title, and numerous MS. marginal notes by her ; 8vo. boards, shabby, £8. 10s Lipsiae, 1805 Mrs. Browning's MS. notes are of considerable interest ; she frequently refers to Mr. Boyd. In one place she writes : ' Bead by myself in 1828 twice. Bead 584 lines with Mr. Boyd in 1831.' Somewhat similar statements are written on the half-titles of the various plays. 119 Agamemnon, Gr. ed. O. J. Blomfield, with inscription ' Robert §• E. Barrett Browning ' on title, and numerous MS. notes, all in the autograph of the poetess ; 8vo. boards, uncut, £7. 10s 1826 120 AGRIPPA (Henricus Cornelius) The Vanity of Abts and Sciences, portrait (mounted), autograph signature of ' Robert Browning ' on title; 8vo. sprinkled calf, £2. 10s 1691 121 ALCIPHRON. Epistolae, Gr. et Lat. ad edit. S. Bergleei accurat. impressae, inscription on title, ' Roberti Sr Elizabethae Barrett Browning,' in the autograph of the latter ; 8vo. half calf, £3. 3s Trajecti ad Rhenum, 1791 (see illustration of signature.) 122 ANA.CRE0N. Odaria, ad textus Barnesiani fidem emendata, ace. variae lectiones E. Foestee, vignettes, with inscription on half-title, ' R. fy JB. B. Browning,' in the autograph of the former ; post 8vo. boards (back missing), uncut, £2. 15s 1813 123 ARI0ST0 (Lodovico) Opeee in versi e in prosa, Italians e Latine, frontispieces, with inscriptions 'Robert Sj- Elizabeth Barrett Broivning' on titles of vol. I. and IV. and of ' Elizabeth Barrett Barrett ' on titles of vol. II. and III., 4 vols. 12mo. vellum, £10. 10s Venezia, 1741 Inserted is a fly-leaf from another book with an autograph note by Bobeet Bkowninq on the one side, and short note signed E. B. B. on the other. 43, PICCADILLY, W., and 14J, STRAND, W.C. 71 ,J~ i Xk O (.1 n -h O 72 HENRY SOTHERAN & GO., Booksellers, Si - o 5=i o p o i — i O EH o o Z 43, PICCADILLY - , W., and 140, STRAND, W.C. 73 BOOKS FROM BROWNING'S LIBRARY: 124 ARISTIDES, Orationes, Gr. et Lat. vol. IIT, with inscription on title, ' Bolerti ty Elizabethae Barrett Browning e libris,' in the autograph of the poetess; old calf, shabby, post 8vo., £1. 17s &d Paris, 1604 125 ARISTOPHANES. Peace, a revised Text, with English Notes and a Preface by Frederick Apthorp Paley, with the autograph signature of ' Robert Browning ' on title-page ; post 8vo., £2. 10s 1873 126 The Acharnians, edited by P. A. Paley, with autograph signature of ' Robert Browning ' on title-page ; post 8vo. cloth, £2. 10s 1876 127 Theocritcs, edited by P. A. Palet, with autograph signature of ' Robert Browning' on title-page ; post 8vo. cloth, £2. 10s 1869 128 [ARNOLD (Matthew)] Empedocles on Etna, and other Poems by A., first edition, on a fly-leaf is 'From the Author,' and on the half-title, 'From T. B. Robert Browning,'' in the latter's autograph ; 12mo. original cloth, uncut, scarce, £18. 18s 1852 129 Friendship's Garland, first edition, presentation copy, with inscription on fly-leaf ' To R. Browning, with "kindest regards, M.A. ; post 8vo. original cloth, uncut y £\l. 15s " 1871 130 [BAILEY (Philip James) Festcts, a Poem, first edition, with inscription oh title, ' Elizabeth B. Barrett, from her dearest Papa, 1840,' in the autograph of the poetess > 8vo. original cloth, uncut, £9. 10s W. Pickering, 1839 131 BEAUCHAMP (Alphonse de) Histoire des deux faux Dauphins, portrait, note in the autograph of R. Browning on fly-leaf; 8vo., unbound, £2. 2s Paris, 1818 132 BLAKE (William) Life, by Alex. Gilchrist, first edition, portrait and facsimiles, with inscription on title of vol. I, ' Robert Browning, from Mrs. Gilchrist,' in the autograph of the former; 8vo., original cloth, uncut, £8. 15* 186S 133 BOJARDO (M. M.) Orlando Innamorato, rifatto da P. Berni, portrait, with inscrip- tions on titles of vol. I and II, 'Robert Sf Elizaleth B. Barrett Browning,' and on title of vol. Ill, ' Elizabeth B. Barrett,' all in the autograph of the poetess; 4 vols. 12mo. old calf {side of one vol. missing}, £3 10s Parigi, 1768 134 BOURNE (Vincent) Poemata, latin e parfcim reddita, partim scripta, autograph signature on title, ' G. Morland ' {the painter), and on fly-leaf, ' Robert Browning,' in the autograph of the poet ; post 8vo. calf, rebacked, £5. 5s 1743 1 35 BOYLE (Hon. Robert) Opera Varia, plates, with inscription on title, ' Robert Sr E. B.. Browning, Florence,' and on fly-leaf, ' J bought this book on a stall by the weight, R. B., Florence,' both in the autograph of the poet ; 4to. contemporary mottled calf, red edges,. £10 lCs Genevae, 1677 (see illustrations op inscription and signature.) 136 BYRON (Lord) and some of his Contemporaries, by Leigh Hunt, portrait, with autograph inscriptions on titles, 'Robert <§* Elizabeth B. Barrett Browning,' and ' Elizabeth B. Barrett,' both in the autograph of the latter ; 2 vols. 8vo. original cloth, uncut, £7. 7s 1828 137 CARTWRIGHT (W.C.) On Papal Conclaves, with author's presentation inscription to Robert Browning, post 8vo. cloth, £1. 1* Edinb., 1878 74 • HENRY S0THERAN & CO., Booksellers, BOOKS FROM BROWNING'S LIBRARY: 138 CATULLUS (Caius Valerius) Carmina, annot. perpetua illustr. P. G-. Doering, with inscription on fly-leaf, " Robert Browning, from Walter Savage Lanior," in the auto- graph of the former, and fragment of autograph MS. by Landor inserted, and notes by Landor and Robert Browning at p. 96, besides some other notes by the former, 8vo. half-russia, £10. 10s Altonae, 1834 139 Poems and Fragments translated in the Metres of the Original by Robinson Ellis, with inscription on half title, 'Robert Browning, from, the Translator, March 8, '71,' in the autograph of the poet, past 8vo. original cloth, umut, £2. 15s 1871 140 Catollcs ; Lucanos ; Lucretius ; Sallustius ; Propfrtius ; ed. J. A. Amar, 5 vols., 4 of which contain inscriptions, ' Robert fy Elizabeth Barrett Browning,' in the handwriting of the latter, 24mo. half calf, £6. 6s Parisiis, 1821-4 141 CAUNTER (John Hobart) The Poetry of tbe Pentateuch, with inscription on fly- leaf of each volume, ' Elizabeth B. Barrett, from her beloved papa, Torquay,' in the autograph of the poetess, 2 vols. 8vo. original' cloth, uncut, £4. 15s 1839 142 CHORLEY (Henry Pothergill) Autobiography, etc. by H. G-. Hewlett, portrait, autograph signature of ' Robert Browning, Oct. '73 ' on half title, 2 vols, post Pvo. original cloth, uncut, £3. 3s 1873 143 CHRFSOSTOM (Saint) De Sacerdotis libri VT ed. J. Hughes, with inscription on title, ' Elizabetha B. Barrett, d. dedit amicus Hugo S. Boyd, Hope End,' in the auto- graph of the poetess, and MS. notes in her handwriting ; 8vo. old calf, broken, £34. Cantabrigiae, 1710 The front fly-page has a long extract from a letter of Mr. H. S. Boyd's ; and the two end fly-leaves contain interesting criticisms and comments on S. Chrysostom, and various marginal notes, all in the handwriting of the poetess, signed and dated E. B. B. November, 1839. 144 CIBBER (Colley) Apoloqt for the Life of, written by himself, autograph signature of ' Robert Browning ' on fly-leaf, old calf, shabby, and text stained, 8vo. £2. 2s 1740 145 CLAUDIANUS. Opera quae exstant ad optimas editiones collata praemittitnr notitia. literaria studiis societatis Bipontinae, with inscription on fly-leaf, ' R. and E. B. Browning {Florence),' in the autograph of the former; 8vo. boards, uncut, £3. 3s. Bijponli, 1784 (see illustration op signature.) 146 COMBACHIUS (J.) Metaphysicorum libri duo, autograph signature of ' Robert Browning ' on fly-leaf; 12mo. old calf, £1. 14s Oxonii, It 63 147 COMPANION TO THE THEATRE, or a Key to the Play, with inscription on fly- leaf, ' From my Father, Robert Browning,' in the autograph of the poet, 12mo. old calf {wanting upper cover), £2. 5s 1740 148 COWPER (William) The Task, engraved title, with inscription on half-title ' {My mother's Booh, R.B.) ' in the autograph of the poet ; 12mo. boards {front cover missing), £5. 5s 1817 (see illustration of inscription.) 149 DE LUC (Jean Andrd) Histoire du Passage des Alpes par Annibal, map, presenta- tion copy, ' with the M8. corrections of the author,' the latter note in the autograph of Robert Browning; 8vp. half calf, £1. 12s Geneve 1818 43, PICCADILLY, W., and 140, STRAND, W.C. 75 BOOKS FROM BROWNING'S LIBRARY: 150 DICKENS (Charles John Huffam) Barnaby Rudge, illustrations by G-. Cattermole and H. K. Browne, with inscription by Robert Browning on title, ' To dearest Pen on his Birthday, March 9, '64, B. B. 19, Warwick Crescent' ; roy. 8vo. original cloth, £21. 1841 lo1 — — — The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, early edition, with all the original illustrations by Pfiz, with inscription by Robert Browning on half-title, ' To dearest Pen on his Birthday, March 9, '64, B. B. 19, Warwick Orescent' ; 8vo. original cloth, uncut, £27. 10s 1859 152 A Tale of Two Cities, earfy edition, with all the original illustrations by H. K. Browne, presentation copy with inscription by Robert Browning on fly-leaf, 'To dearest Pen on his Birthday, March 9, '6 A, B. B. 19, Warwick Crescent'; 8vo. original cloth, uncut, £2S. 10s I860 153 — - ■ Little Dorrit, eirly edition, with all the original illustrations by H. K. Browne, with inscription by Robert Browning on fly-leaf, ' To dearest Pen on his Birthday, March 9, '64, B. B. 19, Warwick Crescent' ; 8vo. original cloth, uncut, £27. 10s 1863 154 Sketches by Boz, early edition, with the 40 original illustrations by G. Cruikshank, with inscription by Robert Browning on half-title, ' To dearest Pen on his Birthday, March 9, '61, B. B. l9,Warwick Crescent '; 8vo. original cloth, uncut, £24. 1863 1 55 — — — The Personal History of David Copperpield, early edition, with all the original illustrations by H. K. Browne, with inscription by Robert Browning on half-title, ' To dearest Pen on his Birthday, March 9, '64, B. B. 19, Warwick Crescent ' ; 8vo. original cloth, uncut, £27. 10s 1863 (see illustration.) 156 The Old Curiosity Shop, early edition, with all the original illustrations by (t. Cattermole and H. K. Browne, presentation copy ' To dearest Pen on his Birthday, March £, '64, B. B. 19, Warwick Crescent ' ; roy. 8vo. original cloth, uncut, £18. 18s n. d. 157 DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSOS. De priscis scriptoribus tractatus, Gr.etLat. ed. G. Holwell, inscription on title, ' B. 8,-E. Barrett Browning,' in the autograph of the latter, 8vo. old calf, £2. 10s 1778 (see illustration op signature.) 158 D0VET0N (F. B.) Sketches in Prose and Verse, presentation copy from the author to Robert Browning ; post 8 vo. cloth, 15s 1886 159 EURIPIDES : Tragoediae XX, cum variis lectionibus ex edit. J. Barnes, with inscription on titles, Elizabeth Barrett and Bobert Browning,' and notes in the auto- graph of the former ; 6 vols. 24mo. half calf . £18. 18* Oxonii, 1812 ' Her miniature editions of the classics are still carefully preserved with her name written in each in her sensitive fine handwriting, and always her husband's name added above her own, for she dedicated all her books to him: it was a fancy that she had.' — D.N.B. Many of the other items quoted in this catalogue illu-trate this same pleasing fancy. 160 Tragoediae IV, ad fidem MSS. emendatae et notis instructae edidit R. Porson, with autograph signature of ' E. B. Barrett, 1S28,' on title, and interesting notes inside cover and on half-title and margins in her autograph ; 8vo. beards, uncut, £15. 15s " 1824 161 with an English Commentary by F. A. Paley, autograph signatures on both titles of vol. I, and three lines of Greek ; 3 vols. 8vo. original cloth, uncut, £5. 5s 1857-60 76 HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., Booksellers, BOOKS FROM BROWNING'S LIBRARY: 162 EVELYN (John) Scclphjra ; or The History and Art of Chalcography and Engraving in Copper, portrait of Evelyn, mezzotint by Prince Rupert, and plate, auto- graph signature of ' Robert Browning ' on fly-leaf, post 8vo. half russia, scarce, £7. 7s 1755 (see illustration of signature.) 163 FANE (Violet, Lady Gurrie) Collected Poems, with inscription on title, ' To Mr. Browning, from his admiring and sincere friend Violet Fans, Xmas, 1879 ' ; post 8vo. original cloth, uncut, £5. 10s 1880 164 FELLOWS (John) History of the Holy Bible, woodcuts, with inscription on fly-leaf of each vol., ' Robert Browning, 26th July, 1819 ' ; 2 vols. 12mo. old calf, £7. 7s 1811 Inserted is a slip of paper on which is written : ' Given to E. B. when a little child, by his father.' 165 FORSTER (John) Eminent British Statesmen, 2 vols., with inscription on half-title of vol. II, ' The author to his dear friend Robert Browning' and in the autograph of the poet ' {May 4, 1836, Blaiknest, Sunninghill) ,' ' E. B. and R. B., Florence) Old Year's Day, 1848 ' ; 12mo. cloth, uncut, £4. 15s 1836 (see illustration op signature.) 166 GARTH (Sir Samuel) The Dispensary, a Poem in Six Cantos, plates, with inscription on verso of frontispiece, ' E. B. £f R. Browning,' in the autograph of the latter, 12mo. old calf, broken, £3. 10s 1726 (see illustration op signature.) 167 GOSSE (Edmund William, ll.d., Librarian to the House of Lords) New Poems, presentation copy, with inscription on half-title, ' Robert Browning, Esq. with the author's very tend, regards ' ; post 8vo. original cloth, uncut, £2. 10s 1879 168 GREEK and Latin Prier Poems of the University of Cambridge from 1814 to 1837, with inscription on fly-leaf, ' Robert Browning, from, Edmund Wilson,' in the autograph of the poet ; post 8vo. calf, £3. 3s Cambridge, 1837 169 GRIMM (Baron Friedrich Melchior von) et DIDEROT: MSmoires Historiques, Litt^rairbs et Anecdotiijues, 4 vols, portrait, with inscription on fly-leaf of vol. I, ' Robert Browning from his Father, Jan. 2, 1838 ' ; 1813 — le meme, Premiere Partie, 3 vols., with autograph of ' Robert Browning ' on fly-leaf of vol. 1, 1814 ; in all 7 vols. 8vo. old calf, broken, £2. 15s 170 H0MERUS : Opera quae exstant omnia Graece et Latine, with inscription on fly- leaf, ' From Walter S. Landor to R. W. B. Browning, 1863,' in the autograph of Robert Browning (the poet) ; 8vo. contemporary boards, uncut, £6. 15s Patavii, 1819 171 HOOD (Thomas) Whims and Oddities, in prose and verse, with 87 original de- signs, with autograph of Sarianna Browning, leap. 8vo. original cloth, uncut, £1. Is Moxon, 1861 172 HORNE (Richard Henry) Ballad Romances, presentation copy, with inscription on fly-leaf, ' Jany. 1/46, " Ballad Romances," from R. H. Home, who feels it a gladness and good fortune to live in the same day with Robert Browning,' fcap. 8vo. cloth, g. e., £2. 2s 1846 173 HOWELL (James) Dendrologia : Dodona's Grove, or the Vocall Forrest, frontispiece, autograph signature of ' Elizabeth B. Barrett ' on title, 12mo. calf (broken), £3. 3s Cambridge, 1645 43, PICCADILLY, W., and 140, STRAND, W.C. 77 BOOKS FROM BROWNING'S LIBRARY: 174 HUNT (William Morris) Talks about Aet, with a Letter from Sir John Everett Millais, p.r.a., with autograph signature on title of 'Robert Browning, Jan. 8, '78 ' post 8vo. original cloth, uncut, £3. 3s 1878 175 JEBB (John) Sermons on subjects chiefly practical, autograph signature of ' E. B. Barrett, May 24th, 1829,' on half-title ; 8vo. boards, uncut, broken, £2. 2s 1824 176 JEBB (Sir Richard Claverhouse) Translations into Greek and Latin Verse, with inscriptions on half-title, 'Robert Browning, June 21, '73,' ' (The joint gift of Annie Thackeray and Hallam Tennyson,' two lines in Greek, and ' R. B. Dec. 19, '73,' with Greek quotation, all in the autograph of the poet; sm. 4to. original cloth, gilt, uncut, £18. 18s Cambridge, 1873 177 KELSALL (Charles) Classical Excursion from Rome to Arpino, folding plate, autograph signature of ' Robert Browning, 1880,' 8vo. half sheep, Geneva, £3. 15s 1820 178 KNIGHT (Henry Gaily) Eastern Sketches in Verse, piece cut from title; with autograph signature of ' E. B. Barrett ' on title, and on the opposite page, in pencil, the transcript of a Poem of three verses by H. G. Knight and Mr. Price, in the autograph of the poetess ; 12mo. original boards, uncut, back missing, £5. 10s 1819 179 LANDON (Letitia Elizabeth) The Troubadour, Catalogue of Pictures and Historical Sketches by L. E. L., with autograph signature on title, ' E. B. Barrett, Hastings, Jany. 1825,' post 8vo. original boards, uncut, £3. 10s 1825 (see illustration op signature.) 180 The Zenana and Minor Poems by L. E. L. with a Memoir by Emma Roberts, portrait, autograph signature ' E. B. Barrett, 1839,' on title ; post 8vo. cloth, uncut, £2. 10s n. d. 181 LANDOR (Robert Eyres) The Fawn of Sertorius, 2 vols, first edition, with inscription on title, ' From Henry Eyres Landor to Robert Browning, Esq.,' morocco, a. e. (joints worn), £2. 10s 1846 182 The Fountain of Arethusa, first edition, with inscription on fly-leaf, 'From Henry Eyres Landor to Robert Browning, Esq.,' 2 vols, post Svo. morocco (joints worn), g. e., £2. 10s 1848 183 LANDOR (Walter Savage) Works with inscription on half-title of vol. I, ' Robert Browning from Walter S. Landor ' in the autograph of the former, and numerous MS. notes by Robert Browning and Landor, the spelling of some portions of the book altered apparently for an American reprint, 2 vols. roy. tfvo. cloth, uncut, very interesting copy, £35 1853 184 Andrea of Hungary and Giovanna of Naples, first edition, with autograph signature of ' Elizabeth B. Barrett ' and ' From the Author,' on half-title ; 8vo. boards, uncut, £5. 5s 1839 185 . Heroic Idyls, with additional Poems, with inscription on title in Browning's autograph, ' Robert Browning (from W. S. Landor) ' and few pencil corrections by the author, post 8vo. original cloth, uncut, £6. 15s 1863 78 HENRY SOTHBRAN" & CO., Booksellers, BOOKS FROM BROWNING'S LIBRARY: 186 LANDOR (Walter Savage) Selections from his Writings, arranged an 1 edited by S. Colvin, portrait on title, with autograph inscription on half-title, 'Robert Browning, St. Pierre de Chartreuse, Aug. 9, '82,' 12mo. original cloth, uncut, £5. 5s 1882 'Mias Browning was as constant and tireless a companion to her poet-brother as was Dorothy Wordsworth to hers ; and cheerfully accepted sich primitive accommodation as happened to satisfy his taste. Thus at St. Tierce de Chartreuse, their place of sojourn in 1881 and 1882, the ' hotel' was ' the roughest inn, and its arrangements the most primitive I have yet chanced upon, but my sister bears them bravely.' — Griffin and Minchin's 'Life of Bbownino.' 187 LAZARONI (Petri) Carmina in laudem Catearinae Coeneliae Cvpri Reginae, neatly written MS. 12 leaves, with autograph signature of ' Robert Browning ' on fly- leaf, 8vo. boards, £2. 10s 1794, 188 LETTRES A UN JEUNE PRINCE, par an Ministre d'Etat, charge de l'elever et de 1'instrtiire, autograph signature of ' Robert Browning ' on title page, 12mo. old calf, shabby, £1. 2s Amsterdam, 1755 189 LOCKER-LAMPSON (Frederick) London Lyrics, seventh edition, Presentation Copy to the Members of the Cosmopolitan Clab, ' by Frederick Locker, Robert Browning, Esqr.' in the handwriting of the author ; with his jester book-plate, 12mo. original boards, uncut, £4. As 1874 190 LOTHIAN (William S. R. Kerr, 8th Mirquis of) Fragment of a Parallel between the History, Literature and Art of Italy in the Middle Ages, with inscription on half title, ' Robert-Browning, from, the author,' and 2 notes, all in the poet's autograph ; post 8vo. original cloth, uncut, £4. 10s Edinburgh, 1S63 191 LOUDON (Mrs.) Practical Instructions in Gardening for Ladies, with autograph of Sarianna Browning, post 8vo. cloth, £L. Is 1841 192 LYTTON (Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Lord) Poems, with inscription on half-title, ' Robert Browning ( from the Author) ' in R. Browning's autograph, post 8vo. original cloth, uncut, £4. 10s 1865 193 MACKAY (Eric) Love Letters of a Violinist, presentation copy, with inscription on half-title, ' To Robert Browning, with Regard and Riverewe from the author, Eric Mackay, July 27th, 1866 ' ; square 12mo. cloth, uncut, £L0. 10s 1886 (see illustration of half-title.) 194 MARLOWE (Christopher) and George CHAPMAN : Hero and Leander, autograph signature of ' Elizabeth B. Barrett ' on title, and verses (quoted) in her autograph on verso of half-title j 12mo. boards, uncut (back missing), £h>, 10s 1820 195 MILTON (John) Literae pseudo-Senatus Anglicani, Cromwellii, etc., autograph of 'Robert Browning ' on title-page ; 12mo. unbound, £13. 13s 1676 196 ■ Paradise' Regain'd : a Poem in IV Books, to which is added Samson Agomstes, with autograph signature of ' R. Browning, 1832 ' on licensed leaf, 12mo. sheep {wanting upper cover), £17. 17s 1680 197 MISSALE ROMANUM. Ex Decreto SS. Concilii Tridentini restitutum Sancti Pii V. Pontificis Maximi jussu editum etc., etc , plates, folio, Venetian red morocco, the sides and back covered with rich gold tooling, with the arms of a Cardinal, g. e., a very beautiful old binding, £12. 12s Romae, 1761 198 MORRIS (William) : TwoVerses from a Song in 'Paracelsus,' by Robert Browning, written on vellum by William Morris, in Gothic letter, with two illuminated initials and grotesque borders, with signature in pencil ' by William Morris,' mounted on a piece of cardboard (7 x 6j) £12. 12s (see illustration.) 43, PICCADILLY, W., and 140 STRAND, W.C. 79 BOOKS FROM BROWNING'S LIBRARY: 199 NONNUS PANOPOLITANUS. Conversio Gkaeca Evangelii secundum Joannem, in Latinum sermonem ad verbum translata, Gr. et Lat. title cut, with inscription on fly-leaf, ' Robert Browning, May 2, 1843, New Gross, Hatcham ' ■ 12mo. vellum, £3. 10s Lugduni, 1620 200 0GILVY (Mrs. G.) Traditions of Tuscany, in verse, presentation copy to Mrs. Browning, post 8vo. cloth, £1. Is " 1851 201 [PAGET (Violet)] Baldwin : being Dialogues on Views and Aspirations, by Vernon Lee, with inscription on half-title. ' Robert Browning, from the Author,'' in the auto- graph Of the poet, 8vo. original cloth, uncut, £3. 15s 1886 202 PALEY (William, Archdeacon of Carlisle) A View of the Evidences of Christianity, portrait, autograph signature of ' R. Browning ' on title, Svo. boards, broken, £2. 5? 1821 203 PARACELSUS. Philosophy reformed and improved in four profound Tractates, by O. Crollios and Paracelsus, translated by H. Pinnell; 'portrait of Paracelsus, auto- graph signature of 'Robert Browning, Sept. 14, J 835,' post Svo. old calf, broken, £9. 9s ' 1657 It is interesting to note that the date in the inscription coincides with the publication of Browning's Poem on Paracelsus. The Foundation op a New Empire : 201 PARKES (Sir Henry, Australian Statesman) Speeches, 1848-74 ; with inscription on fly-leaf, ' Offered to Robert Browning in testimony of the pleasure derived from his Poems amidst the Labours of assisting to found a New Umpire, from Henry Parkes, London, Dec. 7, 1883,' Svo. calf gilt, £11. lis ' Melbourne, 1876 205 PARR (Samuel, LL.D.) Parriana, or Notices of the Rev. S. Parr, collected by E. H. Barker, with inscription from the Author to Miss Barrett, and autograph signature of ' E. B. Barrett, Hope End ' in vol. 1, and end fly-leaf of vol. 2 filled with closely written notes in the autograph of the poetess, 2 vols. 8vo. boards, shabby, £5. 5s 1828 206 PATMORE (Coventry Kersey Dighton) Poems, first edition, presentation copy from the publisher, autograph signature of ' Elizabeth B. Barrett' on title, in hand- writing of the poetess ; 12rno. {under boards missing), £14. 14s Moxon, 1844 207 PHALARIDES. Epistolae, ed. Charles Boyle, fourth Earl op Orrery, frontispiece, with inscription on title, ' R. fy E. B. Browning,' in the autograph of the former, 8vo. old calf, £2. 10s Oxonii, 1718 208 PLAISTED (Bartholomew). Journal from Calcutta in Bengal, by Sea, to Busserah, mapi, autograph signature of ' Robert Browning ' on title, post 8vo. old calf, £3. os 1758 209 PLATO. Dialogues, translated into English, with Analyses and Introductions by Benjamin Jowett, with inscription in R. Browning's autograph on half-title, ' Robert Browning from B. Jowett,' 5 vols. 8vo. original cloth, uncut, £8. 15s Oxford, 1875 210 Sophistes, translated with notes by Robert William Mackay, with inscrip- tion on half-title, ' Robert Browning (from the Author),' in the poet's autograph, post 8vo. original cloth, £2. 17s 6d 1868 211 PLINIUS SECUNDUS (C). Epistolae et Panegyricds, frontispiece, with inscription on fly-leaf, ' R. W. Barrett Browning from W. S. Landor, 1863,' in the autograph of the former, 12mo. old calf, £4. 4* 1722 SO HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., Booksellers, BOOKS FROM BROWNING'S LIBRARY: 212 POETAE MINORES GRAECI . . . ace. etiam observations R. Wintertoni in Hesiodtjm, with inscription on title, ' E. B. Barrett from Mr. Boyd, Sidmouth, 1 833,' in the autograph of the poetess, post 8vo. old calf, shabby, £2. 2s Cantabrigim, 1677 213 PONTIFICALE ROMANUM, Clementts VIII. et Urbani VIII. Jussu editum, etc., engravings, Rornae, 1726; also Canon Missae ad Usum Episcoporum ac Praelatohum SOLEMNITER, etc., engravings, ib. 1745; 2 vols, folio, uniformly bound, in red morocco, covered with rococo tooling, with the arms of Clement XIII (Charles Rezzonico) on both . ndes, gilt edges, with the autograph of 'Robert Browning, 1891,' £15. 15s 1726-45 214 POPE (The) : II Nipotismo di Roma, or The History of the Pope's Nephews, 2 portraits, autograph signature of 'Robert Browning' on fly-leaf, 12mo. half calf, £3. 3s 1669 215 POTTER (John, Archbishop of Canterbury) . Antiquities of Greece, 2 vols., with inscription on title of Vol. I, 'Bibert .V E. Barrett Browning,' 8vo. half russia, broken, £2. 2s Edinb. 1820 216 QUARLES (Francis). Divine Poems, engraved tUU and curious plates, with inscription, ' Robert and Elizabeth Barren Browning,' in the autograph of the latter; 12tno. i-heep (one side missing), £3. 5s 1669 217 Judgment and Mercy for Afflicted Souls, portrait, autograph signature of ' Robert Browning ' on title ; 12mo. original cloth, uncut, £3. 3s 1837 218 REDI (Francesco) Poesie Toscane, with autograph signature of ' Elizabeth B. Barrett ' on title, 12mo. vellum, £1. 10s Firenze, 1824 219 REGULAE ORDINATIONES, et Constitutions Caxcellaeiae Apostolicae S. D. N". D Clementis Divina Providentia Papae XIII., 8vo. Venetian red morocco gilt, with large Papal arms on sides, and bold gold tooling, £8. 10s Romae, 1758 220 REY (M. J.) Essais histomques et critiques sur Richard HI, Roi d'Angletebre, autograph signature of ' Robert Browning ' on half-title, 8vo. half calf, shabby, £2. 5s Paris, 1818 221 ROMA ANTICA distinta per regioni secondo 1' esempio di Sesto Rufo Vittoee e Nardini, 2 vols, numerous plates, autograph signature of ' Robert Browning, '76,' on title of each volume, 12mo. £2. 10s Roma. 1741 222 ROUSSEAU (Jean Jacques). Dictionnaire de Musique, autograph inscription of ' Robt. Browning ' on half-title, 8vo. old calf, shabby, £1. 15s Paris, 1768 223 RUHNKEN. Opuscula Ruhnkeniana, etc. prefationem et indices addidit Th. Kidd, with inscription on fly-leaf, ' Given by Walter Savage Landor to Robert Wiedemann Barrett Browning in 1863,' in the autograph of Robert Browning, 8vo. old calf, £1. 4s 1807 224 SCOTT (William Bell). Poems, 17 etchings by the author and L. Alma Tadema; with inscription in pencil on half-title ' Robert Browning with loving regards, W. B. S.' 8vo. original fancy cloth, uncut, £3. 3s. 1875 225 SHAKESPEARE QUARTO FACSIMILES, edited by Dr. F. J. Furnivall ; King John, with presentation inscription from the editor to Robert Browning, 2 vols. 4to. roxburghe, £3. 5s 1888 226 Lucrece, with presentation inscription from Dr. Furnivall to Robert Browning, 4to. roxburghe, £2. 5s [1885] 227 The Taming of a Shrew, with presentation inscription from Dr. Furnivall to Robert Browning, 4to. roxburghe, £2. 5s 1886 43, PICCADILLY, W., and 140, STRAND, W.C. 81 CO ON o CO ON o 2 82 HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., Booksellers, ^U %7,r if. i.y , A*-c£f ate •#*?e/d ee*f*Sn0j 2<<*,fr V Zan '&(_ /'? J^-ir^ ^faA7- ry^ L ' ■^trf .U&yi$*^ 'i-rrrr; /w// ;/3 'Ar/.» ;:./ ^%~ Itutfcff-q t-Zt Vt ^^Q/Crh fit ***■ ■' n/ "f J./X '■£ fiif/try, - 7utC~~***t rsu?.i/c fa c*c Map '- ■ / O-Jt/d -/^C ;*£» # . "Mat' fiU? b 4.»r>o> cC "■{/«, y^/ '? sar/ *>«/ a _ '"*< // /^ 2/P ^ No. 265. 43, PICCADILLY, W., and 140 STRAND, W.C. 83 BOOKS FROM BROWNING'S LIBRARY: 228 SHAKESPEARE QUARTO FACSIMILES, The Whole Contention, with presentation inscription from Dr. Furnivall to Eobert Browning, 2 vols. 4to. roxburghe, £3. 5s 1886 229 Songs and Sonnets, Gem edition, with autograph inscription on fly-leaf, To dearest Pen from R. Browning, New Year's Day, 1866 ' 12mo. original cloth, uncut, £10.10. 1865 230 SHELLEY (Percy Bysshe). Poetical Works, including various additional pieces from MS. and other Sources, the Text carefully revised with Notes and a Memoir by William M. Rossetti, portrait and facsimile, with inscription on half-title of vol. L in Browning's autograph (' Eobert Browning from the Editor '), 2 vols, post 8vo. original cloth, uncut, £8. 15s 1870 231 Letters, with an Introductory Essay by Robert Browning, with inscription on half title, ' Mrs, Alfred Tennyson with the publisher's best regards,' 8vo. original cloth, uncut ; very rare, £14. 1 4s ' M axon, 1852 This volume was suppressed, it having been found that the whole of the Shelley Letters were impudent forgeries. 232 Life, by Edward Dowden, ll.d., portraits, with inscription on half-title of vol. I. ' Robert Browning from the author,' in R. B.'s autograph ; 2 vols. 8vo. original cloth, uncut, £8. 15s 1886 233 SHENSTONE (William). Works in Prose and Verse, larse pape &, portraits and vignettes, with inscription on fly-leaf in vol. I. ' From Walter Savage Landor to Robert W. Barrett Browning, 1863,' in the autograph of Robert Browning and some pencil notes in Landor's writing ; 3 vols. 8vo. half russia, uncut, {text stained and binding broken), £9. 9s 1764 234 SKELTON (Sir John). Maitland of Lethington and the Scotland of Mary Stdart, presentation copy to ' Robert Browning, Esq. with the regards of the author, John Skelton, January, 1887 ' ; 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, uncut, £4. 4s 1887 235 SMITH (Samuel) Noah's Dove, or, Tydings of Peace to the Godly, with note on fly- leaf in the autograph of Robert Browning, ' (My grandfather '* booh) Robert Browning, Oct. 16, 73),' 12mo. old calf, £4. 4* " 1619 (see illustration op signature.) 236 SMITH (William) Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, numerous woodcuts, with inscriptions on half-title, ' John Kenyan to his dear friend and cousin E. Bt Barrett, London, May 15, 184.3,' and in the autograph of Robert Browning, ' (and to Robert Wiedemann Barrett from R. B. March 9, 1863) ; ' thick 8vo. binder's cloth, £4. 15s ' 1842 237 SPENCE (Joseph) Anecdotes, with a Life of the Author, etc. by Samuel Weller Singer, portrait, with inscription on title, ' E. B. and Robert Browning,' in the auto- graph of the latter ; 8vo. calf, £3. 5s ' 1820 238 [SPINCKES (Nathaniel)] The Case stated between the Church of Rome and the Church of England, autograph signature of Robert Browning on fly-leaf ; post 8vo. old panelled calf, £2. 2s 1713 239 STEVENS (A. de Grasse) The Lost Dauphin ; Louis XVII, or Onwarenhiiaki, the Indian Iroquois Chief, presentation copy from the author to Robert Browning ; sm. 4to. roan, £1. Is 1887 240 STOW (John) Chronicle of England, black letter, imperfect, commencing on page 17, autograph signature of '' Robert Browning' on fly-leaf; sm.4to. old calf, broken, £2. 10s (1604) 84 HENRY" SOTHFRAN & CO., Booksellers, BOOKS FROM BROWNING'S LIBRARY: 241 STUBBES (Philip) The Anatomie of Abuses, reprinted from the third edition of mdlxxxv under the superintendence of William Barclay D. D. Turnbull, 100 copies only printed ; with inscription on title in the autograph of the poet, ' Robert Browning from Mrs. FitzGerald, June 12, '87 ; ' Svo. original cloth, paper label, £4. 4s ' ' W. Pickering, 1836 242 TACITUS (C. C.) Opera quae exstant ex rec. et cum animad. T. Ryckii, with inscription on title of vol I, ' E. and Bolt. Browning ' in the autograph of the latter ; 2 vols. 12mo. old calf, £3. 15s Lugd. Bat. 1687 (see illustration of signature.) 243 TENNYSON (Alfred first Lord) Enoch Arden, portrait, and illustrations by A. Hughes, with inscription on fly-leaf in the autograph of Robert Browning, 'Dearest Arabel, from B. B. Christmas, 1865;' sm. 4to. cloth, gilt edges, £10. 15s 1866 244 ■ Demeter, and other Poems, with inscription on fly-leaf, ' This copy was sent to my father by Lord Tennyson, B. B. B. 1S89 ; ' post 8vo. original cloth, uncut, £3. 10s (see illustration of signature.) 1889 245 [T0WG00D (Micaiah)] An Essay towards attaining a True Idea of the Character and Reign of K. Charles the First, autograph signature of ' Robert Browning' on title; Svo. half calf, £2. 15s " 1748 246 TR0LL0PE (Thomas Adolphus) A Histort of the Commonwealth of Florence, 4 vols. Svo. original cloth, uncut, £3. 15s 1365 247 VALRAS (Comte de) Don Carlos VII et l'Espagne Carliste, Histoire Politique et Militaire de la Guerre Carliste de 1872 a 1876, precede d'une introduction par M. Poujoulat ; 2 vols, maps, with author's presentation inscription to Robert Browning; 8vo. half red morocco, £1. Is Paris, 1876 248 WARBURTON (Eliot Bartholomew George) The Crescent and the Cross, frontis- pieces, with inscription on half-title, ' For Robert Browning, Esq. The Paracelsus who has transmuted the dross of daily life into the gold of poetry. From his friend, the Author,' 2 vole. Svo. original cloth, uncut, £7. 10s 1845 249 WARREN (John Leicester, Lord de Tabley) Rehearsals, a Book of Verses, with inscription in Browning's autograph on title, 'Robert Browning from the author ' ; post 8vo. original cloth, uncut, £2. 17s Qd 1870 250 WILSON (Daniel, LL.D.) Caliban, the Missing Link, with inscription on title in the autograph of the poet, ' Robert Browning, Jan. 19, '76 — still unread .') ' Svo. original cloth, uncut, £3. 3s 1873 251 WRIGHT (R. S.) The Golden Treasury of Ancient Greek Poetry, with the auto- graph of 'Robert Barrett Browning, 1871 ' ; 8vo. original cloth, uncut, 7s 6d Oxford, 1S67 252 XEN0PH0N. De Cyri Institutions HbriVIII, ed. Th. Hutchinson, with inscription on fly-leaf, ' Elizabeth ae B. Barrett, dono dedit carissimus patrum T. M. B.' in the autograph of the poetess, and with a few marginal notes in her handwriting ; Svo. half vellum, £6. 6s " 1S12 253 De Cyri Expeditions libri VII, ex rec. et cum notis T. Hutchinson, map, with inscription on title, ' Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning,' and note on half- title, ' George began to read this book with me on the 16th of Bee. 18-10. Thursday. Hope End,' all in the autograph of the poetess, 8vo. boards, broken, £3. 10s Glasguae, 1825 43, PICCADILLY, W., and 140, STRAND, W.C. 85 UNPUBLISHED LETTERS and MSS. by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING. Though unpublished in book form, some at least of the following items were printed in the Literary Journals of the day, though it is hardly possible trace many of them now. 255 AUTOGRAPH LETTER, signed 'Ba' (her pet name), 4 pp. 4to., to her Father, a beautiful letter commencing 'My ever ever dearest Puppy,' pleading most patheti- cally, and with many terms of endearment for ' one week in London,' £10. 10s ' . . . Your grand objection is on account of my singing — ' I promise you most faithfully and on my honour ... I will practise carefully every day in London, my ' do re fa, ' . . . Wben I promise my dearest Puppy I do not consider myself slightly bound, but under a personal obligation to fulfil it . . . My dearest dearest Puppy grant my request ! one week in London . . . imagine yourself my age once more, how your heart would beat with joy at the prospect of an excursion to the Metropolis ! — Have I tormented you? if I have, oh ! forgive me, and let the kind verdict be ' Guilty but to be recommended to Mercy.' ' Your always affectionate ' and fondly attached child 'Ba.' 256 AUTOGRAPH LETTER, signed l A Friend of Liberty,' 3 pp. fcap., watermarked 1816, a long political letter, addressed to one of the Members of the Government, denouncing Lord Sidmouth, and praising Sir Francis Burdet, £5. 5s ' . . . I will proceed with my original subject of defending the ancient constitution, that sacred star which is now pillaged of its rays to satisfy the interest of the Ministers, was signed by King John, but afterwards carried to great glory by Elizabeth, when Oliver Cromwell led it to the utmost verge of perfection, while this beam of happiness was still in existance the spirit of her inhabitants still kept themselves together beneath a load of afflictions without money and incapable of gaining an honest livelihood. But want of provisions was amply compensated by the blessed knowledge that they were still free . . . But though England is thus laid destitute and in the dust in spite of all the laudable exertions of your Lordship and tbe Ministers there is still a spark unquenched whioh enables us to despise our Tyrants and to drop the silent tear of gratitude to Sir F. Burdet, and to those who have lent their exertions for the recovery of our lost liberty.' — etc. 257 AUTOGRAPH LETTER, signed, initials, 'E. B. B.\2£ pp. 8vo. [August, 1818] to Miss Fance, announcing the birth of her brother, and tbe death ot her Grandmother (one corner torn off and a few words missing), £2. 2s 258 AUTOGRAPH LETTER, signed, 3 pp. 4to., Nov. 1818, to her Uncle Sam, a long and very interesting letter on literary subjects, showing the wide range of the writer's reading, £b\ 6s ' . . . : I have read ' Douglas on the Modern Greeks.' I think it a most amusing book ... I have not yet finished ' Bigland on the Character and Circumstances of Nations.' An admirable work indeed ... I do not admire ' Mine, de Sevigne's letters,' though the French is excellent — the idioms beautiful— yet the sentiment is not novel, and the rhapsody of the style is so affected, so disgusting, so entirely Feench, that every time I open the book it is rather as a task than a pleasure — the last Canto of ' Childe Harold ' (certainly much superior to tbe others) has delighted me more than I can express. The description of the waterfall is the most exquisite pipce of poetry that I ever read, ' The Hill of waters where they howl and hiss and boil in endless torture' — tis really fine, really poetbt. All the energy, all the sublimity of modern verse is centered in these lines — they are models which would not dishonour any man to imitate.' 86 HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., Booksellers, UNPUBLISHED MSS, by E. B. BROWNING: 259 AUTOGRAPH LETTER, signed ' E. B. Barrett,' 2 pp. 4to., Hope End, Aug. 10th, 1818, to Miss Pance, respecting the health of her Mother and the new Baby, who is the ' Chief favourite in the nursery,' £3. 3s 260 AUTOGRAPH LETTER, signed, initials, ' E. B. B.\ 6 pp. 4to., watermarked 1819, to The Editor [r of the Litirary Gazette] a long and clever letter against insincerity and flattery, stating that she ' is one of those unfortunate beings who are too conscientious to be hajpy, and have sacrificed the world at the altar of truth,' £". is Quotes Milton, Bacon, Pope, Sik Godfrey Knelleb, Pliny, Swift, Cicero, and the dialogue between Viola and Olivia, in the ' Twelfth Night,' ends with quotation by ' somebody,' ' Who hangs himself or beats hi-i brains The devil's in him if he feigns.' 261 ■ Another Draft of the same Letter [1819], with some alterations, 1\ pp. 4to., .' signed with initials, ' E. B. B.', £7. 7s 262 AUTOGRAPH LETTER, signed, ' Tua Soror dilectissima ', in Latin, 1 p. 8vo., addressed ' Puero eruditissimo et elegant issimo Bro, a manu stultissimi Sam de puella impud entissima ', £3. 3s "263 AUTOGRAPH LETTER, signed ' E. B. Barrett,' 6 pp. 4to. [? 1820], being a long i and clever letter ' On Literatore ', written for the Literary Gazette, with quota- .:.: tions from Shakespeare, Ovid, Homee, etc., £6. 10s ' . . . Literature is one of those many blessings attendant on liberty — Under a free Constitution the soul unshackled and unrestrained but free as winds, riots in the glorious emanations of the human understanding, banquets in fields of literary eminence and calls its native energy into action.' 261 AUTOGRAPH LETTER, signed, in French, to Mo.N cher Homere, 3 pp. 8vo., De la Terre, 1820, ' Je vous aime tout de ban beaucoup plus que Virgile. J'espere que le Seigneur Mercure emportera cet lettre fidelernent — A.L.S., in French, to ' MoN CHER Socrate ', 2 pp. 8vo., ' J'esprre quand je vous verrai souvent quand je viens dans Venfer. — A.L.S., initials, in French, to ' Mon cher Pindare,' lh pp. 8vo. ' Je ne sais plus le Grec ' \_but she soon did~\ Also some Verses from Anacreox, written in Greek, with Translations, signed initials, and 2 other places with name, the whole forming 8 pp. 8vo , addressed at foot of page 1, ' An ' Seigneur Homere ' Les Champs Elysses ' Pres du Palais de Pluton ' L'Enfer: a delightful example of precocious humour and learning, £12. 12s 265 AUTOGRAPH LETTER, 4| pp. 4to., March 19th, 1828 [Malvern] to her Grand- mother, a very long and closely written letter, giving a most interesting account of her first meeting with Mr. H. S. Boyd, and of a carriage accident which happened to her when she was on the way to see him, endorsed by the writer, ' meeting with Mr. Boyd, when I had written it, I thought I iv d . keep it', £7. 10s (see illustration.) 266 ANCIENT AND MODERN LITERATURE, a Letter to Press (imperfect at end), 4 pp. 4to. [? 1820], £2. 10s ' ... No page in the great annals of Historic knowledge has reached us unsullied ; here, if the Patriot's integrity and the Patriot's self devotion bid our souls throb and our breasts thrill with patriotic fire — there, crime, the most loathsome— despotism the most appalling, will bid us shrink from the fearful picture and shudder while we behold the degradation of our fellow men. But if we investigate the bright annals of literature ... we can meet nothing appalling — nothing degrading, the pure and noble prospect is before us '. — etc. 43, PICCADILLY, W., and 140, STRAND, W.C. 87 UNPUBLISHED MSS. By E. B. BROWNING: 267 [AMERICAN POETRY, CRITICISMS OP, and of ' Man in the American Eepublic ', by Mr. Mathews], 5 pp., and Draft of a Protogue, commencing ' The curtain rises and the lamps are lit, And Sheridan has lent us all his wit,' li pp. In all 6| pp. 8vo., £21. ' It is curious to observe that the ' wild oats ' sown in literature by young artists or young nations, are as barely tame in general as grass or any stubble of the fields . . . we find ourselves wondering how in this great country, where the glory of liberty is so well comprehended, and where nature rolls out her waters and lifts her mountains as in attestation of a principle worthy of her beauty, only the poetry should persist in being fiat and lifeless . . . The contrast between our idea of what American poetry sh. be and what it is, ifi as plain as the Mississippi on the map, — but the reasons for it are not so plain . . . The great body of American verse . . . has yet so little distinct character . . . there is nothing in it akin to the mountains and rivers among which it rises, or the social liberties of the country, it might have all been all written in Essex among the Fens. Professor Longfellow has written indeed— and so has * * and Lowell of Boston gives indication of developing sense of beauty and facility of expression . . . [speaking of Mr. Mathetcs's book]. We are not used to receiving such little verse books from America — And then there is the true soul of the freeman in it — the reverence of truth, the exultation in Eight, the hope in human nature . . . and we who look forward to America as the future land of poets as well as freemen, and the future birthplace ' [ends abruptly]. 268 Another Holograph Draft of part of the above Essay, but different in places, 2 pp. 870. signed several times with initials ' E. B. B.,' botli in English and Greek characters, with some words in Hebrew, £5. 5s ' The genius of the poet is a divine childhood into which he gradually grows, and out of which he teaches the sterile senility of the world. As Christ set a little child in the midst of his disciples that they should learn of him — so is the poet set in the midst of men with his childlike eyes of anxious speculation and his dewy lips of innocent wisdom, asking questions of God, or giving answers to his transitory children '. 2t9 ANACREON :— Two Odes, translated from Anacreon, ' <&vo-ic Kepara ravpotc 'OttXcic tsbuiicei' lttttoiq' AND ' Xtyovaiv, ul yvvaiKEt; 22 lines, 2 pp. 4to. (1822), £5. 10s ' ' Anacreon ', the ladies say, ' Thou growesk old — the looking glass Will tell thee that thy hair is grey, And that (such strange things come to pass) Thy pate is bald ' — If this be so Upon my word I do not know But this I know — let every man, Advanced in age, ' laugh when he can ' — Give Death not ev'n a single chance, And stare fate out of countenance '. 270 An Earlier Draft of the Ode quoted above, and another Poem of 12 lines commencing, ' Fain would I ting the great Atrides' praise ', watermarked, 1820, £4. 4s 271 [ANECDOTES OF FAMOUS LITERARY PERSONAGES, communicated to Mrs. Browning by Mr. Boyd], 6 pp. 4to., closely, but very carefully written, mentioning Goldsmith, Gaerick, Dr. Johnson, Grattan, Pohson, etc., £9. 9s 2 72 ANSWERS TO QUESTION ; 2| pp. 8vo., a very curious paper containing answers to 21 Questions on Spiritualism (in which Mrs. Browning was a sincere believer), £15. 15s '11' ' No spirit can be in more than one place at a time ; but the transit frcm place to place may be so rapid, that the spirit would seem to our apprehension almost ubiquitous '. 88 HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., Booksellers, UNPUBLISHED MSS. by E. B. BROWNING: 273 BIRTHDAY ODES : To Baby [Mrs. Browning's sister Arabella] a Poem of 12 lines, 1 p. 4to. (? 1819), £2. 10s ' Dear suffering angel Arabella go And trace the surest safest path below Go wind thy infant steps in Heaven's Mount, And quench thy thirst at Christ's eternal fount.' * * * * 274 To mt dearfst Papa, on his welcome birthdat, May 28th, 1820 — Hope End : a Poem of 38 lines, signed ' Ba.', £4. 10s * * * * ' And thou my Father ever ever dear So fondly loved and cherished as thou art, Accept my lines, unstudied, but sincere, The simple offering of a grateful heart ! * * * * Accepting my verse ! ! the all I have to give — But when the pen is still the heart shall bless ! ' Your most affct child Ba.' 275 To my sweet George, on his Birthday, Hope End, July 15th, 1820? a Poem of SO lines, 3| pp. fcap. signed ' Ba,' and addressed to Master G. S. Barrett [her brother], £9. 9s ' Bless my George and o'er his head Delight and heavenly blessings shed My George farewell, the lay's no more Accept, I once must beg my bumble strain, Thy eister's lovely verse is past, is o'er — And yet a Sister's love a Sister's prayers remain ! Your affectionate Ba.' 276 Ode on my sweet Henry's birthday, Hope End, Augnst, 1820, signed ' Ba, a Poem of 29 lines, 2 pp. 4to., £4. 10s ' And thou dear Boy let one sweet smile Upon thy sister's efforts beam And tho' unconsciously beguile The labours of her humble theme.' 277 Ode to my dearest Mama on her Birthday, Hope End, May 1st, 1821: a Poem of 32 lines, 2 pp. 4to., signed, 'Ba.', £4. 10s ' And wilt thou then these simple lines approve ? Oh, if thou wilt, my labours are beguiled ! Then sweetly smile with kind parental love And gently bless the efforts of thy child ! ! I seek not laurels ! oh I seek not fame ! Unenvied let the traffic glories blaze ! Affection lingers on a Mother's name, And only suplicates a Mother's praise ! ! — ' My dearest Mama's own affectionate Ba.' 278 To My Sister, on her Birthday, written on the prospect of recovering from a dangerous illness; Sow ; Stanzas, on the Present State of Greece: 3 Poems, 4 pp. 4to., ivatermarked 1822, £L2. 12s 43, PICCADILLY, W, and 140, STRAND, W.C. S& 2$«if /"T/t i s , ** V*fr *Mm ^ y p^ et^c-^t €yAo J? fz<7x /a* ZreaotF -i-^^v - Strict z**-*^^ L "*" ' %% 3 j Gn ^ *~ ^ u Qeiu **?*■ No. 282. 30 HENRY SOTHERA.N & CO., Booksellers, _ Ql A. r^; **~-~~4t ,4 L/%- ^/-^ r>! fc~zX&uP*- 3. -si 7 • / 7 »£> "\ / • (■ I jy~* tt/r-tecuAi r-w <"*/, hrsA Pj^T* Z^Z KcccV-en/^^ lift ^1 J £-c/ hux A?M c ' J JfaiC^ 7 / ' - No. 293. 9G HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., Booksellers, X, Pr*li ?etr>9 ■ (7> /u/*~r ■L f'ftt^ <}A^K tvc-rx^Jt-r Sirred yiz-> , A&" %-a/r -zr /.fivcc'fc Ja /v sWi^ii-d /feci. - •i v&tij €■ feat! 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In massive black carved frame. £21. The original was clone in Rome in March, 1S59, and is reproduced as the frontispiece to Vol. V. of Mrs. Browning's collected works. (SEE ILLUSTRATION ) 400 PORTRAIT OF ROBERT BROWNING By his Son, R. BARRETT BROWNING. (19 x 16.) Framed in gold, a remarkably fine likeness. SOLD Painted at Dinant in Belgium in 1S74. Reproduced as the frontispiece to Vol. V. of the Centenary Edition of Browning's Poems. (SEE ILLUSTRATION.) 114 HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., Booksellers, BROWNING RELICS: 401 Marble Bust of Robert Browning, and Marble Bust of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. By W. W. STORY. On circular socles {one mended), 24I in. high and 24 i?i. high respectively. The bust of Robert Browning was done in Rome in 1861, and Mrs. Browning speaks of it in her letters as being ' likely to be a success.' The companion bust was done very shortly after her death, and both were subsequently executed in marble for Mr. George Moulton Barrett, who presented them to his nephew, Mr. R. W. B. Browning. The very beautiful bust of Mrs. Browning is reproduced as the frontispiece to Vol. I. of Iter Letters. (See Illustrations.) 43, PICCADILLY, W., and 140, STRAND. W.C. 115 O •+ o" 116 HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., Booksellers, No. 402. No. 403. 43, PICCADILLY, W., and 140, STRAND, W.C. 117 BROWNING RELICS: 402 PORTRAIT OF CATERINA CORNARO, QUEEN OF CYPRUS AND LADY OF ASOLO. In brown dress, wearing jewels in her hair, a fine oil-painting by an artist of the Venetian School. (21 x 17.) In massive gold frame. £10. 10s Caterina Cornaro was, of course, ' Kate the Queen ' of ' Pippa Passes.' When Browning was in Asolo for the last time, in the autumn of 1889, he entered into negotiations for the purchase of a portion of her palace garden ; but they only came to a favourable conclusion on the day of his death. 403 THE CORNARO FAMILY. Original Drawing in coloured chalks by TITIAN, from the Reynolds and Richardson collections, With MS. Note relating the circumstances of its presentation to the Browning family. £9. 9s U8 HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., Booksellers, BROWNING RELICS: 404 PORTRAIT OF AURELIUS REZZONICO (CLEMENT XIII). Silk-work print, in fine old carved Florentine frame (17 x i2£). £18. 18s 405 OVAL PORTRAIT OF MISS SARIANNA BROWNING. In long ringlets, plum coloured dress and lacefichu ; artist unknown (8x6 diani.), framed in gold. £10. 10s 406 PORTRAIT OF R. W. BARRETT (' PEN ') BROWNING Playing the Piano. In water-colour. By MISS FANNY HAWORTH. (6 r i x 8|) framed. £5. 5s 43, PICCADILLY, W., and 140, STRAND, W.C. 119 No. 406. 120 HENRY SOTHRRAN A CO., Booksellers, No. 407. W" No. 408. No. 409. 43, PICCADILLY, W., and 140, STRAND, W.C. 121 BROWNING RELICS: 407 SHELLEY'S BURIAL PLACE, A Small Coast Scene with Cross ; ' Painted for Robert Browning by K. C. B.' (S x H), framed £21. (see illustration.) 408 SMALL OVAL DRAWING, MOTHER AND CHILD; In crayon and Chinese zvhite (4f x 3), framed £3. 10s (see illustration.) 409 TWO CHILDREN, OUR SAVIOUR AND ST. JOHN, WITH A LAMB. After MURILLO. In ivater-eolours, circular, 4^ in. diam., in pretty gold frame £9. 9s (see illustration.) 410 STUDY FOR THE DAUGHTER OF HERODIAS PREPARING TO DANCE By LORD LEIGHTON, P.R.A. ; A full-length Nude Figure in black and white chalk. With inscription on back in Browning s writing stating it was given to him by the artist. Mounted and framed (lof x 4) £12, 12s 122 HENRY SOTHEBAN & CO., Booksellees, BROWNING RELICS: The three following items formed part of the Furniture of the Drawing- Room at Casa Quidi, and are shown in the reproduction of the well-known painting of the interior of the room, on the opposite page. 411 A TALL-BACK CARVED WOOD SETTEE, plush upholstered, 5 ft. high, 6 ft. long and 29 in. deep. Marked B in the illusiration. £35 412 A CIRCULAR BRONZE PLAQUE, with head of AESCHYLUS in relief, 16 in. diameter. Showing to right of fire- place in the illustration. SA, 10s 413 A LARGE AND BEAUTIFULLY CARVED WOOD GILT MIRROR, the frame of scroll design, with two amorini at the sides, each supporting two candle branches, 4 ft. 8 in. high by 4 ft. 2 in. wide. Showing over the fireplace in illustration. £21. This mirror is also mentioned in the Introduction to the American Edition of Mrs. Browning's Poetical Works. 43, PICCADILLY, W., and 140, STRAND, W.C. 123 'J -1 p g ° B pq CLh a H O £ ai 35 m o tti ^ P ft ^ 124 HENRY" SOTHERAN & CO., Booksellers, No. 414. No. 415 m No. 415. No. 416. No. 419. No. 420. No. 4S1. No. 423. No. 424. No. 427. 43, PICCADILLY, W., and 140, STRAND, W.C. 125 BROWNING RELICS: The following form part of a Collection of Oriental Arms which was bequeathed to Robert Browning by his friend Ernest Benzon, and is described in ' A Forgiveness, ' 1876. ' I think there never was such — how express ? — Horror coquetting with voluptuousness, As in those arms of Eastern workmanship — Yataghan, Kandjar, things that rend and rip, Gash rough, slash smooth, help fate so many ways, Yet ever keep a, beauty that betrays Love still at work with the artificer Throughout his quaint devising,' etc. (Numbers 414, '15, '16, '19, '20, '21, '23, '24 &> '27 are illustrated on the opposite page.) 414 DAGGER, with flame-shaped blade, ' with mazey lines meandering? carved bone grip, 12 inches long £5. 10s 415 INDIAN DAGGER, with damascened blade, ivory grip with damascened bosses ; and blue velvet scabbard with damascened mounts, 19 inches long £7. 15s 416 A SIMILAR INDIAN DAGGER, with crimson velvet scabbard, 21 inches long £7. ISs 417 INDIAN KNIFE {blade very rusty), with fluted ebony handle, mounted with silver, in leathern sheath, 14 inches long £2. 10s 418 ANOTHER INDIAN KNIFE, with metal handle and scabbard, ll£ inches long £1. 10s 419 AN INDIAN SPEAR HEAD, with haft pierced as animals supporting an umbrella, with crimson velvet scabbard, 22 inches long £3. 3s 420 NEPALESE KUKRI, with double fluted and engraved blade, hilt inlaid with mother-o'-pearl, embossed fish-skin scabbard, 16 inches long £3. 10s 421 A SIMILAR NEPALESE KUKRI, with ivory hilt, and fish-skin scabbard, mounted with wrought silver, 18 inches long £3. 10s 422 SMALL NEPALESE KUKRI, with double fluted blade, black bone handle, and blue velvet scabbard, 12J inches long £1. 5s 423 ORIENTAL FLINT-LOCK PISTOL, the barrel and stock ornamented in silver, 23 inches long £4. 15s 424 ANOTHER ORIENTAL FLINT-LOCK PISTOL, ornamented with fine filigree work, 17 inches long £4. 4s 425 POLYNESIAN KNIFE (blade rusted), with wooden haft and sheath, inlaid with whale, harpoon, etc., 1 1 J inches long £2, 10s 426 SKIEN DHU, with ebony handle, leathern sheath, silver mounted, with initials R. 3. B. engraved on end of the handle, "]\ inches long £3. 10s 427 STILETTO, with bronze handle, beautifully fashioned to represent a full-length HUMAN skeleton, with snake twined round it, with bronze scabbard ornamented with fleur de lys, a very artistic piece of workmanship, 9 inches long £7. 7s 428 LONG STILETTO {blade rusty), with crude leathern scabbard, 16 inches long £1. 5s 126 HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., Booksellers, BROWNING RELICS: 429 BROWNING (ROBERT) : Blotter of stamped leather, and small PENWIPER, in a brown paper wrapper with in- scription, dated Dec. 1889, by Mrs. BARRETT BROWNING, to the effect that they were used up to the last by the poet £25. The papers found in the blotter have not been disturbed, they include 7 pp. folio of corrections in Browning's writing for Vol. IV, etc. (? of the collected edition of his Poems), and a page of his Household Accounts, also autograph By holding the old page of blotting paper up to mirror, Browning 's signature may be seen repeated many times. 430 — — Nine Pencil Sketches, in a small paper- backed book, and Two DRAWINGS, on a loose sheet of paper; with the book is a slip of paper with pencilled inscription by his father, ' Sketches by R. Browning, author of Paracelsus, etc., when a child', and a Lock of his Hair, when young £10. 10s The drawings are spirited and rather grotesque, being obviously much influenced by his father's caricatures. They include drawings of a quack, a man on horseback who has lost his wig, another attacked by a bird, two men playing violins, men singing, a clergyman reading prayers, etc. 43 * An 18-CARAT GOLD AND ENAMEL MOURNING RING, on the outside 'In Memory of and on the inside 'Robert Browning Esq. Ob. 11 Dec. 1833, det. 84,' in case £6. 6s This was in memory of Robert Browning's grandfather. 432 CHINA : a small Derby Basket, with pierced lid of mayflower pattern, the sides with painted roses on a blue ground, 4 inches high jgg g s This basket is figured on the side table in the painting of the drawing room at Casa Guidi. 433 Ironstone China Jug, 7 inches high^ used regularly by Mrs. Browning at Casa Guidi £4. ±4 S 6d 43, PICCADILLY, W„ and 140, STRAND, W.C. 127 BROWNING RELICS: 434 CHINA: Oriental Mug, with encarpa of flowers round the rim, a vase of flowers and detached sprigs on the sides, and double interlaced handles, 6 inches high £4. 10s 435 Venetian Cup and Saucer, with scrolls and medallions £1. 10s 436 A carved Cocoanut Cup, with monogram R.M.B. mounted in silver, 6 inches high SOLD 437 Pair of small Cocoanut Cups (one broken), carved with ships and boats whaling, etc. £2. 2s 438 BRONZES: Bronze Vase, with swing handle; 3-|- inches high £1. 5s 439 Electro Plaque of the Apotheosis of Homer, 9! x j\ £2. 10s 440 Model of a Human Hand [ ? Mrs. Browning's], 5 inches long £5. 5s 441 Model of a Fowl's Foot, 41 inches long £1. 5s 442 Pair of bronze Tripod Candlesticks, the feet formed by Leopards with tails coiled round the shafts, rams' heads round the tops of the shafts 12 inches high, beautifully designed ; from the study mantelpiece at De Vere Gardens £18. 18s 128 HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., Booksellers. BROWNING RELICS: 443 BRONZES: Penknife, with long sword handle, 5 inches long 18s 444 Taper Stand, 8 inches high s.±. 5s 445 SILVER ; An egg-shaped Pepper Caster ; 3 inches high £3» 16s 446 Another, shaped as an owl with glass eyes, London, 1865 ; 3 inches high £2. 2s 447 Twelve engraved Fruit Knives, with beaded rims on the handles ; these belonged to Robert Browning SA. 10s JUST PURCHASED, AND NOW ON VIEW, AT 43, PICCADILLY: A COLLECTION OP ONE HUNDRED OLD ENGRAVINGS consisting: of Portraits of Admirals, Views of Naval Engagements, Ovals and Circles of the Bartolozzi School, All being of a decorative character and well framed. Prices from £3. 3s to £10. 10s each. INSPECTION INVITED. Francesco Bartolozzi, R.A. : 448 GENIUS AND BEAUTY — PRUDENCE AND BEAUTY ; PAIR of ovals, after CIPRIANI, BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED IN COLOURS (6§ x 8), cut close, within sunk mounts £16. 16s 449 THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS — VENUS ATTIRED BY THE GRACES; PAIR oj "charming oblong ovals, in BROWN STIPPLE, after ANGELICA KAUFFMANN ; cut close, and framed in black and gold, 1784 (13^ x 17J) £31. 10s W. Wynne Ryland : 450 JUNO CESTUM A VENERE POSTULAT ; after Angelica KAUFFMANN — and COMPANION PRINT, representing Cupid being awakened by two classical females ; A CHARMING PAIR of circles, in RED STIPPLE, cut close, and framed in gold (u| x 11J) £11. lis See Illustrations on back of Cover. No. +4 S. No. 449. No. 450. /.,.(/ /,-)/ : .Vhvi)i0<'irmM, Prints